Author: Alex Enemanna
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Troops foil attack in Katsina community, neutralise one bandit
Troops of Operation Sahel Sanity have averted what would have been a deadly attack on Zamfarawa community in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. One of the bandits was killed, while several others escaped with gunshot wounds as troops engaged the criminals. According to a statement by the Director Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General…
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New digital identity to include DNA as FG dumps ID cards
Nigeria has moved from national identification and registration of citizens via card-based version to strictly digital. This was disclosed to State House Correspondents on Thursday by the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, and the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. The duo, along with…
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#BBNaija show misrepresenting goodness of Nigerian youths, says Ooni
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has suggested a replacement for the Big Brother Naija reality show. While playing host to members of the National Youth Council of Nigeria in his palace at Ile Ife, Osun, the monarch criticised the #BBNaija show. He said the reality show was “misrepresenting the goodness and…
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Insurgency: Super Powers relying on unsubstantiated arguments to deny us weapons, FG decries
The Federal Government has appealed to the world powers not to be weighed by unsubstantiated arguments to deny the country vital platforms and weapons to fight insecurity. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the appeal on Thursday when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja. “I want…
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We’re committed to reversing US visa ban — Buhari vows
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, said Nigeria was making progress in its efforts to ensure the reversal of the United States’ suspension of the issuance of “immigrant visas” to Nigerian passport holders. His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement qouted the President as saying this while receiving the report…
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Edo factional Assembly members threaten to impeach Obaseki
Factional Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Victor Edoror, has warned state Governor, Godwin Obaseki , not to violate constitutional provisions, if he does not want to be impeached. Edoror, who spoke after Wednesday’s sitting of his faction at an undisclosed address at the Government Reserved Area of the state, said the decisions…
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DSS frees Mailafia after 6-hour questioning
A crowd gathered outside the Jos office of the Department of State Services while the former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafia, was being grilled on Wednesday. Mailafia was later released a few minutes past 6pm after he was grilled for six hours. Mailafia was invited by operatives of the…
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Unilag VC fired
The Governing Council of the University of Lagos on Wednesday announced the sacking of its Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olawatoyin Ogundipe. The sack was announced at a meeting of the Governing Council of the UNILAG held at the National Universities Commission in Abuja While seven members voted for the removal of Ogundipe, four voted against it; one…
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Civilians, soldiers clash in South Sudan, 127 dead
Clashes between soldiers and civilians during a disarmament exercise in the central South Sudanese town of Tonj have left 127 dead, the army spokesman said Wednesday. Major General Lul Ruai Koang told AFP that the fighting erupted on Saturday as security forces carried out an operation to disarm civilians in the area which has seen…
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FCTA demolishes 25 houses over land grabbing
The Federal Capital Territory Administration Department of Development Control on Wednesday demolished 25 houses in the Kyami District of Abuja. This is happening barely one week after the department pulled down 102 houses built on waterways and flood plains in Gwagwalada. The Director of the department, Malam Muktar Galadima, who led the exercise told newsmen…