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Reading Time: 17 minutesThe 276 female student Chibok was the   first  abduction  in Borno State In April 2014  in the history of this country by the Boko Haram Insurgents. And the outrage that followed the abduction both within and outside the country was such that the Goodluck Jonathan’s administration never recovered from the incident…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo persons have been arrested by security agents for alleged forgery and impersonation  of documents from the Office of the First Lady of Benue State. It was learnt that  Adzaigba Terhile Philip and Dugeri Tyover submitted the forged documents to the Board of Internal Revenue Services (BIRS), seeking considerations for…

Reading Time: 2 minutesThree persons have been reportedly killed while others were injured as a tanker, fully loaded with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol exploded at the Ajegunle Bus Stop along the Lagos- Abeokuta expressway. The people that died in the incident that happened on Friday, included a teenage girl, who…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The longest reigning Alaafin of Oyo, Lamidi Adeyemi, has passed on. Alaafin Adeyemi, the third from the Alowodu Ruling House, died in the late hours of Friday at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State. He was 83 years old and the longest reigning Alaafin ever, having…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Taraba State capital in Northeast Nigeria, has experienced yet another deadly explosion in Jalingo  after six persons were killed in a similar explosion. A resident of Jalingo, who simply identified himself as Ishaku said that a loud bang was heard around Nukkai in the capital city around 8:00pm on…

Reading Time: 2 minutesFederal High Court in Abuja has declared vacant the seat of Yakubu Dogara,  former Speaker of  the House of Representatives, on account of his defection from the People's Democratic Party (PDP)  to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Delivering his judgment on Friday, Justice Donatus Okorowo noted that Dogara acted in…

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday, visited the Olubadàn of Ibadanland, Oba Olalekan Balogun, at his Alarere residence, in Ibadan, to seek the traditional ruler’s blessings on his presidential ambition  The visit was in continuation of the vice president’s visitation to states ahead of the primary election of his party,…

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe  popular TV show, “The Village Headmaster” will return on the NTA network on Sunday and will be  showing by 7 pm. Yakubu Mohammed The Director-General of NTA,  announced this on Friday at the official launch of the TV series programme. The Village Headmaster is a Nigerian television drama series created…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteEx-President Goodluck Jonathan, Friday came out to receive protesters who stormed his Abuja office chanting and screaming his name for minutes demanding he contest in the forthcoming presidential election. Mayor Samuel, a spokesman for the group who is also the convener of the Youth Compatriots of Nigeria said, “We were…

Reading Time: 2 minutesNational Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Betta Edu, said Thursday that any youth aspiring to become the president of Nigeria in 2023 should have access to at least N50 million. The ruling party had on Wednesday, announced prices of the nomination forms for various political positions. While the…

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN,in Abuja has pledged to ensure justice for the late Mrs. Osinachi Nwachukwu, gospel music star, who died recently, following alleged maltreatment and assault by her husband, Peter Nwachukwu.  Rev. Dr. Samson Ayokunle, CAN President gave the pledge in a statement in Abuja yesterday, condemning the…