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The “unprovoked attack on troops and patrol vehicles in a recent protest that occurred along Lafia-Makurdi Road in Nasarawa State” was harshly denounced by the Nigerian Army, on Wednesday. Protesters blocked the primary route during the demonstration in response to the Court of Appeal’s decision over the state’s gubernatorial election. A statement by Brig Gen Onyema Nwachukwu, Director of Army …

The North-East Governors Forum (NEGF) has lamented that a new dimension of growing banditry has been added to worsen the security situation in the subregion. The NEGF observed that as a result of the concerted efforts of the military to flush bandits from the other parts of the country, the bandits are now moving towards the North-East. The Forum stressed …

The Dr SPAG Movement and Global Network,  has called  for more youths involvement, awareness and engagement in the process of nation building, stressing that this would ensure a better and safer sustainable environment for the youths globally, and especially in Nigeria.  Its Founder, a Popular Businessman and Author, Daniel Owodunni, made the call in a statement Signed Friday in Abuja, …

A popular radio station in Burkina Faso has been suspended by the country’s military junta for criticising the coup in Niger Republic. The station, Radio Omega, was suspended indefinitely by the military-led government after it broadcast an interview which was deemed “insulting” to Niger’s new military leaders. The suspension notice issued by the country’s Communications Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo …

Tech news and analysis platform, Technext has joined the club of tech-focused media platforms in Nigeria that generate more than a million impressions per quarter as its traffic volume surged by 82% to over 1.8 million in the second quarter of 2023. This is according to the latest quarterly ranked report released by online media relations management solution, Squirrel PR. …

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new Chief Executive Officers of several agencies and parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment. In a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Friday, announced the appointments of the 14 leadership of the agencies under the ministry. The appointment follows …

Retail lender, Unity Bank Plc grew its deposits to N333.38 billion, representing a marginal increase of 2% compared to N327.42 billion recorded in H1’22 in its half-year unaudited financial statement submitted to the Nigeria Exchange Group Limited. Other highlights of the unaudited financial statement includes gross income and total assets which recorded N27.5 billion as against N27.4 billion and N512.1 …

Philip Shuaibu, the deputy governor of Edo State, has refuted the assertion that he has plans to defect from the People’s Democratic Party and join the All Progressives Congress. In a statement on Thursday, his chief press secretary, Musa Ebomhiana, characterised the accusation as the work of troublemakers determined to worsen the divide between the deputy governor and his master, …

Nigeria is grappling with a revenue crisis as its debt profile continues to widen, which has seen policymakers take decisions that have, so far, failed to yield desired results. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, this week, has expressed his commitment to breaking the vicious cycle of overreliance on borrowing for public spending.According to him, and he is very right, overreliance on …

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Tuesday, affirmed Kefas Agbu’s election as governor of Taraba State. Agbu won the March 18 election in Taraba after he polled 257,926 votes to defeat the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) candidate, Sani Yahaya, who got 202,277 votes in the exercise. Yahaya later challenged the outcome of the election at the state election petitions …