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14-member reconciliation committee constituted by the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, ATIKU ABUBAKAR, and Rivers State Governor, NYESOM WIKE, is set to begin its work in Abuja today. Both men had agreed to form the committee at a meeting they held at the Abuja residence of a former Minister of Information and National Orientation, Professor JERRY GANA. ...

Nigeria has beaten South Korea 1-0 in the Group C football match at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica. ESTHER ONYENEZIDE’S late strike gave the Falconets victory in their second match of the tournament. The Falconets will face Canada in their final group match on Wednesday. The Falconets made their f...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow seven million Nigerians to complete their voter registration. SERAP made the call in a statement on Sunday by its Deputy Director, KOLAWOLE OLUWADARE, warning that failure of the electoral body would attract legal action. According to the rights grou...

Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, ABUBAKAR MALAMI has said that the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) has no basis to reject the proposed deductions of 418 million dollars from the Paris Club refund. MALAMI told journalists at the State House Ministerial Briefing that the governors originally created the liability whose payment they had also indemnified, therefore all their complaints are unjustifiable....

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has said military force is not an option in the rescue of the remaining 31 victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train abduction. On March 28, armed men blew up a train travelling between Abuja and Kaduna and opened fire, killing eight people, wounding 26, and taking an unspecified number of passengers hostage. Dozens of hostages have already been freed following ...

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said the Federal Government has deployed a new technology as a stop-gap solution to the challenges confronting Nigeria’s power grid. Officials of the company said the technology, comprising Internet of Things and the Virtual Private Network, was deployed by the government through TCN to monitor real-time grid operations and help mitigate power system collapse....

The Nigerian military has announced the arrest of 2 more terrorists of the Islamic State in West Africa Province, linked with the attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Ondo state. This comes after the Chief of Defense Staff, General LUCKY IRABOR, announced the arrest of 4 suspects on Tuesday.  The Director of Defense Information, JIMMY AKPOR, in a statement, said the 2 suspects we...

Ogun state governor DAPO ABIODUN has asked  officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), to collaborate with other security agencies in tackling the problem of across- border crimes in the State.Governor ABIODUN made the call when receiving the new Comptroller of NIS Ogun State Command, Comptroller YAKUBU JIBRIN.The Governor further noted that residents at the border areas of the state have been subjected to harassment and intimidation from crim...

65 days after the terror attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, the Nigerian military has announced the arrest of some suspects linked with the incident.The Chief of Defence Staff, General LUCKY IRABOR disclosed this during a parley with news editors and media executives at the Defence Headquarters.General IRABOR said the arrest was conducted via joint operations with other security and intelligence agencies, adding that the suspects will be paraded after t...

Team Nigeria has continued to receive rave commendations following their record breaking 12 gold medals at the just concluded common wealth games in Birmingham, United Kingdom.Team Nigeria won a total of 35 medals with several athletes breaking and setting new records including TOBI AMUSAN in the women's 100 meters hurdles, ESE BRUME in the women's long jump and the women's 4 by 100 meters team who set a new African record.President Buhari thank...