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Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar has said that those behind calls for scrapping of the National Youth Service (NYSC) scheme do not mean well for the country.   The Monarch made the claim while hosting some selected members of NYSC Batch A stream 2 Corps members posted to Sokoto state in …

Vice President of Kenya, William Ruto’s daughter got married to a Nigerian man.   June Ruto and her Nigerian man, Dr Alexander Ezenagu had their wedding last Thursday, May 27, in an invite-only ceremony held at the Kenyan Vice President’s private residence in Karen.   During the ceremony, VP Ruto …

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 …

Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, says no administration since 1999 has performed better than that of President Buhari in terms of respecting the rights of citizens.   Garba said this during an interview on NTA on Friday, May 28. Shehu was speaking on …

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 …

A Pretoria high court on Thursday May 27, sentenced a convicted serial rapist who raped and robbed 56 women across Pretoria suburbs for five years, to 1,088 years in prison.   33-year-old Sello Abram Mapunya was convicted on Wednesday May 26, for 41 rapes and 40 separate house breakings and house robberies, as …

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has threatened to “flog” former Governor of Niger state, Babangida Aliyu for calling him a dictator.   Aliyu had in an interview last weekend, allegedly said a certain “dictator in Rivers State” was behind the travails of the PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, because of …