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Nigerian Air Force has mistakenly bombed another community in Nigeria’s war-torn North-East,  gistfoxnews.com has learnt from military sources. Dozens of civilians were said to have been killed and others wounded after a military operation said to have occurred by error. It was unclear when the incident came, but dead bodies …

President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned road project completed by the governor Hope Uzodimma Pt1  

The Plateau State House of Assembly has asked residents to take up arms and defend themselves.   The call comes amid the killings of hundreds as crisis engulfed several areas of the State. Addressing newsmen in Jos, the Plateau State capital on Friday, Chairman, House Committee on Information, Hon. Dasun …

Couples in Rano Local Government Area of Kano State have been banned from meeting in public places at night. The LGA enacted the bye-law as a result of the reported cases of immoral activities between males and females, including divorcees. Rano local government information officer, Habibu Faragai, said the council …

A N9.2 million contract has been awarded by the Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project (KSADP) for the supply of five pure breeds of Friesian bulls to boost animal insemination at Kadawa Insemination Center. The project Coordinator, Ibrahim Garba-Muhammad, made this known in a statement released by the project Communication Specialist, …

Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has ordered the immediate dismissal of civil servants who were absent from work under the guise of the sit-at-home directive of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).He also threatened that any shop or store locked will also lose the right of occupancy of such a …

Gift Agenoisa, a JSS1 student at Mary Immaculate Secondary School in Ado Ekiti, has sued the Ekiti State Government for breach of fundamental rights after being suspended from school for alleged indiscipline and her parents’ assault on teachers. Mrs Odunayo Agenoisa swore to suit number HAD/01/CR/2021 on her behalf before …

The federal government has launched Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Survey to measure the level of penury among Nigerians. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq inaugurated the MPI on Tuesday. A statement by her media aide Nneka Anibeze, said the MPI survey was inaugurated …

President Muhammadu Buhari signed the N983 billion supplementary appropriation bill into law in July. Recurrent (non-debt) expenditure will consume N123 billion, whereas capital expenditure will consume N895 billion. Security equipment, vaccines, and other COVID-19-related equipment are all covered by the additional budget. According to TheCable, the government plans to spend …

The Senate has approved the Federal Government’s request for a $6.1 billion (N2.343 trillion) loan request. The Senate gave the approval on Wednesday after it considered a report from its Committee on Local and Foreign Debt which it earlier directed to work on the loan request. Presenting the report on …