Abuja
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has announced the return of 384 Nigerians from the United Arab Emirates. The returnees are part of the 802 Nigerians stranded in Saudi Arabia that the Nigerian government had promised would be evacuated to Nigeria on Thursday and Friday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs disclosed that the second batch will […]
A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja has granted 20-million-naira bail to the Convener of #RevolutionNow, OMOYELE SOWORE. The second to fifth defendants were also admitted to 1-million-naira bail and one surety in like sum. Chief Magistrate MABEL SEGUN-BELLO while ruling on the bail application on Monday admitted SOWORE to 20-million-naira bail […]
A military court in Abuja has convicted a former Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Olusegun Adeniyi, who once led the country’s onslaught against Boko Haram. The report said the tribunal found Adeniyi, a major-general, guilty of violating some sections of the policy on the use of social media for personnel of the armed forces […]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, FEMI GBAJABIAMILA, has confirmed that an agent of the Department of State Services attached to him shot and killed Ifeanyi Okereke, a newspapers vendor in Abuja. The Nigeria Police Force had denied that its officer shot the vendor. GBAJABIAMILA, in his second statement on Friday, identified the DSS […]
The Presidency says residents of Rivers State and 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory have received the thirty thousand naira one-time grant for artisans, a component of the Survival Fund initiative. The presidency confirmed this in a post on its verified twitter page, noting that the other states which constitute the first set of […]
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