FG Rescues 333 Abducted Katsina School Boys as Boko Haram Releases Shocking Video of them. A total of 333 recently abducted students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State have been reportedly rescued by the federal government. According to the Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, who acknowledged the incident on her…
Hundreds of Nigerian schoolboys kidnapped last week from a boarding school have been released, local authorities have told the BBC. A spokesman for the governor of Katsina state, where the boys were taken, said the 344 freed were in good condition and expected home within hours. None of the kidnapped group were killed, the spokesman…
Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, disclosed during a special court session, the High Court held to mark the commencement of its 2020/2021 legal year why the court froze the bank accounts of #EndSARS protesters. A Federal High Court in Abuja had frozen bank accounts belonging to individuals who promoted the…
Five years of nutrition action plan that will help to reduce hunger and malnutrition across the country has been approved by the federal government. Spokesperson to the Vice President Laolu Akande, said the plan was approved by the National Council on Nutrition which is chaired by the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The plan will help in…
The Auditor-General of the Federation report has revealed how some National Assembly members, who were on an oversight duty to the Corporate Affairs Commission, ensured that the agency coughed up N27million for the training expenses of the lawmakers, outside its statutory budget. The lawmakers, according to the AuGF 2017 report, requested the CAC to sponsor…
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has shut all public and private schools in the state with immediate effect. This was made known to newsmen by the state’s Commissioner for Health, Muhammad Kiru, on Tuesday, in a statement. The decision is not unconnected with the resurgence of COVID-19. According to the statement, “Parents whose children…
G︎overning Board passes vote of no confidence in rector for sleeping on duty, others The Academic Board of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State, has reportedly passed a vote of no confidence in the rector of the institution, Dr John Adekolawole, citing 21 grounds for its decision. The Chairman of the institution’s branch of the…
WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence shows that China has conducted “human testing” on members of the People’s Liberation Army in hope of developing soldiers with “biologically enhanced capabilities,” the top U.S. intelligence official said Friday. John Ratcliffe, the director of national intelligence, included the explosive claim in a long Wall Street Journal op-ed in which he…
Biden was confirmed as the next US president on Monday as the Electoral College formalized his victory over Donald Trump, all but closing the door on the incumbent’s efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 election. As Biden appealed to Americans to “turn the page” on the divisive contest, electors met across all US…
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration acknowledged reports on Sunday that a group backed by a foreign government carried out a cyberattack on the U.S. Treasury Department and a section of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The United States government is aware of these reports and we are taking all necessary steps to identify and remedy…
