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The kogi State Government says majority of prisoners who escaped from the Kabba Custodial Centre following attack on the facility by gunmen, have been re-arrested. The government said it has confidence in the ability of the country’s security agencies to unmask those behind the attack on Kabba Custodial Centre. The …

There were strong indications on Monday that bandits fleeing the military onslaught in Zamfara State were moving to states in the South. Top security sources, who confided in our correspondents, said security agents in other states had been alerted to be on the lookout for the fleeing bandits. It was …

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, on Monday, criticised Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State over the enactment of a law banning open grazing. The body said it was not interested in exchanging words, but to see an end to the senseless killing of innocent people. The National …

PICTORIAL: Buhari, Sierra Leonean president, Bio meet behind closed doors Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), held a private meeting with Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio on Monday night in State House, Abuja.

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said its September 14 sit-at-home order is in honour of victims of the military raid in Afaraukwu, the home town of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. On September 14, 2017, military operatives had invaded Afaraukwu in Abia State in an attempt to arrest Kanu. …

VAT: FG not taking Niger Delta money to the North, Buhari’s aide knocks Wike Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Ajuri Ngelale, on Monday, knocked Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, for being allegedly tribalistic and aggressive in his pursuit for the collection of Value Added Taxes by …

Chairman, House Committee on Narcotic Drugs and sponsor of the proposed bill, Francis Ottah Agbo, said he will sponsor a bill to empower the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to carry out compulsory and routine drug tests on those seeking election into public offices. The bill, he said, also …

VAT JUDGEMENT: FIRS MAY LOSE N92BN REVENUE TO STATES If the judgement of the Federal High Court asking states government to collect Value Added Tax in their domain is upheld by the Appeal Court, the Federal Inland Revenue Service will lose about N92bn which it is expected to earn as …

Bandits have set the home of the Speaker of Zamfara State House of Assembly, Nasiru Muazu Magarya, and other residents ablaze in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Chairman of the Committee on Security and Prosecution of Bandits in Zamfara State, Abdullahi Shinkafi, confirmed the incident on Monday. He …

PROGRESS REPORT AT ESUT TEACHING HOSPITAL AND COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, IGBO-ENO, ENUGU STATE The external and internal views of the ongoing building projects at the permanent site of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Teaching Hospital and College of Medicine, Igbo Eno, being constructed by Governor Ifeanyi …