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Day: February 22, 2021

Niger Bandits Hold On To Kagara Schoolboys, As Scores Are Released

State govt says no demand for ransom yet, continues dialogue Fifty-three abducted persons were set free yesterday by bandits operating in Niger State, even as the outlaws held on toRead More

Report: With Rising Poverty, Unemployment, Nigeria Sitting On Time Bomb

Financial Derivatives Company Limited (FDC)
The Financial Derivatives Company Limited (FDC) has stressed that Nigeria’s high unemployment (27.1%), its large youth population, as well as its poverty rates, mean that the country is effectively seatingRead More

Jonathan Complains Of Neglect By PDP

Goodluck Jonathan and former senator, Bukola Saraki
Fresh facts have emerged on what transpired at the recent closed-door meeting between former President Goodluck Jonathan and the Reconciliation and Strategy Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ledRead More

Army Chief Gives Troops 48 Hours To Dislodge Boko Haram

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, has given a 48-hour ultimatum to troops to clear Boko Haram insurgents off captured areas of Borno State. Marte, aRead More

Buhari Mourns as Seven People Killed In Military Plane Crash

Rescuers and people gather near the debris of a Nigerian air force plane, which according to the aviation minister crashed while approaching the Abuja airport runway, in Abuja, Nigeria February 21, 2021.
NAF says aircraft on rescue mission NCAA lifts ban on Boeing 737 MAX aircraft President Muhammadu Buhari, Niger State Governor, Mr. Sani Bello; All Progressives Congress (APC) and the MinisterRead More

NAFDAC Threatens Closure Of 16,000 Water Factories

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has vowed to shut down packaged water production facilities that fail its standards. The agency said it would collaborateRead More