TWO churches were burnt at the weekend by Boko Haram insurgents who attacked Garkida,  Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Residential houses, hospitals,  shops and  vehicles   were also torched by the terrorists. The Army  on Sunday confirmed the death of a soldier. The burnt places of worship  are a parish of the Living Faith […]

Following the rising wave of security challenges facing the country, a member of the National Assembly, Senator Ike Ekweremadu (Enugu West), has resolved to sponsor a bill for the creation of state police as one of the ways of addressing the security issues across the country. Ekweremadu, who is a former Deputy Senate President as […]

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) said it targets to generate an annual turnover of $360 million from its various partnerships in commercial ventures. Its Executive Secretary, Simbi Kesiye Wabote, revealed this at a two-day capacity building workshop the Board organised in Lagos for members of the Senate Committee on Local Content and […]

The Federal Government has said there was no going back on its move to   regulate   social media in the country. As a proof to that, it has contacted the two major social media platforms — Facebook and Google — over the issue. The government cited recent instances of fake news that made it resolve to […]

Those calling for the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari over the rising insecurity in the country should hold their breath. The President will not resign but will remain in office till the end of his “overwhelming mandate”. Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed observed on Thursday that “incendiary and reckless” comments by some Nigerians, […]

The Director-General of the Debt Management Office (DMO), Ms. Patience Oniha, has urged state governments and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to prioritise debt management strategies to enable them better manage, access debt and service debt. She also stressed the need for state governments to always get the appropriate support from their legislative arm and […]

The nation’s crude oil reserves of 37 billion barrels, two per cent of which is being produced annually, will be depleted in 49 years, according to the Department of Petroleum Resources. The reserves, which stood at 37.45 billion barrels in 2014, fell to 37.06 billion barrels in 2015 and 36.74 billion barrels in 2016. It, […]

The founder of the Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), has said the news of crude oil discovery in the North gladdens his heart, because such a discovery will hasten the restructuring of the country. This was as he backed the new constitution being proposed by the National Assembly, saying it would […]

THE House of Representatives has directed its Committee on Population to investigate the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) over the various challenges being encountered in the registration of Nigerians for the National Identity Number (NIN). This was sequel to a motion of Urgent Public Importance presented by Rep. Ben Igbakpa during plenary yesterday. The motion […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) yesterday said 103 people have died of Lassa fever since its outbreak last December 30. The figure is from 16 states, namely: Ondo, Edo, Ebonyi, Kano, Kogi, Kaduna, Taraba, Plateau, Bauchi, Enugu, Abia, Benue, Borno, Gombe, Sokoto and Katsina. The number of confirmed cases this year stands at […]