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In the past 10 years, no fewer than 25,000 persons have been reported missing in Nigeria, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Wednesday. The Public Relations Officer of ICRC Nigeria, Aliyu Dawobe, who disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Abuja, said the missing people were those whose relatives reported and registered their cases …

The three tiers of government on Wednesday shared the sum of N906.955 billion as revenue allocation for October. This is contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting in Asaba, Delta State. The distributable revenue comprised statutory revenue of N305.070 billion, Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N323.446 billion, and Electronic Money …

The FCT Police Command has disagreed with a report on killings and abductions in the territory, insisting that the figures were outrageous, inaccurate, and misleading.This may not be unconnected with a story published in a national newspaper (not Blueprint) indicating that 12 people were killed, while 139 were abducted within the FCT in the last six months.Blueprint reports that there …

The State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller on Monday morning revealed that nine Americans have died in the bloodshed in Israel, and more may yet be missing after a weekend offensive from Gaza by Hamas. “There are reports of Americans who are unaccounted for,” he said. “We continue to work to confirm that number and try to locate those who are …

The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has reported that the 11 electricity distribution companies (DisCos) in the country generated N247.09 billion as revenue in the first quarter of this year, representing 68.75 per cent out of the N359.38 billion billed the customers. The NERC, in its just released ‘Q1 2023 Electricity Report’, also disclosed that the DisCos installed a total …

Vice President Kashim Shettima has reiterated his commitment to retire former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, from politics. Shettima said he won’t retire Atiku to Dubai but Fombina. He promised to buy the former vice president goats, broilers and layers so that he can spend his days rearing goats and broilers. …

Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) club Heartland have appointed Kennedy Boboye as their new head coach. This was announced by the club on Wednesday through their official X handle. “We are pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with two-time NPFL winning coach Kennedy Boboye,” reads a statement. Read Also: Boboye takes over at Akwa Utd after Obuh’s …

A Peer-to-Peer (P2P) crypto trader, Lawrence Success Karinate has been convicted by a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos for computer related fraud. According to a statement issued by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)on Monday, Justice Nicholas Oweibo convicted Karinate who was prosecuted by its Lagos Zonal Command. According to the EFCC statement, Karinate was prosecuted on …

The military junta in Niger has named a former economy minister, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine as the Prime Minister of the country. The appointment of Zeine is coming nearly two weeks after the military took over power from the democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum. A spokesman for the military junta made the announcement on television late on Monday night. Read …

Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has urged Nigerians to shun calls for mass civil disobedience over the judgement of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT), which dismissed the case filed by Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in challenge of President Bola Tinubu’s victory at the February 25 presidential election. Omokri, who is a big critic to Obi, made …