Nigerian troops backed by jets have taken control of several camps of IS-linked jihadists, with two senior commanders escaping after several other ranking militants were killed, two military sources told AFP Thursday. Troops overran Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) camps in an area straddling Yobe and Borno states after a month-long military operation, the […]

Britain has expelled three Chinese spies working in the UK while posing as journalists over the past year, the Daily Telegraph has reported. The three were understood to be intelligence officers for Beijing’s Ministry of State Security, the paper said Thursday, citing an unnamed senior government source. “Their true identities were uncovered by MI5 and […]

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Revd. Matthew Kukah has asked church leaders to go beyond delivering sermons and issuing multiple statements in their fight for justice, peace, and reconciliation in the nation.

The Police Command in Niger says it is ready to provide security during the Feb. 6 by-election for Magama/Rijau Federal Constituency in the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Adamu Usman, stated this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Thursday. Usman said that police and other security […]

Walter Mulombo, World Health Organisation (WHO) Country Representative to Nigeria, says the organisation is working with National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) to introduce Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) schedule. The information is in Mulombo’s message to mark the World Cancer Day on Thursday in Abuja. World Cancer Day […]

The Federal Government has disbursed N27 billion to Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as part of the MSMEs Survival Fund Scheme. Minister of State, Industry, Trade and Investment, Amb. Mariam Katagum, disclosed this on Thursday while briefing newsmen in Abuja. Katagum said that government would also roll out the last two schemes that make […]

***Tasks students on education priority By Boluwaji Obahopo – LOKOJA Wife of the Kogi State Governor, Mrs. Rashida Bello during the week commenced the distribution of working tools to women as vocational empowerment. This is coming as the governor’s wife admonished pupils and students in the state to give priority to their educational pursuit, saying […]

By Shedrack Amigo NIGERIA’s oil and gas sector challenges are many. Obsolete laws and regulations, volatility of oil prices, pipeline vandalism, gas flaring, petrol smuggling, lack of transparency, etc, are some of the longstanding hydra-headed monsters awaiting any minister overseeing the sector. Minister of Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, must know this well. A monitoring team […]

The Ebonyi Government has constituted a judicial commission of inquiry into the protracted Effium, Ezza-Effium communal crisis that had claimed many lives and property worth millions of naira. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation in the state, Mr. Uchenna Orji, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Abakaliki on the outcome of Thursday’s state Executive Council […]

Popular Abuja Clergy man Prophet I. O.Samuel, who is well known for his accurate prophecies, recently released a brand new single titled “Ikechukwu”. Following the success of his previous albums, ‘I Testify’ and ‘Restore’, the popular clergy who is blessed with a unique voice is winning souls for the Lord through music and his ministry. […]