100 Kaduna victims in bandits’ dens, others live in fear – CAN

• Bandits attacked church on March 21, kidnapped five persons, says Hayab• Gunmen abduct Catholic priest, Oyo couple, six others in Kaduna, Niger• Buhari orders service chiefs to identify, take out sponsors of bandits The Christian Association of Nigeria, Kaduna State chapter, has said no fewer than 100 residents of the state are in different […]

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PDP caretaker panel reverses ex-gov Aliyu’s suspension

Sunday Aborisade The North-Central Zonal Caretaker Committee overseeing the activities of the Peoples Democratic Party in Niger State has reversed the suspension of a former governor of the state, Babangida Aliyu, from the party. The caretaker panel, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Suleiman Mohammed, Monday night, described the ex-governor’s suspension as fake news.The […]

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Lawan not proposing unlimited tenure for Buhari –Spokesperson

Sunday Aborisade The Special Adviser to the President of the Senate on Media and Publicity, Ola Awoniyi, said on Tuesday that his principal, Ahmad Lawan, never proposed an unlimited tenure for the office of the President of Nigeria. Awoniyi, in a statement in Abuja, said he was responding to a tweet which attributed a fabricated […]

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Court bars FG from blocking SIM cards on April NIN linkage deadline

Eniola Akinkuotu and Okechukwu Nnodim A Federal High Court in Lagos State has barred the Federal Government from blocking SIM cards not linked to National Identity Numbers next month.The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy had, through the Nigerian Communications Commission, asked operators to block all SIM cards not linked to NIN by April 6, […]

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We begged Niger Republic to construct railway for them – Amaechi

Eniola Akinkuotu The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says he personally travelled to Niger Republic to beg the country to allow the Nigerian government to construct the $1.95bn railway from Kano State into Maradi in Niger Republic.Amaechi said this on Channels Television’s ‘News Night’ programme on Monday which was monitored by our correspondent. The railway […]

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Tolu Babaleye Commends Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo for his Impressive Infrastructural drive

Hon. Tolu Babaleye has commended the good representation provided by the lawmaker representing Akoko North East and North West Federal Constituency, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. This he stated after plying several roads within the region which according to him had taken a huge positive facelift which was made possible as a result of the commitment and […]

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