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Wed, 03 Aug 2022 06:25:35 GMT
Inside Details of How Nigerian Presidential Guards Fell Into Terrorist Ambush
[Premium Times] The troops' proactiveness helped avert an attack on the law school but they fell into ambush due to apparent limited knowledge of the terrain.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 04:59:44 GMT
Majority of Nigerians Feel Less Safe Than They Did Five Years Ago - Report
[Premium Times] Nigeria is the country with the fourth highest proportion of people who report feeling less safe than five years ago, languishing behind only Lebanon, Afghanistan, and Venezuela.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 04:59:11 GMT
Facing Oil Pollution With Little Govt Attention, Niger Delta Residents Begin Replanting Mangroves
[Premium Times] Faced with little or no attention from the authorities after decades of devastating oil pollution, residents are replanting mangroves destroyed over the years.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 04:30:19 GMT
Persecution of Christians in Nigeria Is More Complicated Than It Seems
[The Conversation Africa] Nigeria has a long history of religious tensions against which the current spate of violence against Christians must be seen.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 07:32:21 GMT
"How We Were Starved, Beaten, Shot," Released Train Hostages Narrate Ordeal in Captivity
[Premium Times] The released captives pleaded with the Nigerian government to secure the release of those still being held.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 06:07:44 GMT
No Single Nation Can Solve Security Challenges Alone - Buhari
[This Day] As Nigerians continue to lament the rising insecurity in the country and growing attacks by terrorist groups, President Muhammadu Buhari has said no nation can unilaterally tackle its security problems. Buhari made the remark yesterday at ...

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 04:59:50 GMT
High Cost of Diesel Taking Toll On My Business - Obasanjo
[Premium Times] "The price of diesel has gone high because the management of this country is not what it should be."

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 08:30:46 GMT
16 Things to Know About Just-Concluded Voter Registration
[Premium Times] INEC concluded the voter registration on 31 July, the last phase of the exercise before the 2023 general elections.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 08:30:41 GMT
Osinbajo Challenges Security Agencies On Nigeria's Defence Strategy
[Premium Times] The vice president noted that security was an entire societal responsibility that could only be achieved in unison with a diverse range of state and civil society actors.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 07:32:18 GMT
Traffic Infraction - Why I Said 'I Will Call the Governor' - Arise, TV Anchor
[Premium Times] The TV anchor said he has every right to "call the governor."

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 06:25:35 GMT
Soyinka, Falana Back Plan to Impeach Buhari
[Premium Times] Mr Soyinka berated the state governors who reportedly visited Mr Buhari to request a successor.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 06:07:42 GMT
Govs Write Govt Over Alleged $418m Paris Funds Debt, Say Renewed Deduction Plan Unlawful
[This Day] The 36 state governors in the country under the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) have again resisted fresh moves to commence the deduction of $418 million Paris Club refund allegedly owed four contractors from the federation account.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 06:07:40 GMT
Govt to End Out-of-Pocket Payment for Healthcare
[This Day] The federal government says it is working to end out-of-pocket payments for health care services by demanding evidence of registration on the national health insurance scheme as a prerequisite for student enrollment, access to hospital ser...

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 06:07:36 GMT
Nigeria Air - Mixed Reactions Over Planned Aircraft Lease
[Daily Trust] Mixed reactions have trailed the proposed plan by the federal government to start the national carrier, Nigeria Air, with three wet-lease aircraft.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 06:07:27 GMT
How Parody Accounts, Others Are Fueling Misinformation Ahead of 2023 Elections
[Daily Trust] As the 2023 general elections draw nearer, it is unsurprising to see social media flooded with all kinds of misinformation and disinformation geared towards propagating personal or group interests.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 08:22:36 GMT
Insecurity - End This Madness, President Buhari Orders Security Chiefs
[Leadership] President Muhammadu Buhari has paid his condolences to those who lost their loved ones in the recent barbaric terrorist attacks in Sokoto, Kaduna and Plateau States, ordering the nation's security chiefs to end the carnage.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 08:22:34 GMT
No Resumption Date for Abuja-Kaduna Train Service - Minister
[Leadership] The Minister of Transportation, Mua'zu Jaji Sambo, has said that there is no date yet for the resumption of the Abuja-Kaduna train service, which was suspended after the terrorists attack of March 28, 2022

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 07:55:18 GMT
Obasanjo Speaks On Bankruptcy, Laments High Cost of Diesel
[Daily Trust] Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Tuesday, lamented the high cost of diesel, saying it is taking a toll on his business.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 07:55:13 GMT
Nigeria Rewards Terrorists Instead of Killing Them, Fani-Kayode Reacts to Death of Al-Qaeda Leader
[Daily Trust] A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to the killing of Al-Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, by a United States drone strike.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 07:55:10 GMT
Entrance Exam - Lagos Made Bible Knowledge Test Compulsory for Muslim Students - MURIC
[Daily Trust] The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has accused the Lagos State Ministry of Education inserting Bible knowledge questions in the 2022 entrance examination for Lagos State public schools.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 07:28:24 GMT
Buhari Condemns Terrorist Attacks in Kaduna, Plateau, Sokoto
[Daily Trust] President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the terrorist attacks in Kaduna, Plateau, and Sokoto states.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 07:28:22 GMT
Are There 190,000 Polling Units in Nigeria As Former APC Chieftain, Bwala, Claimed?
[Daily Trust] Daniel Bwala, a former special adviser on Legal Matters to Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, has claimed there are about 190,000 polling units in Nigeria.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 06:25:32 GMT
Insecurity - Ex-NIS Boss, Babandede Faults Almajiri Educational System
[Premium Times] Mr Babandede described the Almajiri system as a shameful culture in the north, saying the children left uncatered for are those who no longer have mercy for the rich.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 06:07:38 GMT
Bullets Fired Into My Body Yet to Be Removed, Says Freed Train Passenger
[Daily Trust] Sidi Aminu Sharif, one of the train passengers who regained freedom after more than four months in captivity, has spoken about his ordeal.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 05:09:23 GMT
We Have Given Security Forces Full Freedom to Deal With Terrorists, Bandits - Buhari
[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday gave directive to the security agencies to smoke out all identified terrorists and criminals across the country.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 05:09:21 GMT
Terrorists Release Five More Abducted Train Passengers
[This Day] Five of the remaining 39 abducted passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack have been released.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 05:09:20 GMT
No Single Country Can Contain Insecurity - Buhari
[Daily Trust] President Muhammadu Buhari has said the challenges of insecurity across the globe cannot be contained by one single country.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 05:09:19 GMT
85% of Nigerian Children Suffer Violent Discipline in Schools - UNICEF
[Daily Trust] The Chief of Education of United Nations Children's Fund, (UNICEF), Saadhna Panday-Soobrayan, says 85 per cent of Nigerian children between the ages of 1 and 14 experience violent discipline in schools, with nearly 1 in 3 children exper...

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 05:09:16 GMT
Atiku Seeks Collaboration With UK in Tackling Insecurity, Unemployment
[Daily Trust] The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has called for improved collaboration between the government of the United Kingdom and Nigeria.

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 05:09:14 GMT
BBNaija S7 - Hermes Picks Five Housemates for Eviction
[Daily Trust] The eviction period for the Big Brother Naija "Level Up" season is now at the corner as five housemates have been selected to get booted out of the house.



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