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Students in boarding schools across the 36 local governments of Katsina state have been asked to go home until the security situation improves. This is the directive given by governor Aminu Masari when he visited the scene of the kidnap in Kankara local government. The governor described the situation as …

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, has condemned the constant attacks on farmers in the Southern part of the country by marauding herdsmen. According to Falae, an average herdsman ignorantly believes he owns everything in Nigeria because President Muhammadu Buhari is a Fulani. “And …

The International Monetary Fund has said it is important for Nigeria to ensure significant revenue mobilisation to reduce its debt vulnerabilities. It also said while the country’s economy was expected to begin its recovery process in 2021, it was expected to experience more recovery in 2022. The organisation said these …

Police crack down on criminal gangs in A’Ibom …arrest 40 cultists, recover weapons Barely 24 hours after Governor Udom Emmanuel rejigged the security apparatus of Akwa Ibom state to tackle growing violent crimes and insecurity few days to Christmas, the State command of the Nigeria Police Force has begun cracking …

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has gone into isolation again after being exposed to persons who tested positive for COVID-19. The Governor, in a tweet early Saturday said he had been notified of more positive COVID-19 test results of persons close to him. He said these included an immediate family member and …

MINISTER of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has decried continuous fall in the standard of education in the country. Adamu, who spoke in Yola, the Adamawa State capital during official commissioning of completed projects in the college, lamented a situation in which graduates can neither read nor write in a tolerable …

Members of the Senate Public Accounts Committee expressed shock on Thursday when the report of the Auditor General for the Federation revealed that officials of the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources spent N116m to buy biros, letterhead and toners in one year. The breakdown of the expenditure showed that the …

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Femi Falana, has faulted the Senate for ordering the President to appear before it, saying it has no power to summon him as well as state governors. He made this known when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, on …

This is the most Femi Falana blasted President Buhari for not honouring the invitation extended to him by the federal house of representatives led by Femi Gbajabiamila. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKxlSt2hvuk

Texas GOP chairman suggests ‘Constitution-abiding states should form a UNION’ after SCOTUS tosses election suit. The Texas Republican Party chairman has blasted the Supreme Court for establishing a “precedent that says states can violate the US Constitution and not be held accountable,” and proposed a new “union of law-abiding states.” …