By Thompson Yamput The Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, Mr Onogwu Muhammed, says no fewer 134 kidnapped victims have been rescued in Kogi by a vigilance group. He said this in a statement issued in Lokoja on Monday, noting that the rescued victims were abducted inContinue Reading

By Gabriel Agbeja The Nigeria Safety Investigation Board (NSIB) and Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) have expressed readiness to conduct a thorough investigation on the cause(s) of Max Air craft tyre loss. The accident occurred at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja,  on Sunday. The NCAA Director General, Capt.Continue Reading

By Abujah Racheal The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said it was transiting the country from acute emergency response to managing COVID-19 as part of integrated healthcare delivery for all infectious diseases. This is followed by the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) declaration that COVID-19 is no longerContinue Reading

By EricJames Ochigbo The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to clean up the voter’s register by removing names of dead people. This followed the adoption of a motion by Mr Leke Abejide (ADC-Kogi) during plenary. Moving the motion, Abejide alleged that the registerContinue Reading

By Hamza Suleiman The Nigerian Army on Thursday said it had rescued two additional girls from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, nine years after their abduction by Boko Haram in 2014. The Theatre Commander, North-East Joint Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, disclosed this while briefing newsmen at theContinue Reading