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Two months after the jailbreak which saw over 800 inmates escape at the Kuje Medium Custodial Facility in Abuja, about 422 inmates are yet to be recaptured. Reports state that 879 inmates, including 64 high-profile Boko Haram terrorists fled the facility during the jailbreak. The Nigerian Correctional Service’s spokesperson, UMAR ABUBAKAR, had said five persons, including an offi...

A former Chief of Army Staff, General ABDURRAHMAN DAMBAZAU (retd.) has said that insurgency has gone beyond being a threat to Nigeria as it now affects about 15 countries in West Africa including the Benin Republic. DAMBAZAU, was Chief of Army Staff from August 2008 to September 2010 and Nigeria’s Minister of Interior between November 2015 and May 2019,  He however, sai...

Federal government has announced that the purported list of nominees for national honors being circulated by some online media organizations is fake.President MUHAMMADU BUHARI’S late Chief of Staff, ABBA KYARI, and 436 other names surfaced online over the weekend.Also on the list are the presidential spokesperson, FEMI ADESINA, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), ISHAQ OLOYEDE, and...

The leadership of the House of Representatives will on Tuesday meet President MUHAMMADU BUHARI to provide their own recommendations to resolving the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Sources say that the lawmakers are scheduled to meet with the President, and offer resolutions they have reached from the various stakeholders meeting that have took place in the past couple of weeks.&nb...

The Chief of staff to President MUHAMMADU BUHARI, Professor IBRAHIM GAMBARI has given assurances that Nigeria will be a safer and more secure country before his principal leaves office on May 29, 2023. Professor GAMBARI, said this while speaking at the 20th convocation lecture of the graduating cadets of regular course 69 of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna. Professor GA...

The presidency has said that president MUHAMMADU BUHARI will address the nation in a telecast on Saturday Tomorrow to commemorate Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Anniversary.           This was contained in a statement signed by presidential spokesperson FEMI ADESINA . He said the address is part of activities to celebrate the 62nd Independence Anniversa...

IBRAHIM GUSAU has been elected as the new President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).  IBRAHIM GUSAU was elected during the Annual General Assembly of the NFF in Benin City. GUSAU had won the first round with 21 votes but he could not be declared the outright winner for failing to meet the minimum threshold of 22 votes. ...

Lagos government has suspended all activities of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) with immediate effect.The announcement came after factional members of the association clashed in the Iyana Iba and Lagos Island areas of the state.In a statement announcing the suspension, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, SOLA GIWA, said the move was aimed at fulfilling one o...

The National Examination Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2022 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE) conducted nationwide in July. NECO Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Prof. DANTALI WUSHISHI, while addressing newsmen in Minna, Niger State capital, said over 1.2 million candidates sat for the examination, with 60.74 percent having five credits and above including English Language and Mathematics...

The dollar hit 735 naira in the parallel market on Wednesday as political campaign activities began in the country. According to Bureau De Change operators in Lagos and Abuja, dollar price had increased from 718 naira and 720 naira to 728 naira and 735 naira in the last one week. Speaking on major factors responsible for the rate hikes in dollar to naira, the Vice President Lagos ...