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The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has seized over 6,000 national identity and voter cards from migrants in 21 border states. The Acting Comptroller-General of the NIS, Isa Idris Jere disclosed this at a retreat with Zonal Coordinators and all Command Comptrollers at the service headquarters in Abuja. Jere said 3,823 identity cards and 2,393 voter […]
Ghana has reversed a travel advisory warning its citizens against traveling to the Nigerian capital, Abuja. The country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration said an earlier statement it released was unauthorised. In a statement reversing the travel advisory, the Ministry said it was not aware of any threat targeted at Ghanaians who continue […]
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, suspended the execution of its judgement that ordered the Federal Government to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, from DSS detention. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsanami, granted the application […]
The Australian government has issued a warning asking its citizens not to travel to Nigeria over the recent cases of flooding and the level of insecurity that has ravaged some parts of the country. The consulate said the potential for terrorism, kidnapping, crime, and civil unrest remained high throughout Nigeria. This was made known on […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration has met the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians through the implementation of high-impact projects across the country. The President said this today in Abuja while declaring open the last Ministerial Performance Review Retreat of his administration at the Statehouse. He highlighted remarkable progress made in the areas of agriculture, […]
The Appeal Court in Abuja has given the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) power to appeal the decision of the National Industrial Court ordering it to call off its nationwide strike. In a ruling delivered by Justice Hamman Barka on October 7, 2022, and made public today, the court granted ASUU seven days to […]
Police in Abuja says they are investigating the alleged abduction in the Maitama area of the Nigerian capital where one person was reported killed. FCT Police Command Public Relations Officer Josephine Adeh said on receiving the information on Wednesday, Police Commissioner, Babaji Sunday launched a manhunt for the abductors and the kidnaped The suspected kidnappers […]
The court of appeal has granted the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, conditional leave to appeal the ruling of the National Industrial Court, NIC, on September 21, ordering lecturers to end the strike and go back to classes. Justice Hamma Barka who led the three-man panel granted leave on the condition that ASUU obeys […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the freed 23 passengers of the March 28, 2022, Abuja-Kaduna train attack at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) hospital in Kaduna State. According to a statement issued by the senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity Garba Shehu, the President made an impromptu visit to the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has implored the nation’s judiciary to further sustain the rule of law in Nigeria and ensure the integrity of participatory democracy by remaining honest arbiters in pre and post-election matters. The President said this on Thursday at the commissioning of the Body of Benchers complex in Abuja. He noted that the judiciary […]
