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More than 1,680 schoolchildren have been kidnapped in Nigeria since the 2014 abduction of 276 schoolgirls from Chibok in Borno State, with fear of attacks stopping some children from ever attending school, said Save the Children. Save the Children in a statement issued on Thursday, said in April 2014, the...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has ordered the Seizure and sale of a property belonging to Energy Link Infrastructures Limited, MV Eli Akaso, (IMO NUMBER ) 9164847 in satisfaction of a Judgement debt. The court has ordered that the vessel be forfeited to GIMBROWN’S MARINE OIL AND...

The planned arraignment of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Godwin Emefiele flopped  at the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja on Thursday. Though Emefiele was in Court, the second defendant, Saadat Yaro was absent in Court prompting the arraignment to be shifted till August 23....

By Michael Oche The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation – Africa (ITUC-Africa) has expressed dismay over the failure of Yapi Merkezi, the Turkish company handling the railway project in Tanzania, to quickly resolve the concerns of its Turkish workers who have been on strike since August...

Phrank Shaibu, the Special Assistant on Public Communication to former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has described as patently fraudulent the announcement by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) that it had taken a loan for the primary purpose of supporting the naira. Shaibu said that the announcement...

Hope for an increase in crude oil production has been rekindled as Nigeria’s crude oil production is expected to rise by at least 350,000 barrels per day, THE WHISTLER reports. This is as a result of the decision of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to resume operations at...

The Katsina State Governor, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, has expressed anger over the repeated assaults of residents in some communities by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, anti-smuggling special force. He urged the NCS to renew its fight against smuggling of arms and illicit drugs, fueling armed banditry across...

An aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force has crashed. The aircraft took off from Kaduna en route to Minna, the Niger state capital when the incident occurred. Details of the crash are still sketchy as of the time of filing this report. Details shortly…

Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has dismissed claims that it has received request from certain quarters to forcefully effect a change of leadership in the country. This follows series of false narratives flying around the country is the aftermath of comments made by President Bola Tinubu, Chairman of West African Regional...

…Urges mischief makers to desist from attempts to widen gulf between them There are concerted efforts by some people described as mischief makers and political jobbers to destabilise Edo State and widen the gulf between the state governor Godwin Obaseki and himself, the deputy governor Comrade Philip Shaibu, has said....