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FORMER head of state, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd), has called on Nigerians to support the Federal and state governments in their battle against insecurity. Babangida, however, urged the FG to train and equip soldiers with modern…

THERE is absolute blackout in the state following the commencement of a five-day warning strike embarked upon by labour unions. The Management of the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (KEDC) disclosed that the Transmission Company of…

THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, to urgently probe alleged missing N4.1 billion budgeted for the…

EX-LIBERIAN President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, says she was “disheartened” by the suspension of Hadiza Usman as Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Usman was suspended on May 5 after President Muhammadu Buhari…

Governor Nyesom Wike says there is no going back on the region's ban on open grazing. The Southern Governors' Forum had on Tuesday prohibited open grazing and movement of cattle on foot in the region. They also demanded the devolution…

GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa has faulted the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and other individuals over their public condemnation of the southern governors for demanding restructuring. Lawan had on Thursday said it was unacceptable for the…

The strike on the building housing media offices in Gaza City came on Saturday afternoon, after the owner received a call from the Israeli military warning that the building was about to be hit. Jawad Mehdi, the owner of the Jala Tower,…

Governor Bala Mohammed  has received his second dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. The governor addressed journalists shortly after receiving the vaccine at the Bauchi State Government House yesterday. He, however, decried the…

PRESIDENT Buhari will today leave Abuja for Paris, France, on a four-day official visit. The Presidency, which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, yesterday, said the president would attend the African Finance Summit which is expected…

TURKISH President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Thursday evening, held a telephone conversation with President Muhammadu Buhari and urged Nigeria to show solidarity with Palestine in the Middle East nation’s conflict with Israel. At least…