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Fri, 28 May 2021 04:53:49 +0000
NYSC: To Be Or Not, Whose Decision, Dare Or N’Assembly? By Olabisi Deji-Folutile
Olabisi Deji-Folutile The National Youth Service Corps Scheme has been in the news following reports that the House of Representatives is considering a bill to repeal the NYSC Act.  The scheme, established by decree 24, was introduced on...

Thu, 27 May 2021 21:06:28 +0000
COVID-19 Stories, By Children Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene It all seems like memories from a distant past. But it’s not. This time last year we were in a lockdown. The world was under the monstrous grip of the Coronavirus. Rumours and speculations about the origin and nature of this ...

Thu, 27 May 2021 20:39:57 +0000
Governor Sule’s Aide, Chinese National, Two Policemen, Others Arrested For Rail Line Vandalism In Nasarawa
Governor Abdullahi Sule The Nasarawa State Police Command says it has arrested the Special Adviser on Infrastructure to Governor Abdullahi Sule for vandalising railway tracks and slippers in Lafia and Keana local government areas of the state...

Thu, 27 May 2021 20:39:09 +0000
Police IG's Wife Moves To Ban Beer Parlours In Barracks
Hajia Hajara Usman Baba, President of the Police Officers Wives Association and wife of the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has decried the proliferation of beer parlours in police barracks, describing it as a bad influence o...

Thu, 27 May 2021 20:38:23 +0000
Violent Clash Breaks Out In Niger Community After Death Of Fulani Boy
File Photo There was palpable tension on Thursday evening after a Fulani boy was allegedly killed in a fight by a resident of the Angwan Boro in Niger State, SaharaReporters reports. According to an eyewitness, Idris Beyioku told SaharaReport...

Thu, 27 May 2021 20:37:17 +0000
Blame Yourself For Consequences If You Flout Sit-at-home Order On May 31, IPOB Tells Igbo People
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said the May 31 sit-at-home directive to honour Biafra fallen heroes should not be flouted by its members. The group stated that there will be candlelight procession on Sunday, 30th May in the South...

Thu, 27 May 2021 19:38:22 +0000
Power-drunk Soldier Mercilessly Beats Commercial Driver For Stopping For Schoolchildren To Cross Road in Lagos
A bus driver has been physically assaulted by a Nigerian military man for stopping on the highway for schoolchildren to cross in Lagos. In a video posted by Instablog9ja on Thursday, the soldier in military camouflage got down from his moto...

Thu, 27 May 2021 19:36:00 +0000
Nigerian Man Could Win Over N100million As Lagos Humanists, Sceptics Organise Test To Prove Supernatural Power
The Lagos Humanists and Sceptics are inviting the General public to a preliminary demonstration for the Center for Inquiry Investigations Group (CFIIG) Paranormal challenge which will hold on Sunday at the Freedom Dark Old Prison Ground, Bro...

Thu, 27 May 2021 19:25:45 +0000
Kwara Panel Demands Trial Of Ex-Governors Saraki, Abdulfatah, Over Sale Of State Assets, Debts
Bukola Saraki A committee set up to investigate the sale of Kwara State assets has recommended the prosecution of former Governors Bukola Saraki and Abdulfatah Ahmed, and other former government officials to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. T...

Thu, 27 May 2021 18:39:10 +0000
We Raised N60million And Still Don't Have Our Children Back—Parents Of Abducted Kaduna Greenfield University Students
Parents of the remaining abducted students of Greenfield University in Kaduna State have decried the deafening silence by the government over securing the release of the students. The parents had consistently called on the Nigerian Governmen...



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