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The chairman, Police Service Commission, Muslim Smith, and other management staff of the Police Service Commission, have been denied access into their offices for the past one week in a protest against the alleged hijack of the recruitment of 10,000 constables by the Nigeria Police Force. The inability of the …

Nearly 22,000 Nigerians have been reported missing in the North-east region due to a decade of conflict in the area, according to the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer. Maurer told reporters Thursday in Lagos that the figure is the highest number of missing …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday morning received another batch of 158 Nigerians from Libya. Alhaji Idris Muhammed, the Head of NEMA Territorial Office in Lagos, told newsmen that the agency received the returnees on behalf of the Federal Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that …

The South African Government have been accused of cancelling Visas already issued to evacuating Nigerians, introducing new Immigration rules to prevent the Nigerian Government from evacuating Nigerians who are willing to leave the country. This was disclosed by the chairman, Nigeria Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, and returnees who arrived the …

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed the petition of the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, challenging the outcome of the February 23, 2019 presidential election in its entirety. “This petition is accordingly, and hereby dismissed in its entirety,” says Tribunal. “In …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday commenced a stakeholders meeting on effects of climate change in Nigeria and ways to mitigate its impact on the country. Alhaji Mustapha Mai-Haja, the Director General of the agency, who declared the meeting open in Yola, said the outcome would help strengthen …

President Muhammadu Buhari charges his ministers on the need to render selfless services to Nigerians as he preside over his first Federal Executive Council(FEC) meeting after his second term inauguration in Abuja. The president, who gave reasons for creating new ministries, enjoined the ministers never to fail in meeting the …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said their joint operation with America Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, to arrest and prosecute internet fraudsters has yielded 167 arrests, and recovery of 92m. The anti-graft agency said it also recovered four exotic cars, plots of land in choice areas in Lagos, …

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria has carried out its Ashura mourning procession in Abuja, in defiance to the police order. The Ashura procession is an annual religious ritual carried out by the Shia Islamic sect all over the world on September 10. Participants including men, women, and children held the …

Armed protesters are on the streets of Johannesburg, South Africa demanding the immediate departure of foreigners. Sowetan Live, a South African newspaper, the protesters, who carried weapons such as knobkerries, are waiting to be addressed by Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a notable politician and Zulu tribe leader. Read More Taliban to Trump: America …