Monthly Archives: December, 2020

Flash: President Buhari To Address Nigerians January 1

President Muhammadu Buhari to address Nigerians on January 1.The...

Enforce 12am To 4am Curfew, Lagos CP Orders Policemen

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has...

New Zealand Already ln 2021 As They Celebrate With Fire Works In Auckland

New Zealand Already ln 2021 As They Celebrate With...

NIMC Issues New Guidelines For NIN Applicants

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85-Year-Old Man Arrested In Osun For Impregnating 12-year-Old Girl

On Sunday, the Osun State Police Command said an...

Saudi Arabia bans underage marriage

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ASUU Suspends Nine-Month-Old Strike

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ASUU Suspends 9-Months Strike

The Academic Staff Union of University , on Wednesday...

FG extends deadline for NIN update

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FG May Ban Inter-State Travel Over COVID-19 Surge – Lai Mohammed

Lai Mohammed, Minister of InformationThe Minister of Information, Lai...

NIPSS Boss, Prof. Habu Galadima, Dies at 57

Habu Galadima, the Director General of the National Institute...

News update, Sunday, 20/12/2020

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Bandits Abduct Katsina Students In Fresh Attack

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted many students...

Gridlock As Petrol Tanker Explodes In Ibadan

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SaharaReporters Wins Biggest Prizes At 2020 Wole Soyinka’s Award For Investigative Journalism

Reporters from SaharaReporters won the biggest prizes at the...

The ‘Owambe’ Governor – By Allen Sowore

Governance is a serious business. It's an exercise of...

‘Ladies Who Wear Trousers Have Zero Chances Of Making Heaven’–Nigerian Evangelist Tells Ladies

À Nigerian evangelist Victor Edet, says ladies who wear...

Boko Haram will turn to Southern Nigeria when done with Northerners – Aisha Yesufu

Aisha Yesufu, Co-convener of the BringBackOurGirls, BBOG advocacy group...

Owning To Security Concerns, Aisha Buhari Relocates To Dubai

Mrs Aisha Buhari, Wife of the President Of Nigeria...

Jigawa governor orders closure of all schools, requests parents to evacuate children

The Jigawa State Government has announced the closure of...

Ganduje shuts all schools in Kano, orders parents to evacuate children

The Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has ordered the...

Boko Haram Claims Responsibility For Abduction Of Katsina Schoolboys

Jihadist group Boko Haram on Tuesday, December 15th, claimed...

World Bank Approves $1.5bn Loan For Nigeria

The World Bank has finally approved Nigeria’s request for...

World Bank Approves $1.5bn Loan For Nigeria

The World Bank has finally approved Nigeria’s request for...

[Download Music] Purplelar – FreeVibes

It's a well-known fact that music is made to...

Police IG, Adamu orders immediate deployment of SWAT officers

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered...

BREAKING: El-Rufai shuts Kaduna schools as COVID-19 cases spike

The governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has ordered...

Why The Current National Assembly Is Snubbable – By Karl Ogumah

Parliaments since the history of democracies have a responsibility...

Nigerian Musicians, Omah Lay, Tems To Remain In Uganda Police Custody

Nigerian artistes, Omah Lay and Tems, will remain in...

Presidency Counters Katsina State Government, Says Only 10 Students Are Missing, Not 333

Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media...

SFG, Boss Mustapha, Wife Go Into Isolation After Family Member Test Positive For Covid-19

Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation,...

Protest Hits Katsina Over Kidnap Of Schoolboys

There was a protest in Kastina State on Sunday...

Boko Haram commander, Shekau is crippled

A captured Boko Haram fighter says Abubakar Shekau, leader...

Katsina School Bandits’ Invasion: How We Spent Night Inside Bush – Student

Students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State,...

Landlord Cancels 1 year Rent Charges For students living In his hostel

Landlord Cancels 1 year Rent Charges For students living...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu Tests Positive For Covid-19

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has tested positive for...

National Assembly Invitation: X-raying The Deeper Implications Of Buhari’s Snub – By Karl Ogumah

"Political language is designed to make lies sound truth...

Bandits Storm Katsina School, Kill Security Guard, 600 Students Allegedly Missing

Armed men suspected to be bandits have invaded Government...

Many Nigerian graduates can’t read or write, says minister

MINISTER of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has decried continuous...

Court Jails 22 Year Old “Yahoo Boy” In Oyo Over Fraud

A Federal High Court in Ibadan has on Friday...

Sanwo-Olu Goes Into Self Isolation As Aide Tests Positive For Covid-19

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has decided to go...

Nigerian govt orders reopening of isolation centres over possible second wave of COVID-19

Some COVID-19 isolation centres located inside Karu and Asokoro...

Nigerian Army General, Olu Irefin, Dies Of Covid-19 In Abuja

Olu Irefin, General Officer Commanding, GOC, 6 Division and...

DSS Detains Osun #EndSars Coordinator

One of the coordinators of the #EndSARS Movement in...

Former Chairman Of The Defunct Pension Reformed Taskforce Team, Maina, Collapses In Court

A former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Taskforce...

‘National Assembly can summon Buhari on national issues,’ Reps Leader replies Malami

The Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives,...

National Assembly lacks power to invite Buhari over insecurity —Malami

The Attorney - General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami...

ISWAP Captures Newly Inducted Nigerian Army Armoured Vehicle

The Islamic State West Africa Province’s (ISWAP) Amaq news...

Buhari Cancels Scheduled Appearance Before House Of Reps

The president circumvents rendering accounts for his handling of...

Photonews: Family Prints Banners To Welcome Their Daughter From NYSC Camp

The Family of Tseeneke Prints Banners to welcome back...

Nigerian Man Jailed in The UK For Blackmailing His Former Girlfriend With A Sex Tape

A 24-year-old Nigerian man Chisom Adams, has bagged a...

Singer Davido Mourns As He Loses Personal Bodyguard

Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido has...

Hoodlums Destroy Ondo Monarch’s Palace

Some hoodlums on Tuesday vandalised the palace of the...

BREAKING: Borders to be reopened soon, says Buhari

The President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd....

Teenager Plans Own Kidnap, Demands N30million From Family

A teenager, Ujunwa Offiah, has been arrested by the...

45 Year Old New NANS President, Asefon, Kicks Against EndSars Protest

The newly-elected President of the National Association of Nigerian...

EndSars Protest Resumes In Osogbo

Some youths, under the aegis of Face of #EndSARS...

Nigeria’s Defense Agency Acquires Equipment That Can Spy Of Citizens Phone Communications – Report

The Defence Intelligence Agency, Abuja, has acquired equipment which...

Soldier assaults young lady, strips her naked for indecent dressing in Ogun

A soldier beat and stripped a young lady naked...

No one was killed at Lekki toll gate – Gen Buratai

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Burutai,...

EndSARS protest is responsible for increased insecurity in the country – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has...

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Flash: President Buhari To Address Nigerians January 1

President Muhammadu Buhari to address Nigerians on January 1.The broadcast will commence at 7 am.

Enforce 12am To 4am Curfew, Lagos CP Orders Policemen

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered police officers to enforce the 12am to 4am curfew imposed by the Presidential Task...

New Zealand Already ln 2021 As They Celebrate With Fire Works In Auckland

New Zealand Already ln 2021 As They Celebrate With Fire Works In Auckland. The people of New Zealand and a few countries have already left...

NIMC Issues New Guidelines For NIN Applicants

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85-Year-Old Man Arrested In Osun For Impregnating 12-year-Old Girl

On Sunday, the Osun State Police Command said an investigation had commenced into the allegation that an 85-year-old man, Rafiu Abimbola, impregnated a 12-year-old...

Saudi Arabia bans underage marriage

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Borno Government Uncovers 2,556 Ghost Workers

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ASUU Suspends Nine-Month-Old Strike

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ASUU Suspends 9-Months Strike

The Academic Staff Union of University , on Wednesday , suspended its strike, ending the industrial action that started since March 2020 . ASUU National...

FG extends deadline for NIN update

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FG May Ban Inter-State Travel Over COVID-19 Surge – Lai Mohammed

Lai Mohammed, Minister of InformationThe Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has hinted on the possibility of the Federal Government banning inter-state travel to curb...

NIPSS Boss, Prof. Habu Galadima, Dies at 57

Habu Galadima, the Director General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, Kuru, near Jos, is dead. Chukwuemeka Udaya, the Secretary and...

News update, Sunday, 20/12/2020

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Bandits Abduct Katsina Students In Fresh Attack

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted many students of Islamiyya school in Mahuta town, Dandume Local. Government Area of Katsina State.According to Katsina Post,...

Gridlock As Petrol Tanker Explodes In Ibadan

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SaharaReporters Wins Biggest Prizes At 2020 Wole Soyinka’s Award For Investigative Journalism

Reporters from SaharaReporters won the biggest prizes at the 2020 Wole Soyinka Awards for Investigative Journalism on December 9 in Lagos. Damilola Banjo, who reported...

BREAKING: Katsina Abducted Schoolboys Released

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The ‘Owambe’ Governor – By Allen Sowore

Governance is a serious business. It's an exercise of authority- application of scarce state resources. But what do you do when the Chief Executive...

‘Ladies Who Wear Trousers Have Zero Chances Of Making Heaven’–Nigerian Evangelist Tells Ladies

À Nigerian evangelist Victor Edet, says ladies who wear trousers and leggings have zero chances of getting to heaven. He made this known on a...

Boko Haram will turn to Southern Nigeria when done with Northerners – Aisha Yesufu

Aisha Yesufu, Co-convener of the BringBackOurGirls, BBOG advocacy group has warned that the Boko Haram sect may turn to the Southern part of Nigeria...

Owning To Security Concerns, Aisha Buhari Relocates To Dubai

Mrs Aisha Buhari, Wife of the President Of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari has been in Dubai, United Arab Emirates after the wedding of her daughter,...

Jigawa governor orders closure of all schools, requests parents to evacuate children

The Jigawa State Government has announced the closure of public and private secondary and primary schools with immediate effect. This was contained in a terse...

Ganduje shuts all schools in Kano, orders parents to evacuate children

The Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has ordered the closure of all public and private schools in the state.In a terse statement by the...

Boko Haram Claims Responsibility For Abduction Of Katsina Schoolboys

Jihadist group Boko Haram on Tuesday, December 15th, claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of school students in northwest Nigeria. “I am Abubakar Shekau...

World Bank Approves $1.5bn Loan For Nigeria

The World Bank has finally approved Nigeria’s request for a $1.5 billion loan. The Bretton Wood institution earlier delayed the loan which was sought by...

World Bank Approves $1.5bn Loan For Nigeria

The World Bank has finally approved Nigeria’s request for a $1.5 billion loan. The Bretton Wood institution earlier delayed the loan which was sought by...

[Download Music] Purplelar – FreeVibes

It's a well-known fact that music is made to bring out emotions in all of us. FreeVibes is full of vibes, lyrical wordplays and...

Police IG, Adamu orders immediate deployment of SWAT officers

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate deployment of recently trained officers of the special Weapon and Tactical Team, SWAT. Adamu...

BREAKING: El-Rufai shuts Kaduna schools as COVID-19 cases spike

The governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has ordered the closure of public and private schools in the state on Wednesday, December 16 as...

Why The Current National Assembly Is Snubbable – By Karl Ogumah

Parliaments since the history of democracies have a responsibility to act as check on the executive and the judicial arm. This responsibility is sacrosanct...

Nigerian Musicians, Omah Lay, Tems To Remain In Uganda Police Custody

Nigerian artistes, Omah Lay and Tems, will remain in the custody of the Uganda Police Force till Wednesday, December 16. The police force announced this...

Presidency Counters Katsina State Government, Says Only 10 Students Are Missing, Not 333

Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has disagreed with Katsina State Governor, Bello Masari, over the number...

SFG, Boss Mustapha, Wife Go Into Isolation After Family Member Test Positive For Covid-19

Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, and his wife have gone into self-isolation after some members of their family tested positive...

Jonathan Laid Foundation For Banditry, Formed Fulani Group And Paid Them N300million – Northern Leaders

The Chairman of the Northern Youth Leaders Forum, Rev Elliot Afiso, has claimed that former President Goodluck Jonathan laid the foundation for the festering...

Protest Hits Katsina Over Kidnap Of Schoolboys

There was a protest in Kastina State on Sunday over the abduction of many schoolboys from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in the...

Boko Haram commander, Shekau is crippled

A captured Boko Haram fighter says Abubakar Shekau, leader of the sect, can no longer walk effectively. Mohammed Adam, a teenage fighter, who is currently...

Katsina School Bandits’ Invasion: How We Spent Night Inside Bush – Student

Students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, yesterday gave a distressing account of the night they spent in the bushes following the...

Landlord Cancels 1 year Rent Charges For students living In his hostel

Landlord Cancels 1 year Rent Charges For students living In his hostel. The landlord stated this .“All Students of Michael Ọkpara University ụmụdike that is...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu Tests Positive For Covid-19

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has tested positive for the coronavirus after being exposed to a confirmed case. “A PCR test performed yesterday the 11th...

National Assembly Invitation: X-raying The Deeper Implications Of Buhari’s Snub – By Karl Ogumah

"Political language is designed to make lies sound truth and murder respectable, to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind" George Orwell The Orwellian...

Bandits Storm Katsina School, Kill Security Guard, 600 Students Allegedly Missing

Armed men suspected to be bandits have invaded Government Science Secondary School in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing a security guard...

Many Nigerian graduates can’t read or write, says minister

MINISTER of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has decried continuous fall in the standard of education in the country. Adamu, who spoke in Yola, the...

Court Jails 22 Year Old “Yahoo Boy” In Oyo Over Fraud

A Federal High Court in Ibadan has on Friday sentenced an Internet fraudster, Ibrahim Tunde Akinsola, to one-year imprisonment for internet scam. Justice Patricia Ajoku...

Sanwo-Olu Goes Into Self Isolation As Aide Tests Positive For Covid-19

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has decided to go into self-isolation immediately after one of his close aides tested positive for COVID-19. According to a...

Nigerian govt orders reopening of isolation centres over possible second wave of COVID-19

Some COVID-19 isolation centres located inside Karu and Asokoro general hospitals had earlier been closed following reduction in the number of patients. Ahead of a...

Nigerian Army General, Olu Irefin, Dies Of Covid-19 In Abuja

Olu Irefin, General Officer Commanding, GOC, 6 Division and Land Component Commander Operation Delta Safe, Port Harcourt Barracks, has died of complications from COVID-19. According...

DSS Detains Osun #EndSars Coordinator

One of the coordinators of the #EndSARS Movement in Osun State, Emmanuel Adebisi, is being held by the Department of State Services for alleged...

Former Chairman Of The Defunct Pension Reformed Taskforce Team, Maina, Collapses In Court

A former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Taskforce Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, on Thursday, collapsed in the dock during the resumed hearing in his...

‘National Assembly can summon Buhari on national issues,’ Reps Leader replies Malami

The Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Toby Okechukwu, said on Wednesday the National Assembly has the power to summon President Muhammadu...

National Assembly lacks power to invite Buhari over insecurity —Malami

The Attorney - General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami ( SAN) , says the National Assembly lacks the power to invite the President ,...

ISWAP Captures Newly Inducted Nigerian Army Armoured Vehicle

The Islamic State West Africa Province’s (ISWAP) Amaq news outlet, on Tuesday, shared pictures of vehicles captured and destroyed in an ambush of Nigerian...

Buhari Cancels Scheduled Appearance Before House Of Reps

The president circumvents rendering accounts for his handling of national security, especially his defiance to sack service chiefs. President Muhammadu Buhari has backed out of...

APC Governors Ban President Buhari From Appearing Before The National Assembly On Thursday, For Fear Of National Disgrace And Embarrassment

The Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to snub the invitation of the...

Photonews: Family Prints Banners To Welcome Their Daughter From NYSC Camp

The Family of Tseeneke Prints Banners to welcome back their daughter Miss Susan Doom on the completion of the mandatory National Youth Service Scheme.

Nigerian Man Jailed in The UK For Blackmailing His Former Girlfriend With A Sex Tape

A 24-year-old Nigerian man Chisom Adams, has bagged a 40-month jail (3 years and 4 months) jail term for using a secret sex tape...

Singer Davido Mourns As He Loses Personal Bodyguard

Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido has been thrown into mourning following the death of his bodyguard, Ogbeide Tijani Olamilekan aka TJ...

Hoodlums Destroy Ondo Monarch’s Palace

Some hoodlums on Tuesday vandalised the palace of the traditional ruler of Ode Community in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State,...

BREAKING: Borders to be reopened soon, says Buhari

The President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd. ) , on Tuesday , met behind closed doors with the nation ’s 36 state...

Teenager Plans Own Kidnap, Demands N30million From Family

A teenager, Ujunwa Offiah, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly conspiring with her boyfriend, Blessed Ifesinachi, to fake her...

45 Year Old New NANS President, Asefon, Kicks Against EndSars Protest

The newly-elected President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Sunday Asefon, has condemned the #EndSARS movement, aimed at ending police brutality across...

EndSars Protest Resumes In Osogbo

Some youths, under the aegis of Face of #EndSARS Movement, on Monday, held a protest in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. Punch reports that the...

Nigeria’s Defense Agency Acquires Equipment That Can Spy Of Citizens Phone Communications – Report

The Defence Intelligence Agency, Abuja, has acquired equipment which can spy on calls and text messages by Nigerians, a new report by CitizensLab has...

EndSARS Protest Reloaded Phase 2 Set To Resume In Abuja, Lagos, Delta, On Monday, Police Ready To Attack

The Lagos State Police Command, has on Sunday, said that the Security Agencies in the country under President Muhammadu Buhari’s watch, will not fold...

Soldier assaults young lady, strips her naked for indecent dressing in Ogun

A soldier beat and stripped a young lady naked for indecent dressing at Oju-Ore, Ota, Ogun State. The soldier, whose identity could not be immediately...

No one was killed at Lekki toll gate – Gen Buratai

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Burutai, has argued that nobody was killed during the End SARS protest at Lekki toll gate...

EndSARS protest is responsible for increased insecurity in the country – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has blamed fake news, social media and unbalanced coverage of the recent EndSARS protests for the sagging...

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