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Reading Time: 2 minutesPresident Muhammadu Buhari has yet again spoken about his successor, as the 2023 general elections draw near. On Monday after joining other Muslims to observe Eid-el-Fitr prayers at the parade ground, Mambilla Barrack in Abuja, Buhari restated the commitment of his administration to free, fair and transparent process Asked to speak…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Nigerian government may likely consider the demands of the terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train and abducted no fewer than 68 passengers at Katari, Kaduna State, on March 28,2022. The gang had demanded the release of some of its detained commanders and financiers in exchange for the abductees. About eight people…

Reading Time: 2 minutes  Seven persons in different parts of Anambra State, including a policeman has been killed by gunmen in the early hours of Monday. The latest attack occurred four days after gunmen also killed five persons at a beer parlour in Osumenyi, and a policewoman in Ukpor, all in Nnewi South Local…

Reading Time: 2 minutes  The Head of Politics and Governance of the Redeemed Christian Church, RCCG, Pastor Timothy Olaniyan has reacted to criticisms from different quarters over a comment he made regarding the candidacy of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo for the 2023 general elections. Olaniyan, at the weekend, had said that Osinbajo remained the only…

Reading Time: 4 minutes  The Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration has abandoned its primary responsibilities and now focused on the re-election and presidential campaign of his godfather. The lawyer wondered why the government refused to enforce the National Building Code, domesticated in the state and sanction erring officials, Uthman said, “We are being entertained on live…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDr. John Adole, who was kidnapped by gunmen in Otukpo, Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State, has regained his freedom. Adole is the Head of Department, History and International Relations of Veritas University, Abuja Adole was kidnapped on Sunday but escaped from his abductors on Monday, Veritas University said.…

Reading Time: 3 minutes  The Christian Association of Nigeria in Kaduna State has distanced itself from one Pastor Ade Abraham, who has offered to send his followers to paradise with the total sum of N310,000 ticket charge. Pastor Abraham , whose video went viral on social media, was believed to have had his operating…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFire has engulfed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Zamfara state. The fire broke out at around 9pm on Monday at INEC office, which was situated in the Kaura Namoda Local Government Area. Firefighters could not extinguish the fire when they arrived at the scene in time to save the office…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA woman named,  Omowale Olorunfemi, has been remanded for allegedly stabbing her neighbour, Agatha Julius to death during a fight at Okeluse, in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. Olorunfemi, who was arraigned on two counts of  Murder arrested by the police after committing the crime on February 14,…

Reading Time: 2 minutes50 passengers onboard in Dana aircraft have been rescued after its tyres caught fire on a planned trip out of Rivers State was aborted. The incident occurred on Monday in Port Harcourt, the state capital. A spokesman for the airline, Kingsley Ezenwa, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMuslims in Nigeria on Monday joined their counterparts around the world to mark the Eid-El-Fitr – signalling the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. The event is quite different this year from that of last two years which were celebrated lowkey amid measures to curb the spread of COVID-19.…