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Consider declaring kidnappers as terrorists, Reps tell FG

Consider declaring kidnappers as terrorists, Reps tell FG

The House of Representatives on Wednesday told the Federal Government to consider proscribe kidnapping and declaring kidnappers as terrorists. The lower chamber of the National Assembly urged the Federal Government to take the issues of…

Fuel subsidy removal: A time bomb that should be avoided

Fuel subsidy removal: A time bomb that should be avoided

On Tuesday, November 23, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, while speaking at an event in Abuja, announced the planned removal of fuel subsidy and the introduction of the payment…

JUST IN: Nigeria confirms two cases of Omicron COVID-19 variant

JUST IN: Nigeria confirms two cases of Omicron COVID-19 variant

  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday morning confirmed the first case of the Omicron variant in the country. This was contained in a press release issued by the centre and signed…

120,000 children died of AIDS-related disease in 2020 – UNICEF

120,000 children died of AIDS-related disease in 2020 – UNICEF

Not less than 300,000 children, representing one child in two minutes, were infected with HIV in 2020, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) disclosed yesterday.   Aside from the rate of infection, the…

PIA: Bring more investments into Nigeria, Sylva urges oil majors

PIA: Bring more investments into Nigeria, Sylva urges oil majors

  The Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, has advised all the relevant stakeholders in the oil and gas sector to use the opportunity in the establishment of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) to…

Jailbreaks: Senate summons Malami, Aregbesola, Nababa

Jailbreaks: Senate summons Malami, Aregbesola, Nababa

…probes rampant incidences across the nation   Worried by the rampant incidences of jailbreaks across the country, the Senate, yesterday, resolved to summon the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and the Attorney-General of the…

Malami sets up panel to probe alleged sale of govt property

Malami sets up panel to probe alleged sale of govt property

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has set up a panel to investigate the alleged sale of Federal Government property by an alleged syndicate in the ministry. This…

Fasoranti’s daughter died of excessive blood loss from gunshot wound –Pathologist

Fasoranti’s daughter died of excessive blood loss from gunshot wound –Pathologist

A consultant pathologist, Dr Olumuyiwa Pelemo, yesterday told an Akure High Court that it was a gunshot from one of the assailants of Mrs Funke Olakunri that killed the daughter of Afenifere leader, Pa Ruben…

Nigeria’s unity not negotiable –Rev Pam

Nigeria’s unity not negotiable –Rev Pam

The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) Rev. Yakubu Pam, has said Nigeria’s unity is not negotiable. Pam, who spoke when he received members of the Northern States Christian Elders’ Forum (NOSCEF),…

Akintoye quits South/Middle Belt Alliance, to form new South, Middle-Belt group

Akintoye quits South/Middle Belt Alliance, to form new South, Middle-Belt group

Chairman of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS), Professor Banji Akintoye, yesterday formally announced his resignation as chairman of the alliance with immediate effect.   Following the decision, the renowned historian also pulled…