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Reading Time: 3 minutesSenator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has said he will not be partaking in the governorship primary elections of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scheduled for Wednesday 25th of May. Abaribe cited failure to establish a level-playing field for all aspirants vying for elective offices in the state, to participate equally in the primary…

Reading Time: 2 minutesFour persons, including two Catholic priests, have been abducted by gunmen in Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina State, Northwest Nigeria. The clergymen are the Mai Kanbu Parish Priest, Father Stephen Ojapa, and Father Oliver Okpara along with two of their visitors, all boys. “No information as to their whereabouts. Kindly…

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Federal Government has said it would spend about N34 billion on the ongoing payment of minimum wage consequential adjustments to education sector workers with effect from 2019. According to a statement by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, the beneficiaries include the members of the striking Academic Staff Union…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwelve people have been  killed by terrorists at Gakurdi village in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. The terrorists were also said to have burnt a lot of farmlands belonging to the residents of the village during their early morning operation that took hours. Eyewitness told said that the…

Reading Time: 2 minutesAhmed Jubril, the husband of Harira Jubril, the pregnant woman who was killed by unknown gunmen alongside her four children in Anambra state on Sunday, has described the incident as his worst life experience.  He said his late wife's pregnancy had reached 9 months and she was supposed to give birth…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteGunmen have killed at least 12 people, including a pregnant woman and her four children in Anambra State, on Sunday. The State Governor, Charles Soludo and the police have reacted to the killings but did not specify the number of persons killed. A community leader said  that the pregnant woman…

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has picked up Senator Rochas Okorocha from his residence after laying siege to his Abuja home for seven hours. The agency had broken into the residence after gunshots were heard in the vicinity. Okorocha, who currently represents Imo-West senatorial district, was arrested by a combined…

Reading Time: 2 minutesJustice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Lagos has restrained the National Union of Road Transport Workers (Lagos chapter), its former chairman, Alhaji Musilu Akinsanya (MC Oluomo) and others from collecting union dues and levies from commercial drivers that are non-union members in all motor parks in Lagos State.…

Reading Time: < 1 minute  Dr. Martin Agbili, the Director of the Anambra State Fire Service has confirmed that two persons were burnt beyond recognition by the fire from the diesel tanker that exploded on Tuesday morning. The incident occurred at Odumodu Junction, along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, Umunya area of the state An eyewitness…

Reading Time: 2 minutes  Venerable Olu Obanla, an Anglican cleric who was abducted alongside his son, in Ondo State, by gunmen, has been released. Obanla and his son, who was kidnapped, on Ifon road, in Ose Local Government Area of the State, were freed on Monday afternoon, by the armed men Source said on…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Ekiti State University in Ado-Ekiti (EKSU) has announced that academic activities would resume on Tuesday, May 24. Bode Olofinmuagun, the Director of Information and Corporate Affairs issued a statement to that effect on Monday The decision to resume was taken at a meeting on Monday. Olofinmuagun disclosed that it…