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An explosion in Kidandan village of Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State has claimed the life of a pupil of an Islamiyya school while ten others have reportedly been injured. The Overseeing Commissioner for  Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan,  in  a statement on Saturday in Kaduna,...

A student group, the Concerned Public Tertiary Institutions’ Students Association (CoPTISA) has accused some rectors and vice chancellors of government-owned tertiary institutions of molesting students abusing the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) for personal gains. CoPTISA has appealed to President Tinubu in a letter to urgently act and get to...

The Coalition of Progressive Northern Groups (CPNG) has commended the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, for his exceptional leadership, well-thought-out ideas, and policies since assuming office. In a statement signed by its President, Comrade Adamu Adamu, the group said Keyamo is repaying President Bola Tinubu’s faith, displaying...

There is an ongoing plot to extend the tenure of Justices of Nigeria’s Supreme Court from its current 70-year limit to 75 years. The plot, according to sources in the privy, is to retain the Justices of the Supreme Court until after the next political dispensation. Part of the agenda...

The federal government has relocated the headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to Lagos. This is contained in a memo dated 15th of January, 2024 and signedby the Managing Director of FAAN, Mrs Olubunmi Kuku. ”The Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development has directed that the Headquarters...

The Economic and financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday filed an amended 20-count charge against the suspended governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele in an FCT High Court. EFCC dragged Emefiele to court earlier on six counts bordering on alleged breach of procurement procedure in the award...

A cyber-security specialist, Mr Chidiebere Ihediwa has advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to devise methods of re-orientating arrested educated online fraudsters (aka Yahoo Boys) to become information technology specialists. According to him, this strategy is better, rather than allowing them to languish in detention or undergo destructive dissolution....

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Nigerian Police Force and its Inspector-General (I-G) to pay a widow, Mrs Mary Kajo, the sum of N100 million over the arrest, unlawful detention, torture and death of her husband, Mark Kajo. Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo, also ordered the police...