Members of the Joint Task Force in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Thursday arrested two suspects – a teenager and an adult apparently primed to bomb a displaced persons camp in the city. One of the suspects, according to a statement issued by the Army Spokesman in the area, Col. Sani Usman, is among the senior […]
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The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control NAFDAC on Thursday advised Nigerians to guard against buying expired products during the yuletide. Mr Dauda Gimba, the South-East Zonal Coordinator of NAFDAC, gave the advice in Enugu while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the Agency’s planned mop-up of expired products from […]
Read More The British High Commissioner, Paul Arkwright, says one of UK’s key objective for Nigeria this year is to support the ongoing campaign against Cybercrime to reduce the number of UK citizens and businesses falling victim to fraud and cyber crime originating in Nigeria. Arkwright disclosed this on Wednesday, at the ongoing Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO) […]
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Johnson Chukwu, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Cowry Asset Management Limited, is a household name in the nation’s financial sector. His passion for financial matters has taken him far and wide as a banker and financial consultant. He spoke with Daily Trust on the state of the nation’s economy, the financial sector and […]
Read More ABUJA — The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has assured that the current fuel scarcity in the country will be over in a matter of days, following the approval of the subsidy payment by the National Assembly. The minister, who gave the assurance during a visit to the headquarters of the Daily […]
Read More VanguardNgr Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has finally reacted to the outcome of Wednesday’s protest by pro-Biafra groups, the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in Onitsha, the commercial city of the state, which reportedly led to the death of 9 civilians, two police […]
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The Auditor-General of the Federation (AuGF), Mr. Samuel Ukura, has accused the Nigerian legislature of turning down the implementation of the 14 audit reports forwarded to it since 1999. Ukura claimed that he exposed fraud and corrupt practices in Federal Government’s ministries and agencies in those reports. He disclosed these at a retreat between his […]
Read More The Cameroon army yesterday killed 100 Boko Haram terrorists and freed 900 hostages in a three-day operation last week. “A special clean-up operation from November 26 to 28 against Boko Haram in the border area with Nigeria neutralised more than 100 insurgents,” Defence Minister Joseph Beti Assomo, said in a statement broadcast on national radio. […]
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The Nigerian Senate yesterday said it will open investigation into the alleged diversion of N200 billion of the education tax collected by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) between 2012 and 2013. The amount was said to have been diverted to “unknown and unspecified uses not recognised in or permitted under the TETFund establishment Act, […]
Read More Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja today for for Johannesburg, South Africa to participate in the Forum on China/Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). The president will use the opportunity to discuss with the Chinese President Xi Jinping on development of the country’s rail sector. The forum in Johannesburg begins tomorrow and ends December 5. China Railway […]
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Nnewi – The peaceful protest embarked upon on Tuesday by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, against the continued incarceration of Mr. Nnamdi Kalu the Radio Biafra Director, turned bloody at about 1.30 am early hours of Wednesday, after an alleged encounter by the Joint Military Taskforce comprising, Army, Navy, Police and Civil Defense, who […]
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The U.S. says it has concluded plans to begin the implementation of the Security Governance Initiative (SGI), a comprehensive security master plan aimed at defeating terrorism and security threats in Nigeria. The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr James Entwistle, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja when he paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of […]
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