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Eleven kidnapped passengers from the March 28 Kaduna train attack, who were released last weekend, have been reunited with their families. The victims were released by their abductors on Friday, following a series of negotiations with the Federal Government after spending eleven weeks in captivity. The eleven victims comprise six females and five males.&nbs...

Napoli striker VICTOR OSIMHEN has scored four goals as the Super Eagles beat Sao Tome and Principe 10-0 in a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier on Monday to give Nigeria their biggest win in history. He opened the score sheet in the 9th minute of the tie, before adding one each in the 48th, 65th, and 84th minutes.  This is reportedly his first hat-trick and haul for...

3 days of mourning has been declared in the 6 states of the South-West, following the deadly attack on St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo state. The 3-day mourning period which runs from today June 13 till Wednesday June 15 was declared by the South-West governors Forum in a statement issued after a meeting. The South-West governors condemned the incident which they described...

The 2022 Democracy Day celebration and parade is currently going on at the Eagle Square in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The Democracy day parade is in honor of the return to civil rule and to remember Nigeria’s heroes of democracy. As at the time of reporting, different units of the Nigerian Armed Forces and the Nigeria Police Force had performed their parade, with some oth...

Osun State Governor, ADEGBOYEGA OYETOLA, has called on Nigerians to abandon the old primitive sentiments that have continued to threaten the unity, peace, and progress of the country. Governor OYETOLA said this while speaking at the June 12 commemoration event held in Osogbo. On his part, Anambra State Governor, Professor CHUKWUMA SOLUDO, said that democracy all over the world is ...

Ekiti State Governor, KAYODE FAYEMI, has described the claims linking the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) to the church attack in Owo as mere speculation. He stressed that no evidence has confirmed that the terrorists were responsible for the attack which claimed many lives and left several others injured. At least 40 people were killed and many injured when gun...

Several cities and states were left in darkness over the weekend, as the national grid collapsed yet again. Reports said that the grid crashed in the evening leading to the eventual grid collapse after it recorded that the quantum of power on the grid as at 6am on Sunday was 3,628.6 megawatts.  Several electricity distribution companies announced the collapse of the national ...

The Chief of Defence Staff, General LUCKY IRABOR, has said citizens must trust the military and other security agencies for the war on insecurity to be more effective. He made the comment while speaking on a monitored television for Democracy Day. The General noted that “a lot of improvement” has been recorded in securing the country in the past one year....

And as part of activities marking this year’s democracy day, President MUHAMMADU BUHARI will address the nation via a live broadcast on Sunday. Minister of Information, LAI MOHAMMED,  who disclosed this while  briefing news men  in Abuja, said a public lecture at the National Mosque on Friday and Jumaat prayers as well as a church service at the National Christian Centre are  some of the events scheduled fo...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has set a June 17th deadline for all presidential candidates to name their running mates and July 15th deadline for all Governorship candidates to name theirs.  INEC Chairman, Prof. MAHMOOD YAKUBU, said this on the commission’s social media page.  The chairman warned that any party or candid...