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Brutal attacks on schools in Nigeria has been described as the second most brutal by a recent study released on Thursday only behind war-torn Yemen. More than 12,700 attacks, including bombings, arson and violent repression of education-related protests, took place between 2013 and 2017, the New York-based Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) said. With some 21,000 students and teachers injured or killed in attacks on schools globally over the last five years, the study condemns a rise in violent assaults on education. Nigeria alone accounted for over 1,000 attacks on schools, most famously the 2014 high-profile abduction…

The Senate has appealed the nullification of the suspension of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday. The Senate and the Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki who is the second defendant in the case, also filed for a stay of execution of the nullification of the suspension. According to the upper legislative chamber, the Senate and the Senate President have promptly filed a Notice of Appeal and a Motion for Stay of Execution of the same Judgement on the 10th of May, 2018. Earlier on Thursday, the Federal High Court in Abuja nullified the suspension…

Nigerian troops have killed eight bandits in an exchange of gunfire in Maru Local Government area of Zamfara, Northeast Nigeria. Soldiers of the One Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Gusau were carrying out clearance operations in the state nicknamed “Operation Idon Raini” when they encountered the bandits. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Major Clement Abiade said in Gusau on Thursday that the troops encountered the bandits in the bushes spanning through Dansadau, Kabaro and Sangeko villages, all in Maru local government area of the state. “Apart from those killed, many of the other bandits escaped with various degrees…

Nigerian Police Force have threatened to challenge the untoward action and resolution against the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris. The plan by the police to approach the courts came barely 48 hours after the angry senators declared Idris as unfit to hold public office. The Commissioner of Police (Legal), Force Headquarters, Mr. David Igbodo, stated this on Thursday while appearing on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. “That declaration, we are going to challenge it (in court),” he said. “We want the court to interpret whether each time the IGP is invited to appear before the National Assembly (NASS), whether…

…says support for Lagos will positively rub off on Nigeria’s economy Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday called on the World Bank to seriously consider partnership with the State Government in funding key projects in transport, energy and water sectors, saying such collaboration would positively impact the economy of not just the State but the country at large. Speaking at Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja during a courtesy visit by Executive Directors of the Bank led by Mr Patrizio Pagano, Governor Ambode said though the State Government in the last three years had hugely invested in provision of…

The gap between Nigerian banks’ bids to buy and sell the naira to investors is widening due to a tight supply of dollars in the market, traders said on Thursday, suggesting the currency is coming under international pressure even as government finances improve. Some lenders are seeking to sell the naira at 365 per dollar to investors, while others offered to buy at 359. Banks were trading between themselves in the middle at 362 per dollar, traders said. The currency bid-offer spread has been much tighter in the past, usually ranging between 359 and 360 naira. The naira had been…

A Nigerian diplomat was found dead in his home in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Thursday, two security sources said. They said police were investigating the incident but provided no details on how he died. Officials from the Nigerian Embassy in Khartoum were not immediately available to comment. Dubai-based al-Arabiya television identified the diplomat as the consul general and described his death as an “assassination”. It is unclear if the victim is Ibrahim Bushra Mohammed, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Sudan. READ: Student steals neighbour’s car, sells it N120, 000 Reports on social media suggested the killers used a knife in the…

A 21-year-old university student, Opemiposi Okunuga, who allegedly stole his neighbour’s car and resold it, was on Thursday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. Okunuga, who resides at Oke-Odo, Abulea Egba, a Lagos suburb, is facing a charge of stealing. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Godwin Awase, told the court that the accused committed the offence on May 1 at his residence. He said the accused stole a car belonging to the complainant, Mr Ola Oladipupo, the value of which was yet to be ascertained. The complainant parked his car in the compound…

Nigeria has stepped up screening tests at airports and other points of entry as a precautionary measure following an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the immigration service said on Thursday. At least 17 people have died in an area of northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, two years after the worst ever outbreak of the virus ended in West Africa after killing more than 11,300 people and infecting some 28,600, mainly in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. Nigeria was hailed as having contained the virus in 2014, with 8 deaths, following fears that it could spread through…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticised the continuous snub of Senate’s invitation by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Ibrahim Idris, describing it as “a recourse to totalitarianism”. Idris, who was expected to appear before the Senate on Tuesday, failed to show up. It was the third time the Police boss was failing to honour such invitation. Irked by that behaviour, the senate on Tuesday passed a vote of no confidence on the IGP and declared him unfit to hold any public office. The PDP, in its reaction to the development, said that it was “very wrong” for the…