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he Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has directed the immediate prosecution of offenders of the Federal Government ban on Twitter operations in Nigeria. According to a statement released by his media aide, Umar Gwandu, Malami directed the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation …

Vice president Yemi Osinbajo has announced that the Nigerian Government and the United Nations Development Programme will launch a job training fellowship for Nigerian graduates. Osinbajo made the announcement on Wednesday while speaking at an event in Abuja Tagged, ‘Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme (NJFP).’ According to the vice president, the …

South East Governors’ Forum Chairman, Dave Umahi, has said May 30 would be set aside as a day to remember millions of Igbo that lost their lives during the civil war. Umahi’s comments comes days after the order by Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) demanding residents of the South-Eastern states …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike says the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) cannot give a sit-at-home order in Rivers State as the state is not part of Southeast. The governor spoke on Monday evening while featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) demanded residents of …

TENSION is mounting in the five states of the South-East zone of the country as the sit-at-home order issued by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), a self-deterrmination group, takes effect today. IPoB, led by Nnamdi Kanu, had issued the no-movement directive to mark what it termed the Biafra …

Ally to the installed Imo State Governor and Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Gulak, has been shot dead by gunmen in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The former aide of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan was reportedly shot dead by gunmen while returning to Abuja from Owerri. It would …

The Police Command in Imo says gallant officers killed four bandits who allegedly attacked  Izombe police division in Oguta Local Government Area of the state on Saturday night. The Commissioner of Police in the state,  CP Abutu Yaro disclosed this in a statement signed by the command’s Spokesman,  SP Bala …

Gunmen on Saturday night razed the Atta Divisional Police Headquarters in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State Nigeria’s South-East. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the attackers shot sporadically for more than one hour before setting the station ablaze. They also razed the Magistrate’s and High Courts …

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor today played host to the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya in his office, at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Abuja. The CDS congratulated Maj Gen Yahaya on his appointment as the 22nd COAS, describing it as …

The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) monetary policy committee has voted to keep the monetary policy rate at 11.5 percent. The CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, declared the committee’s decision at the end of a two-day meeting at the CBN headquarters on Tuesday. The liquidity ratio was also held at 30% …