Troops of Operation Hadin Kai in collaboration with the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), have neutralised 11 Boko Haram terrorists and captured four others alive in Sambisa Forest. The feats were recorded between August 4 and 5, 2023, when the troops made an unprecedented incursion into the Boko Haram hideouts …
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Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has declared support for striking resident doctors, with a warning to the government against steps that would further worsen the precarious situation of medical service delivery in this country. NMA FCT chairman, Dr Charles Ugochukwu Ugwanyi, stated this yesterday during a thanksgiving mass at the Holy …
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National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has addressed claims that corps members will be deployed to the Niger Republic. Last month, Niger soldiers announced the removal of President Mohamed Bazoum from office in a coup. The soldiers said they have dissolved the constitution, suspended all institutions, closed the country’s borders, and …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission will deploy 11,355 Bimodal Voter Accreditation System machines for voter accreditation in the November 11 governorship elections in Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo states. A top official in the commission, who spoke on anonymity, disclosed this to our correspondent on Sunday. According to INEC, Bayelsa …
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The Senate on Saturday proposed to amend its standing rules to accommodate an open ballot system of voting for the election of presiding officers. The amendment was proposed at a closed-door session, which started about 7:10 p.m. and lasted for several hours after the conclusion of the screening of the …
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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, said yesterday that he withdrew the case against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois County, in the United States of America because he filed a fresh case against the president. Special assistant on public communications to …
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All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje yesterday said the nomination of Maryam Shetty as a minister was withdrawn because he and key leaders in Kano State were not duly consulted before she was selected. Speaking in an interview on Freedom Radio, monitored by our reporter, Ganduje said: “In …
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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), over the weekend, said the country is not ready for the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), security audit in November. Speaking to journalists, the director general of the NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu, said six weeks after safety audit is inadequate for Nigeria to prepare …
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At least four persons have died after a mining site collapsed on them in Yadagungume, a community in Ningi local government area of Bauchi State. Reports gathered that the illegal miners lost their lives over the weekend after the site caved in on them. An eye witness who pleaded for …
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The senator representing Ondo South, Jimoh Ibrahim, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to create a Ministry of Revenue among the portfolios to be assigned to confirmed ministerial nominees by the President. Ibrahim gave the suggestion when he visited the President, according to a statement by his media office in …
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