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Tue, 02 Feb 2021 21:08:26 +0000
Buhari’s Government Has Failed Nigerians, Says Tunde Bakare
Pastor Tunde Bakare The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has slammed the Muhammadu Buhari-led Nigerian government. Speaking during an Instagram Live Chat wit...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 20:00:37 +0000
Ogun Government Invited Igboho, State Commissioner Lacked Right Information — Aide
The media aide to the Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, Dapo Salami, on Tuesday said the Commisioner for information in Ogun State, Waheed Odusile, who denied that the state government didn't invite his boss to...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 19:58:05 +0000
Fraudster Bags Four Months Jail Term in Ibadan
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, on Tuesday, secured the conviction of one Oluwatobi Damilola Aina before Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan. The 26-year-old, who c...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 19:05:40 +0000
Igbo Group To Launch Justice Campaigns Against Buratai For Alleged Killing Of Igbo Soldiers On Eve Of His Retirement
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt General Yusuf Tukur Buratai. An Igbo group called Eastern Nigeria’s Rights and Intelligentsia Coalition says it will launch international and local justice campaigns against the former Chief of Army Staff,...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 18:54:34 +0000
International Press Centre Condemns Death Threats To Nigerian Journalist Over Southern Kaduna Conflict Reports
The International Press Centre (IPC) has expressed great concern over allegations of threats to life of Ibanga Isine, Nigerian investigative journalist and editor of an online newspaper, Next Edition.  SaharaReporters had earlier report...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 18:40:16 +0000
Herdsmen Kidnapping Our People, Destroying Farmland — Abia Government
Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu The Abia State Government has accused herders of kidnapping citizens of the state. John Okiyi Kalu, the state Commissioner for Information, made the allegation in a statement on Monday. Abia State Go...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 18:35:00 +0000
NDLEA Nabs Nigerian Returnee From Brazil Who Hid Cocaine Inside T-shirt Stickers
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a suspected cocaine trafficker, Ukaegbu Bright Onyekachi, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos. The suspect, who arrived in Nigeria on boar...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 18:10:25 +0000
I’ll Support Presidential Candidate From Southern Nigeria in 2023 — Kano Senator
Senator Kabiru Gaya The senator representing Kano South Constituency, Senator Kabiru Gaya, has said he will support a president that emerges from the southern part of the country in 2023. Gaya also stated that the next president of the countr...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 18:05:42 +0000
COVID-19: Nigeria Expects 57 Million Vaccine Doses Over Next Few Months
Illustration Nigeria is set to receive 57 million doeses of Covid-19 vaccine over the next few months, the authorities say. They have asked for a four-fold increase on their previous request for 10 million doses from the African Union. ...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 18:01:02 +0000
Oyo Community Alleges Oppression By Notorious Fulani Warlord, Wakili
File Photo Residents of Ayete, a town in the Ibarapa area of Oyo State, have alleged that a Fulani warlord, Iskilu Wakili, has continued to kill and maim their people. The residents, especially farmers, alleged that Wakili had taken over all ...



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