The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has confirmed the recruitment of 9374 ad hoc staff for the April 9 Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja Area Council elections.
The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN reports that the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC for the FCT, Prof. Jacob Jatau made this disclosure during an interview in Abuja on Thursday.
INEC had on March 16 postponed the area council election from March 19 to April 9 due its...
Thursday, 31 March 2016
A female student of University of Abuja, Miss Oluwakemi O Obaditan is seeking a thousand signatures in a petition she has written against a lecturer, Mr Samuel Olorunfemi Adams.
In the petition titled SAMUEL OLORUNFEMI ADAMS MUST BE STOPPED which is being circulated by www.ipetitions.com, Obaditan made allegations of physical assault and victimization against Mr Adams.
Read the petition below.
On the 11th of December 2011 I was in my second year...
The Nigerian Air Force, NAF on Wednesday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company, IVM, Nnewi, for the research and production of spare parts for its aircrafts.
Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar told newsmen in Nnewi, Anambra State that Innoson has helped the air force to keep its fleet of jet fighters flying for months.
The Air Force Chief who was represented by the Chief Of Policy and...
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has rejected the call for creation of grazing reserve for cattle herdsmen.
Ortom said during Wednesday's visit of Mrs Aisha Buhari to victims of herdsmen attacks in Makurdi that all the land in the state belong to farmers.
He said that it would be difficult to create a grazing reserve in Benue as over 85 per cent of the people are farmers and have occupied the little land available.
He advised that cattle rearers...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has blamed foreign herdsmen for the incessant attacks on communities across the state since 2011.
Ortom who spoke when Mrs Aisha Buhari visited Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs in Makurdi, the state capital appealed to the Federal Government to tighten security across the border to stop the influx of foreign herdsmen into the country.
His words:
"Unless they are chased out, it would be hard to maintain peace...
Wife of the Vice President, Mrs Oludolapo Osinbajo was in Benue State on Wednesday on behalf of the wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari to empathize with the government and people of the state over the destruction of lives and property which they recently suffered in the hands of Fulani herdsmen.
Presenting relief materials to the IDPs, Mrs Buhari assured that they would not be abandoned.
"I have heard and seen your cries. Cry no more, for...
The President of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, Mr Amaju Pinnick on Wednesday in Abuja said that it is not the destiny of Nigeria to be at the AFCON 2017 championship in Gabon.
Pinnick said at a press conference that the NFF did everything humanly and materially possible to qualify Nigeria for the event but still fell short.
He blamed the team's failure on bad luck and Chad's withdrawal from the AFCON qualifiers.
"Luck was not on our side....
The decomposing body of kidnapped Army Colonel, Samaila Inusa was discovered by three children who had gone to pluck cashew fruits at a bush in Ajyaita Village in Kakau District of Chikun LGA of Kaduna State, some ten kilometers away from Kaduna city center on Tuesday.
The frightened kids quickly ran to a local farmer who they had earlier met planting yam seedlings.
The farmer on confirming the disturbing sight immediately alerted the village head...
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
The Super Eagles have apologized for their inability to qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations holding in Gabon.
The team also did not qualify for the 2015 edition of the African championship which was held in Equatorial Guinea.
The penitent team Twitter an apology a few hours after they lost by a lone goal to Egypt in Alexandria.
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We apologize for our inability to qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations....
Nigerian troops have dislodged Boko Haram from their much touted spiritual power base, Alagarno forest.
Theater Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj Gen Lucky Irabor disclosed in his maiden media briefing since assuming office.
“On March 18, at about 0900 hrs, troops of 3 and 7 Divisions commenced advance to capture Alagarno, with a preparatory air bombardment by Nigeria Air Force (NAF), advance was halted severally due to planted Improvised...
Tuesday, 29 March 2016
“I share the pains of Nigerians, I feel that pain everyday when I walk the streets: on Easter day, I was in Lagos monitoring fuel distribution and the depots, I had given 24 hours attention to the problems.
“I have continued to work with one sole purpose, which is that every problem must have a solution and I think that is the reason I was picked.
“I do apologise for the comment that I made jocularly with my friends in the press about being a magician...
A Kano Magistrate's Court on Monday remanded a 55-year-old labourer, Mu’azu Abdullahi, in prison custody for allegedly raping his 16-year-old daughter.
The prosecutor, Sergeant Haziel Ledafowa, told the court that one Sadiya Mu’azu of the same address reported a case of incest and rape to the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP in Kano on March 15.
He said that the accused had four months ago, forcefully had carnal...
Troops of 155 Task Force Battalion, 29 Task Force Brigade ran into an ambush but were able to kill the three Boko Haram terrorists involved.
A statement released by the Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col Sani Usman said that the troops were on clearance patrol when they came under attack.
"Troops of 155 Task Force Battalion of 29 Task Force Brigade while on clearance patrol along Banki junction on Monday encountered a Boko Haram terrorists...
Troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army working with other security agencies under Operation Sharan Daji have within the last one week recorded tremendous success in the fight against cattle rustling, armed banditry and criminality in the Northwest.
A statement issued by Army spokesman, Col Sani Usman said that security agencies are determined to eliminate cattle rustling, armed banditry and other criminal activities in the area.
"In Kaduna State,...
Read Nigerian Army's official press release on abducted Col Samaila Inusa.
HQ Nigerian Army
UPDATE ON KIDNAP OF COLONEL SAMAILA INUSA
The Nigerian Army wishes to regrettably inform the public that Colonel Samaila Inusa who was kidnapped on Sunday 27th March 2016, was found dead today at about 6.00pm.
Preliminary investigation revealed that most likely the late senior officer was killed same day he was kidnapped by his abductors. This is because...
The 8th Bola Tinubu Colloquium held today at the International Conference Center, Abuja.
This year's colloquium which has its theme as “Agriculture: Action, Work , Revolution” is part of the activities marking Tinubu's 64th birthday celebration.
Dignitaries at the event included President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the Ooni of Ife Adeyeye Babatunde Ogunwusi (Ojaja II) and his wife, Olori Wuraola
Ogunwusi among others.
...
Army authorities have promised a one million naira reward for anyone with information that can lead to his rescue. Col Samaila Inusa was abducted on Saturday night by unknown gunmen while in the company of his wife. A statement issued by the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Division Nigerian Army, Col Abdul Usman said that the gunmen dropped off Col Inusa's wife and fled in his car in the direction of Abuja.
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Monday, 28 March 2016
Cameroonian authorities have disclosed that the two girls who were recently arrested with suicide bombs have no Western education and are not from Chibok.
Investigators in Cameroon identified the self-confessed suicide bomber as Aissatou Musa and her accomplice as Mamma Sali.
According to a source, “Available information as regards the acclaimed Chibok girl indicated as follows: Aissatou Musa, who claimed to be one of the Chibok girls, is the daughter...
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA has put the number of shops destroyed by Saturday's fire incident at Sabon Gari market in Kano at around 3800.
The Director-General of NEMA, Alhaji Muhammad Sani Sidi, told newsmen at the market that preliminary assessment showed that more than 90 per cent of the market was destroyed by the inferno.
"It is unfortunate that, from the record, more than 90 percent of the market has been burnt. Based on...
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB has demanded for compensation from the Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje for Igbo traders whose shops were destroyed by Saturday's early morning fire at Sabon Gari market.
The inferno which consumed about four thousand shops is said to have affected mainly Igbo traders.
MASSOB in a statement signed by its National Director of Information, Sunny Okereafor lamented...
The presidency has disclosed that it is not making the monies recovered from corrupt past public servants because it intends to tender them as evidence before the courts.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu said that Buhari would have loved to tell Nigerians how much has been recovered but could not do so at the moment.
He explained that the recovered funds have been kept in the custody of the Central...
The Nigerian Army is offering a reward of one million naira for anyone with useful information about the whereabouts of its kidnapped officer, Col Samaila Inusa.
The Army said that informants will be given protection and treated with utmost confidentiality
The Deputy Director, Army Public Relations Office of 1 Division Nigerian Army, Colonel Abdul Usman told newsmen in Kaduna on Sunday that Col Inusa was abducted by unknown gunmen around Kamazo,...
PRESS STATEMENT BY LT COL CO EGEMOLE ON CRISIS IN IBI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA ON FRIDAY 25TH MARCH 2016
On behalf of Officers and men of 93 Battalion, I am delighted to welcome you to our Headquarters in Takum. Let me start by thanking you most sincerely for your continuous commitment and support in publicizing the activities of the Nigerian Army in aid to civil authority as ensured in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (As amended)...
Troops of 114 Task Force Battalion, 28 Task Force Brigade, working with some vigilantes better known as Civilian JTF have killed four Boko Haram terrorists and rescued 54 captives in counter-insurgency operations.
A statement released by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col Sani Usman said that the troops which cleared Boko Haram terrorists along Bita-Madube Ciki-Njubul axis also recovered foodstuff, motorcycles and weapons.
The statement...
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