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  Some commercial motorcyclists have reportedly clashed with the security agents attached to the Lagos State Joint Task Force enforcing ban on okada in some local government areas of the state. It was gathered that some okada riders at the Idi Araba area of Lagos engaged the armed security men ...

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused Fulani terrorists of attacking worshippers at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State. In a statement, IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, urged Christians to take their safety and security personally and stop depending on the Nigerian Government.   The statement by Powerful ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in a closed-door meeting with Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the northern region. Naija News learnt that the meeting is being held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Reports confirmed that while other concerned governors are already on ...

  An aide to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has debunked reports that the convoy of the Vice President was involved in a road accident along Airport Road, Abuja. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Vice President, said in a tweet on Monday that contrary to media ...

  Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has expressed sadness over Sunday’s attack at the St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, and vowed to hunt down the masterminds of the assault. He said this in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, shortly after the attack which killed ...

  Former Governor of Borno State, Kassim Shettima on Sunday apologised to the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo for liking him to an ice cream seller for contesting against the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. Shettima while speaking on his earlier statement said it was not to ...

  Many people have lost their lives after an explosion on Sunday hit St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, in the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Reports said the explosion on the church grounds killed several people and injured many more. An eyewitness, Kehinde Ogunkorode, told Daily Post ...

  The Chairman of the independent National Electoral commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, has announced withdrawal of sensitive electoral materials from the custody of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Yakubu disclosed this at an ongoing symposium tagged “The Electorate: A Conversation on Elections in Nigeria” taking place at the Musa ...

  The Federal Capital Territory High Court, Wuse, has remanded Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi, in the Kuje Correctional Facility pending the hearing and determination of the homicide related suit instituted against him by the Attorney General of the Federation. Justice N.K. Nwosu-Iheme gave the order ...

Buratai To Speak At ABU Symposium On National Politics And Insecurity Nigeria’s Ambassador to Benin Republic, Amb. Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai (Rtd), would deliver a lecture at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna on Saturday, June 11. National Association of Online Security Reporters, NAOSRE reports that the lecture would ...