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On Monday, bandits kidnapped ten pupils from the Government Secondary School, Awon, a day secondary school in Kachia Local Government Area, Kaduna State. Samuel Aruwan, Kaduna Commissioner for the Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, verified this in a statement on Tuesday. According to the Commissioner, the State Government has received early reports from security agencies regarding the kidnapping of the students. Bandits kill army major, seven others in Niger According to preliminary reports, Aruwan stated that the precise location of the incident is unknown. He said detailed reports were being awaited to clarify whether the incident occurred within…

Femi Falana SAN, a human rights lawyer and father to popular Nigerian recording artist and actor Folarin Falana better known as Falz the bahd guy, has made some startling revelations on how his son embarrasses the government. Falana, who disclosed on Sunday while speaking at the 2nd anniversary of the Odumakin Oluyinka Lecture in Lagos, explained that Falz’s action was a consequence of what he was made to experience while growing up. He said that his frequent arrest as a legal practitioner always disturbed his son, who believed he was a criminal. “One of these guys one day said, ‘Femi…

Despite Starlink’s internet popularity in Nigeria, carriers in Africa’s largest country recorded a total of 156 million active users to data services in February, according to the most recent information from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). With 66.7 million active internet users in the reviewed month, MTN was the main driver of the growth. Airtel came in second with 41.9 million, followed by Globacom with 43.4 million and 9Mobile with 4.3 million. The rise shows that customers are spending more money on data and that businesses are maximising internet adoption to drive output, according to Ajibola Olude, executive secretary of…

President Muhammadu Buhari has authorised a change to the mini-bid procedure for the 2022/2023 Deep Offshore oil zone to address worries expressed by prospective local and foreign companies. The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) stated in Abuja on Saturday that the changes would handle worries about the current administration’s final date for the proposal schedule’s closing. Mr Gbenga Komolafe, Chief Executive of the NUPRC, stated in the release that the changes would also bolster trust in the process’s openness and consistency. Komolafe stated that the NUPRC had prolonged the limit for proposal submissions to May 19 following the president’s…

Akon, a Senegalese-American artist, has denied criticising Elon Musk for raising the price of the microblogging site’s blue verification badges. In a now-deleted tweet, the ‘Oh Africa’ singer accused Elon Musk of “forcing” people to pay for verification, which was established to protect accounts from fake ones, and stated that he will not pay for the new Twitter blue subscription. “Back in the day, Twitter was begging musicians to stay on cause they don’t have traffic. They came up with a verification process to protect accounts from take ones, now @elonmusk is taking that away and forcing us to pay-…

Following the promotion of senior officers, the Nigerian Navy announced new assignments and the removal of senior officers yesterday in what it characterised as a routine restructuring exercise. According to Commodore Ayo-Vaughan, the Naval Spokesman, advancements of senior officers, including 52 rear admirals and 76 commodores, took place in December 2022. Rear Admiral Akano Adesope, a former Moderator at the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, was named Admiral Superintendent Naval Ordinance Depot, while Rear Admiral Garba Abubakar was reappointed as the Nigerian Navy Delegate to the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Rear…

On Saturday evening, unknown gunmen clad in police uniforms shot and killed Chukwuka Monye at Rumuokoro Junction in Rivers State’s Obio/Akpor Local Government Area. The deceased, a volunteer traffic warden, was said to be controlling traffic in Rumuokoro, a suburb of Rivers state, Port Harcourt, at the time of the occurrence at around 6 p.m. He was said to be helping in clearing the gridlock caused by a downpour when one of the gunmen in police uniform inside a vehicle fired at him. According to a source who did not want his name printed for security reasons, the deceased had…

Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya, the Chief of Army Staff, yesterday issued a severe caution to violent groups across the country to stop endangering the security of the country because the army would use all of its resources to neutralise any threats made against Nigeria. At the inaugural event of the Chief of Army Staff First Quarter Conference 2023 in Abuja, Yahaya, who issued the caution, also indicated that actions against saboteurs had increased crude output to 1.3 million barrels per day. In a connected development, the Nigerian Navy yesterday revealed new postings and the transfer of senior officers in what…

The Defence Headquarters promised on Monday, ahead of the May 29 handover, to oppose anything that would sever democracy. The military has vowed to curb any threat that may arise during the period of handover. Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, Director of Defence Information, stated this in an interview with one of our correspondents in Abuja, at the same time that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya, threatened to crack down on potential threats to national security and warned the Indigenous People of Biafra, Eastern Security Network, and other fringe groups not to test the military’s resolve. He…

Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, Governor of Anambra State, has closed Tower Primary School in Oba due to allegations of test malpractice during the 2023 Transition Placement test. Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, the Commissioner for Education, declared the closure following a meeting to investigate the case of misconduct brought against a Parent-Teacher Association teacher, Precious Chibuzo, who invigilated the exam at the Umuogali Community Primary School in Oba. According to reports, the school’s proprietress sneaked into the examination hall, conspired with the PTA teacher, photographed the question paper, solved the questions, and provided solutions to the candidates. According to a statement issued by…