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South Africa Unrest: death toll from violent Protests rises to 117   Residents clean rubble and debris from the streets in Alexandra township after protests and unrest linked to the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma, in Johannesburg, South Africa. © Reuters The death toll from violent protests in South ...

Lagos Assembly Backs Southern Governors On Rotational Presidency, Others   Members of the Lagos Assembly on Thursday declared their support for the resolutions reached by the southern governors at a recent meeting held in Lagos.     The governors had demanded that the south produces the next president of the ...

Breaking: Gunmen Murder Army Major General In Abuja, Abducts Wife The former Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army, Maj Gen Hassan Ahmed, has been assassinated in Abuja. It was gathered that the military officer was killed on Thursday night in the Abaji area. A further report revealed that the gunmen ...

Buhari Appoints Jega, Udoma, Others As Governing Council Chairmen President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a former chairman of INEC, Prof Attahiru Jega and Senator Victor Udo Ndoma-Egba as Chairmen of the Governing Councils of the University of Jos and Bayero University, Kano. Their appointments followed the reconstitution ...

Journalist, Two Others Killed As Armed Robbers Attacks Bank In Ondo Armed robbers on Thursday afternoon attacked a commercial bank in Ilara-Mokin, Ifedore LGA of Ondo State, killing three persons, including Olubunmi Afuye, an Ondo-based journalist. The late Afuye, who was inside his car when the robbers stormed the bank, ...

Senate Confirms Prof Adam As INEC National Commissioner The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Prof. Sani Adam for appointment as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to represent North Central. Recall that the Senate had stepped down the confirmation of Professor Sani Adam because of ...

Citizens Should Take Ownership Of The Fight Against Drug Abuse – Marwa The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, General Muhammad Buba Marwa, Ret’d, has advised Nigerian citizens to take ownership of the fight against drug abuse in the country.   Marwa stated this on Tuesday through ...

Nigerian Army releases 1,009 ex-Boko Haram fighters Secretly In Borno The Nigerian military on Wednesday released 1,009 ex-Boko Haram insurgents, who had been in military custody at Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The former terrorists were handed over to the Borno State Government in a secret ceremony ...

Equip Neighbourhood Watch officers, Lagos Assembly tells Sanwo-Olu   The Lagos House of Assembly on Monday called on the Governor of the state, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to increase the number of officers in the Neighbourhood Safety Corps.     The lawmakers also urged Mr. Sanwo-Olu to equip the Neighbourhood Saety ...

‘We will Pull down Nigeria if Kanu dies in detention’ – IPOB Issues Fresh Threat Society gazette Reports that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Wednesday threatened to pull down Nigeria if the Federal Government allows its leader, Nnamdi Kanu to die in the Department of State Service (DSS) ...