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Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen reportedly killed three people at Imatom village in Logo local government area of Benue State on Saturday night. A community leader, Anawa Joseph, confirmed the incident to journalists on Sunday. He listed the victims as Tertsea Terkimbi Adagundu, Tertsea Mkposu, and Mimidoo Umburga. READ ALSO: Suspected herdsmen attack Benue passenger bus, kill one The community …

Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo has clinched his first trophy since arriving Saudi Arabia from Europe. Ronaldo helped Al-Nassr win their first Arab Club Champions Cup title despite finishing with nine men after extra time. The 38-year-old played a key role as his team came from behind to beat fellow Saudi side Al-Hilal 2-1 in the final on Saturday. Read Also: …

The death toll from the boat mishap in Mokwa local government area of Niger State had risen to 30. Emergency responders had on Sunday evening recovered 26 bodies from the scene of the accident. A wooden boat conveying passengers from Gbajibo water side to Tungan-Mango for farming activities capsized in the communities between Jebba and Kainji Dam in Mokwa local …

  The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has collaborated with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control, (NAFDAC) to ensure a sustainable access to affordable and acceptable quality medicines for citizens. The Director General NHIA, Prof. Mohammed Sambo, stated this recently during a courtesy visit to NAFDAC in Abuja. He added that the aim of the collaboration is …

Operators in the transport business and other businesses have been called upon to embrace electric vehicles as their choice for mass mobility in the country because it gives the best returns on investment when compared with fuel vehicles. Sanjay Rupani, Director of Sales for Jets Systems Limited, manufacturer of Jet Mover electric buses, disclosed this while speaking at the 2023 …

The Federal Government has said that two of its programmes targeted at alleviating the impact of fuel subsidy removal will soon kickoff. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, disclosed this at the weekend, listing the two programmes as presidential conditional grant and presidential palliative loan. “In the presidential conditional grant programme, the federal government will disburse …

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) and the Patriotic Defenders of National Institutions have raised concerns about the integrity of the Nigerian certification process, pointing out deficiencies and inconsistencies in the Enugu Governorship Election Petition Tribunal’s recent judgment that upheld Mr Peter Mbah as the winner of the governorship election in Enugu. They said the tribunal upholding Mbah’s …

A Human Rights Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, on Sunday, knocked lawmakers at the National Assembly for attempting to amend the Universal Basic Education Act of 2004 by introducing severe penalties for parents who fail to send their children to school. Falana, who bared his mind in a statement he personally signed, urged the lawmakers to …

Police operatives on Friday arrested the President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa, and three other officials in Abuja. The NURTW Deputy President, Isa Ore, who confirmed the development to journalists on Saturday, said the four officials were arrested at the union’s National Secretariat in Garki 2, Abuja, on Friday evening. The other officials …

Suspected kidnappers said to be fully armed, have attacked Gamji village in Burra District of Ningi LGA of Bauchi State, killing a personnel of the State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and abducted one person. Reports have it the Civil Defence personnel was shot and killed by the unknown gunmen who had laid ambush when …