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Suspected Boko Haram insurgents detonated a landmine under a police armoured vehicle leading Gubio’s convoy.
Soldiers, police and Civilian JTF engaged the attackers, who reportedly retreated; no convoy casualties were recorded.
The attack highlights persistent security threats along the Gubio-Kareto-Damasak highway.
The convoy...
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Hundreds of Oworonshoki demolition victims remain homeless three years later.
MOTION alleges deaths, health problems and destroyed livelihoods among affected residents.
The group demands compensation, resettlement, healthcare and an investigation by the Lagos State Government.
Three years after homes were demolished in Oworonshoki,...
The Nigeria Democratic Congress has disowned a list of purported candidates for Imo, Abia and Anambra circulating on social media, calling it fake and unauthorised.
The Federal Government says its Transfer of Sentenced Persons Agreement with Ethiopia, to repatriate 98 Nigerian inmates, aligns with the citizen diplomacy of Tinubu's Renewed Hope Agenda.
Anambra Governor Charles Soludo has appointed Christian Udechukwu as his Special Adviser on Investments, returning the former industry commissioner to the state's Executive Council.
Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu has urged Nigeria's defence industry to deepen local arms production and charged the financial sector to block criminal and terrorist financing flows.
The Federal Government says Nigeria is steadily emerging from economic fragility, defending President Tinubu's reforms with GDP growth, over one million student loan beneficiaries and anti-graft gains.
Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele says the National Assembly will pass the constitutional amendment bill establishing state police this week, calling the reform long overdue amid worsening insecurity.