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New COAS seeks officers’ support to curb insecurity

The new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Faruk Yahaya, has sought the cooperation of senior officers to achieve his mandate of safeguarding the country from security challenges. According to a...

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Tribunal dismisses APC’s petition challenging PDP’s victory in Zamfara...

The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kaduna State has dismissed the petition brought before it by the All Progressive Congress and its candidate challenging the victory of the Peoples Democratic...

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Police probe Rivers motor park explosion

The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Eboka Friday, has ordered a full-scale investigation into an explosion that rocked the popular Mile 3 motor park on Monday morning in Port Harcourt. CP Friday...

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Mixed reactions greet NNPC plan to acquire stake in Dangote refinery

Financial analysts have expressed divergent views over the proposed plan by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to acquire 20 per cent equity stake in the Dangote refinery. They spoke in a...

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FG, US agency launch COVID-19 immunity survey

The Federal Government in partnership with the United States Centre for Disease Control has launched the second phase of a survey aimed at estimating the percentage of people who have immunity against...

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Ahmed Gulak’s killing negates Igbo custom, says Ohanaeze

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has condemned the gruesome assassination of Ahmed Gulak by the unknown gunmen at Imo State on Sunday. A statement on Monday by Ohanaeze...

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Lawan mourns Gulak, begs those calling for revenge

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has condemned the murder of a former Speaker of the Adamawa House of Assembly and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Ahmed Gulak. Lawan also appealed...

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Why Igbo people obey Nnamdi Kanu’s #SitAtHome order –Ex-DIG Adeoye

Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Adedayo Adeoye (retd.), has said people in the South-Eastern part of the country probably complied with proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra’s sit-at-home order...

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Federer beats Istomin to reach French Open second round

Roger Federer marked his return to the French Open with a straight sets defeat of Uzbekistan qualifier Denis Istomin on Monday. The 39-year-old Federer, the champion in Paris in 2009 but playing the...

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Attempt to kill Sowore will be resisted -Gani Adams

Aareonakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has condemned the Nigerian police for attacking the Convener of Revolution Now, Omoyele Sowore, during a protest at the Unity Fountain in Abuja on Monday. In a...

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UPDATED: Again, gunmen burn Imo police station

Gunmen on Monday burnt the Amandugba Divisional Police Headquarters in the Isu Local Government Area of Imo State. The latest development had increased to four the number of Divisional Police...

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Gulak’s killers won’t escape punishment, says Uzodinma

The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has said those who killed Ahmed Gulak, a former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, won’t escape punishment. Gulak was killed on Sunday in Owerri, the...

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Sowore: Protesters deserved to be heard, not shot at, Amnesty tells FG

A global rights group, Amnesty International, has faulted the shooting of tear gas at the Convener of Revolution Now Movement, Omoyele Sowore, during a rally in Abuja on Monday. The PUNCH reports that...

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Naomi Osaka withdraws from French Open

Naomi Osaka said Monday she was withdrawing from the French Open following the bitter fall-out from her decision to boycott all media activity at the Grand Slam event. “The best thing for the...

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Police should have spared some of Gulak’s killers to aid investigation –...

Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Adedayo Adeoye (retd.), has said the men of the Nigeria Police Force should have spared some of the suspected killers of ex-presidential aide, Ahmed Gulak, to assist...

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APC responsible for killings in Nigeria —PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party has said that it stands by its findings and declaration that the “All Progressives Congress and its leaders are responsible for the killings, bloodletting and acts of...

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56 million Nigerians with registered NIN –NIMC

The Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission, Prof Aziz Aliyu, has revealed that 56 million Nigerians have been registered into the NIMC database with their National Identity...

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De-proscribing IPOB as terror group will pave way for dialogue -Ex-DSS...

A former Director of the Department of State Services, Mike Ejiofor, says the de-proscription of the Indigenous People of Biafra as a terrorist organisation will pave the way for dialogue and amicable...

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Buhari appoints Babagana Kingibe special envoy on Chad, Lake Chad basin

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the appointment of Ambassador Babagana Kingibe as his Special Envoy with Cabinet Rank Status, to Chad and the Lake Chad Basin Region....

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It’s embarrassing Gulak’s murder occurred in South-East – Chidoka

Former Aviation Minister, Osita Chidoka, has condemned the killing of former presidential aide, Ahmed Gulak, describing the murder in the South-Eastern part of the country as an embarrassment. The...

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