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Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:01:44 +0000Troops, vigilantes repel bandits in Niger
By Justina Asishana, Minna Troops and vigilantes yesterday pushed back some bandits who attacked Sarkin Pawa, headquarters of Munya local area of Niger State. The Nation gathered that the bandits in large numbers invaded the community about 1pm...
Fri, 30 Apr 2021 08:58:06 +0000Gunmen abduct one student from Plateau school
By Kolade Adeyemi, Jos Troops and vigilantes yesterday pushed back some bandits who attacked Sarkin Pawa, headquarters of Munya local area of Niger State. The Nation gathered that the bandits in large numbers invaded the community about 1pm but vi...
Fri, 30 Apr 2021 08:46:20 +0000N120b CBN metering intervention timely – Consumers
By John Ofikhenua, Abuja One of the myriad of challenges bedeviling the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) is metering. On its own, the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) in March 2021 directed the 11 Electricity Distribution C...
Fri, 30 Apr 2021 08:45:37 +0000Police arrest 153 crime suspects in Lagos
By Precious Igbonwelundu No fewer than 93 armed, 42 traffic robbery suspects and 18 cultists have been arrested in Lagos since last month, Police Commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu, said yesterday evening. He said the command recovered 37 fir...
Fri, 30 Apr 2021 08:40:43 +0000Mbaka slams political leaders over insecurity
By Samuel Oamen Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Rev. Fr Ejike Mbaka has slammed Nigerian leaders, including President Muhammadu Buhari, over insecurity in the country. Specifically, Mbaka advised Buhari to resign or be impea...
Fri, 30 Apr 2021 08:38:51 +0000Creation of additional Igbo state solution to agitations — Igbokwe
By Alao Abiodun Special Adviser to Lagos Governor on Drainage Services Joe Igbokwe has stated one of the many solutions to the agitations of the Igbos in Nigeria is to create an additional state. He explained the creation of an additional Igbo state ...
Fri, 30 Apr 2021 08:25:31 +0000Buhari ‘sad over attacks by Ortom’
By Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday expressed disappointment and sadness at repeated attacks on him and his administration by Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom. He said “lives of fellow citizens should no...
Fri, 30 Apr 2021 08:13:26 +0000NLC opposes relocation of AFRICOM to Nigeria
By Frank Ikpefan, Abuja The Nigeria Labour Congress has opposed the appeal by the Federal Government for the relocation of the United States African Command from Stuggart Germany to Africa, saying it will be counter-productive. President of the NL...
Fri, 30 Apr 2021 08:13:08 +0000Parents of abducted students to protest at National Assembly
By AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna Parents of the remaining 29 abducted students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State have said they will stage a protest at the National Assembly if by midnight of Thursday Apri...
Fri, 30 Apr 2021 08:10:42 +0000Amotekun, OPC arrest 11 suspected bandits in Oyo
By Yinka Adeniran, and Segun Showunmi, Ibadan A collaborative effort of operatives of Oyo State Security Network Agency comprising the Amotekun Corps, Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) and Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) have led to the arr...