The police confirmed the kidnap of the Niger commissioner. The Niger State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mohammed Idris, was on Sunday kidnapped by gunmen at Baban Tunga village of Tarfa Local Government Area of the state.The Secretary to the State Government, Ahmed Matane, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in a telephone interview on Monday. Mr Matane …

The planned sit-at-home ordered by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, scheduled to have commenced tomorrow, Monday, has been suspended due to the National Examination Council, NECO, examination for junior secondary schools. IPOB stated that a new date for the commencement of the sit-at-home order would be announced later. The pro-Biafra group had a penultimate week, in what appeared to …

The Senate on Sunday said its Committee on Constitution Review did not propose creation of additional 20 states to the existing 36. Rather, the upper chamber said that such requests for creation of more states were only referred by the committee to the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure compliance with provisions of section 8 of …

There have been agitations for the creation of more states in Nigeria and it looks like it is about to enter a new phase The agitators have been heard loud and clear as the Senate committee on constitution review has taken action The committee proposed that referendum be conducted for 20 new states by the Independent National Electoral Commission The …

The Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria has announced the death of its former General Overseer (G.O), Dr Wilson Badejo, aged 74. The National Secretary of the church, Rev. Yomi Oyinloye, said in a statement that Badejo, who was the church’s G.O between 1999 and 2009, died on Saturday after a brief illness. “He was a great achiever, an accomplished servant …

August 7, 2021COMMUNIOUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE MEETING OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (NEC) OF THE NIGERIA UNION OF JOURNALISTS (NUJ) HELD AT THE NUJ PRESS CENTER UTAKO, ABUJA, AUGUST 7, 2021.The National Executive Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists held its meeting in Abuja with all the National Officers as well as Chairmen and Secretaries of …

The Royal African Society is delighted to announce the election as its new Chair of Ms Arunma Oteh in succession to journalist and broadcaster Zeinab Badawi, who is stepping down after seven years, at the end of her second term.Ms Oteh is a member of Global Leadership Council at Said Business School at the University of Oxford, and a member …

Pensioners in the country, under the aegis of Nigeria Union of Pensioners have written a letter of appreciation and commendation to President Muhammadu Buhari, for payment of major part of their backlog entitlements.In the letter signed by Elder Actor Zal, General Secretary of the association, the pensioners described President Buhari as a leader “who listens to the yearnings and aspirations” …

…Says corruption worse now than in our time …I once sacked a governor for misappropriating N313,000 …There would have been a violent coup if June 12 was not annulled …Says insecurity is problem of leadership …Asks DSS to obey court orders …As Nigerians react Former military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB has said that the corruption index in the …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was in Benin Republic in the first week of August, 2021, TheCable has learnt. Top sources in the diplomatic circle told TheCable the former president travelled to Zanzibar, an island in Tanzania, on August 1 and rerouted to the Francophone country. He was said to have travelled to Benin Republic in the guise of condoling with …