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The Federal Govt has secured N220 billion loan from the World Bank to tackle the challenges of out-of-school children and strengthen basic education in 17 states. Minister of State for Education Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, broke the news at the weekend during the launch of the programme in Yola, the Adamawa state capital. he listed the 13 … Read more

The Federal Government will this week sign a tripartite pact with the United States of America and the Island of New Jersey for the repatriation of $321m looted by the late former Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha. A spokesperson for the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), Dr. Umar … Read more

Residents of Afaraukwu Ibeku community, in Umuahia North Council of Abia State, the home town of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, scampered to safety as over 100 fierce-looking soldiers invaded the community. The IPOB leader’s parents, Eze Okwu and Ugoeze Kanu, will be laid to rest on February 14, … Read more

The Department of Petroleum Resources, Osogbo field office said it had sealed 29 Liquefied Petroleum Gas facilities for allegedly operating without valid licences in the state. Mr Olusegun Daboh, DPR’s Head of Operations, said this in an interview with the Newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo. Daboh said the illegal gas stations were sealed in Ile-Ife, … Read more

The police in Kaduna State says they have arrested a middle-aged man with dangerous items suspected to be Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at a Church located at Sabon Tasha area of Chikun local government area of the state. Read Also: IPOB claims Kanu’s presence with US leaders bodes well for Biafra The Command’s Public Relations … Read more

President Muhammadu Buhari says posterity will always remember the labour and sacrifices of Arthur Nwankwo, a chieftain of the defunct National Democratic Coalition and prolific writer who died on Saturday at the age of 78 years. Mr Buhari said this in a statement by his spokesperson, Femi Adesina, on Sunday. Below is the statement from … Read more

The Indigenous People of Biafra on Saturday hailed the leadership of the Republican Party in Iowa, United States, for inviting its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, to President Donald Trump’s campaign rally at Des Moines Iowa. The group claimed that Kanu was a special guest at the rally that held on Thursday, January 30, 2020 in the … Read more

Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has said that the helicopter crash which he was involved in last year has greatly strengthened his faith. Professor Osinbajo made the disclosure this during the thanksgiving service at the villa chapel in Abuja, celebrating his survival and 11 others from tragedy a year ago. The Agusta Westland W 139 … Read more

Fashion e-commerce mogul and founder of Zozotown, Yusaku Maezawa, is no longer looking for a female “life partner” to join him on SpaceX’s maiden tourist trip around the moon. Maezawa, who is the 22nd richest man in the world, had invited single women over the age of 20 to apply to a matchmaking event, as … Read more

A suicide -bomber whose name is yet- to -be -identified has been arrested on Sunday in Living Faith Church, Sabo , Kaduna. Reports had it that a worshipper said the suicide- bomber was found in the church’ s toilet while trying to detonate the bomb and was quickly apprehended by the security agents stationed at … Read more

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has marked one year of surviving the 2019 helicopter crash with a thanksgiving service at the Aso Villa Chapel on Sunday in Abuja. NAN reports that the Vice President was joined at the thanksgiving by his wife, Dolapo, family members and his aides, including some of those who were with him … Read more

The people of Southern Kaduna in Kaduna State are studying the Western Nigeria Security Network, also known as Operation Amotekun, to develop their own community vigilante system to protect residents from suspected Fulani bandits. The President of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union and former member of the House of Representatives, Jonathan Asake, stated this during … Read more

Suspected herdsmen have allegedly hacked a farmer to death in Fagboun village, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. According to the village chief, Simeon Fagbohun, the heinous act was perpetrated by some herdsmen who recently invaded the community. “What we know is that they (the herders) took their herds to his farm which … Read more

Recall that Four students of the seminary were abducted when heavily armed gunmen invaded the school located at Kaukau in Chikun Local Government Area, on January 9, 2020 The Registrar, Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Rev. Father Joel Usman, has confirmed the killing of the fourth seminarian abducted by bandits suspected to be kidnappers in Kaduna. … Read more

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has met with United Kingdom Government officials in London, in an effort to expedite the extradition of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke to face trial in Nigeria. Diezani, who served as Minister of Petroleum resources under President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, is … Read more

Abducted Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) in Taraba State, Zainab Kashimi, has regained her freedom. According to a family source, who preferred to be anonymous, Mrs. Kashimi was set free unhurt in the early hours of Sunday without any ransom paid and she has reunited with her family. Read Also: Pastor Adeboye … Read more

The General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye on Sunday led millions of his church members on a prayer walk to end the spate of insecurity and killings in Nigeria. Adeboye, who had instructed his church members all over Nigeria to observe the walk, commenced the walk from Ebute … Read more