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The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, on Wednesday, regretted that 21 children had been orphaned and 10 women widowed by the recent killing of 17 military personnel in Delta State.He said out of the 10 widows, three of them are four, five, and eight months pregnant.He noted that it was sad that those responsible for their deaths were those they swore to protect.Lagbaja spoke at the burial ceremony for the slain perso...

The leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed not to accord the National Chairman of Labour Party, Julius Abure, any form of recognition following his re-election.Abure was returned as the party national chairman at a national convention of the party held in Nnewi, Anambra State.The convention also saw all members of the National Working Committee return.The slots for represen...

President Bola Tinubu has established the Presidential Economic Coordination Council comprising himself, the Vice President, Senate President and the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, among 27 others.The Presidency in a statement signed by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said the move is in furtherance of his administration’s efforts at re-engineering the nation’s ec...

The Nigeria Communications Commission has warned that telecommunication companies will disconnect more Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) numbers not linked to National Identification Numbers (NIN) on Friday, March 29, 2024. The Director of Public Publicity at the NCC, Reuben Mouka, told journalists that there would be no changes to the deadline for the next phase of disconnection. The NCC’s ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has linked the growing activities of bandits and kidnappers to the unemployment situation in the country.Obasanjo spoke during his address at the 9th International Trade Exhibition & Conference on Agrofood, Plastics, Printing, and Packaging which was held in Lagos on Tuesday.The trade fair was jointly organised by FairTrade Messe and the Organisation for Technology Ad...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed deposit money banks in the country to expedite action to increase their capital base from the current 25 billion naira. CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso stated this during the apex bank’s 294th meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Tuesday in Abuja, when the MPC hiked the interest rate by 22.75% to 24.75%.The apex bank chief said the MPC exa...

President Bola Tinubu has declared that individuals involved in despicable crimes such as kidnapping must be treated as terrorists.The President made the declaration on Tuesday at a Ramadan dinner with members of the Federal judiciary led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola.Reiterating the government’s resolve to defeat banditry, the President said those who resort to ki...

The Nigerian Army says soldiers killed in the Okuama community in Delta State are to be buried on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at the National Cemetery, Abuja.This was revealed in a statement posted on the Nigerian Army’s X handle on Tuesday, adding that the burial will be held by 3pm.President Bola Tinubu is billed to be the Special Guest of Honour at the event.At least 17 military p...

Abductors of the Edo State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tony Aziegbemi, have reportedly opened talks with his family members.A family source who asked not to be named, revealed this to journalists in Benin City. The source added that the abductors made contact with his family on Friday, demanding the sum of 500 million naira as ransom. He however did not speak...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have seized over 44,948.1 kilograms of illicit drugs across Lagos, Edo and Ondo states.The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, also confirmed the arrest of eight suspects during the operations. In a statement, the anti-narcotics agency revealed that it also seized 11 vehicles owned by the drug cartels....