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A 31-year-old motorcyclist, Yakubu Lucky, was swept away by flood at Dogongada in Lokogoma District of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday. The Head of Public Affairs for the Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Nkechi Isa, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday, said the victim was swept away by flood after a heavy downpour …

Villagers of Tudun Biri, a local community in the Igabi Local Government area of Kaduna State, on December 3 gathered to celebrate Maulud, the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad when a military bomb, which was on a routine counter-terrorism operation, dropped on them. The military claimed that their movement was mistaken for suspected bandits. The airstrike was reported to have …

The appointment of a Minister of State for Petroleum Resources from the oil-rich Niger Delta region, according to Yabagi Sani, national chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), is sending the “wrong signal.” Sani, a guest on Thursday’s Sunrise Daily breakfast programme on Channels Television, claimed that confining the appointment to a specific state will instill a sense of entitlement …

Social Democratic Party (SDP) Candidate for the Kogi State Governorship Elections, Alhaji Muritala Yakubu Ajaka has reiterated his absolute confidence in the resolve of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a transparently free and fair election on November 11,2023. In a statement by Faruk Adejoh-Audu, his spokesman, Director Communications, for his campaign, Alhaji Ajaka passed the vote of confidence …

The Senate has dismissed reports of a purported plot by some lawmakers to impeach the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Yemi Adaramodu, made the clarification in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Akpabio had earlier rejected reports of a plot by the senators to change the leadership of the Red Chamber. …

Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, the minister of state for police affairs, has emphasised the necessity of reforming the Nigeria Police Force in order to improve security and attract prospective investments and economic growth. In order to do this, the minister stated during a visit to the Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday that the administration of President Bola Tinubu was working nonstop …

Nigerian fighter Kamaru Usman lost to Khamzat Chimaev at middleweight on Saturday. The fight lasted all three rounds. In the first round Chimaev’s advantage was tangible: he sat on his opponent’s back for almost the whole round. However, in the next two rounds everything was not so clear. It seems that two out of three referees favoured Chimaev for the …

The Executive Vice-Chairman of the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, said on Saturday that investment inflow into the country’s telecommunication sector rose by $39 billion in the second quarter of this year. Danbatta, who spoke at a media parley, said investments in the sector rose from $38 billion to $77 billion during the period. He added that the …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, said on Saturday nothing should stop the Supreme Court from accepting his fresh evidence against President Bola Tinubu in the ongoing dispute over the outcome of the February 25 election. The PDP candidate on October 7 filed an application to present fresh evidence against the president at the apex court. This …

Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Tinubu sacks FAAN MD, 4 others, suspends NCAA DG President Bola Tinubu has sacked the Managing Director of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. Kabir Yusuf Mohammed, and heads of four other agencies in the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development.Read more 2. Nigerian govt removes …