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The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended the train services on the Lagos, Abuja, and Ajaokuta routes over safety concerns.The Managing Director of the NRC FIDET OKHIRIA confirmed this to newsmen adding that this followed a report of an attempted kidnapping of passengers that left the Ajaokuta Station by road on their way to Abuja.According to him, the passengers and their vehicles...

5 passengers who were abducted on March 28 aboard an Abuja-Kaduna train have been freed by their abductors.A member of the negotiating team, TUKUR MAMU confirmed the release of the victims.With the release of the 5 additional hostages, a total of 27 victims have now regained their freedom, while 35 people are still in captivity....

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has blamed the security situation in the country on the political instability in Libya, which he says has continued to fuel terrorism in the Sahel, West and Central African regions.President BUHARI stated this while receiving the letters of credence from the new Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, JAMES KINGSTON and the new Ambassador of Mexico to Nigeria, ALFRED MIRANDA.President MUHAMMADU BUHARI however said that the federal ...

It appears that the spate of industrial actions and strikes rocking the education sector might soon spill over to the Health sector. This is as the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have threatened to embark on strike if the federal and state governments fail to meet their demands within a 2-week ultimatum. The resident doctors reached the resolution after its Nation...

After several months of continuous registration, the registration exercise for the Permanent Voters’ Card has finally come to a close yesterday. Across the nation, and here in Ogun state, crowds of people trooped to various registration centers to ensure they have their franchise ahead of the 2023 elections. Despite the deadline being extended from June 30 till July 31, many...

About 63 bills have been tabled before the Senate and the House of Representatives for the creation of new universities, polytechnics, colleges of education since the beginning of shutdown of activities in public tertiary institutions in the country in 2022. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union have warned the government against the establishmen...

The Olu of Warri, OGIAME ATUWATSE the third has lamented over the level of youth unemployment in the country, saying it is worse than a time bomb waiting to explode. The monarch, said this when he featured on a monitored television program, stressing that the current security challenges bedeviling Africa’s most populous nation is at all time high. He called on leaders to gui...

Scores of terrorists suspected to be members of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) have re-attacked soldiers of the Guards Brigade at the Zuma Rock, Madalla area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This is the second attack within 48 hours on the seat of power targeted at the elite brigade , responsible for the safety of the Presidential Villa, military formations and other critical national assets housing the to...

A Political economist, Professor PAT UTOMI has listed increase in production and export and decreased consumption of nonessential goods as major solutions to fixing Nigeria’s economy. Professor PAT UTOMI made this statement in a television programme where he advised managers of the economy to devise means to stimulate production among the people and encourage exportation habits. ...

Edo State Governor, GODWIN OBASEKI, has revealed plans to commence the issuance of identification cards to residents across the 18 Local Government Areas of the state as a part of measures to check insecurity.According to the governor’s Special Adviser on Media Projects CRUSOE OSAGIE, the governor disclosed this while addressing stakeholders at a security meeting held in Auchi, Edo State.Governor OBASEKI said ...