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Fourteen lifeless bodies of killed soldiers were in the early hours of Saturday recovered by soldiers of the joint task force under the supervision of the General Officer Commanding 6 division Nigerian Army, Major General Jamal Abdussalam, at Okuama community, in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. Some of the recovered corpses were said to have been beheaded, while the stomachs and hearts of others were ripped off. At the NDDC jetty in the coastal Delta community, the bodies of the commanding officer and the two killed majors were seen floating by the river bank as others…

Military personnel on a peace mission to Okuoma community in Delta State were surrounded and k!IIed by community youths during a response to a distress call. The sad incident which was confirmed by the Acting Director, Defence Information, Brigadier General, Tukur Gusau. Stated that, the troops of 181 Amphibious Batallion, Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State While on peace mission to OKUOMA community in BOMADI LGA of Delta State were surrounded by some community youths and killed on Thursday, 14 March, 2024. The unfortunate incident occurred when the troops responded to a distress call after the communal crisis between…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, March 14, 2024 dragged former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja for alleged N84billion money laundering offences, alongside his nephew Ali Bello, Dauda Sulaiman and Abdulsalam Hudu. The EFCC is prosecuting the quartet on an amended 17-count charge of money laundering, breach of trust and misappropriation of fund to tune of N84, 062,406,089.88 (Eighty-four Billion, Sixty-two Million, Four Hundred and Six Thousand, Eighty-nine Naira, Eighty-eight Kobo). To make way for Yahaya Bello’s inclusion in the trial, prosecution counsel Rotimi Oyedepo,…

President Bola Tinubu has directed the opening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with the Republic of Niger and the lifting of other sanctions against the country with immediate effect. This directive is in compliance with the decisions of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government at its extraordinary summit on February 24, 2024, in Abuja. ECOWAS leaders had agreed to lift economic sanctions against the Republic of Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea. The President has directed that the following sanctions imposed on the Republic of Niger be lifted immediately: (1) Closure of land and air borders…

In his determination to ensure peace, cooperation, and progress reign among the youth as a substructure for their growth and development, the Honourable Minister of State for Youth Development, Mr. Ayodele Olawande has brockered peace among the two factions of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN). The Minister urged the leaders of the two factions, Ambassador Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo and Akoshile Mukhtar, during a peace meeting which was held in his office today, Tuesday 12th March, 2024 to put aside their differences and embrace peace so as to forge ahead in the intrest of the teaming youths of the…

Northern Senators forum dissociates selves from Senator Ahmed Abdul Ningi 2024 budget padding allegation. Recall that, the Senator representing Bauchi Central, Senator Ahmed Abdul Ningi, has alleged that the 2024 budget was padded with N3 trillion in the national assembly. While speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa, Ningi said the northern senators have engaged with some experts to review the budget. Meanwhile, Northern Senators forum has issued a statement dissociating selves from Senator Ahmed Abdul Ningi 2024 budget padding allegation. We, the undersigned on behalf of the Senators from the 19 Northern States and the FCT, under the aegis…

The National Civil Society Council of Nigeria (NCSCN), says the unfortunate stampede that occurred during the distribution of subsidised rice in Lagos on Feb. 23, will have been averted if a minister had been appointed to oversee the affairs of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs. The NCSCN stated this in a communique it issued at the end of an emergency meeting to deliberate on the state of the nation and other issues on the front burner of national discourse. According to the council, the inactivity of the Ministry over lack of a substantive minister, can be said to be largely…

The Meta’s Communications manager, Andy Stone turns to X to inform users that Facebook, Messenger, Thread and Instagram are down. “We’re aware people are having trouble accessing our services. We are working on this now.” Source: X

Facebook, Instagram down during outage, thousands affected Meta’s social media platforms are currently not working, with both Instagram and Facebook pulling up “failure to load” error pages. DownDetector reported over 44,000 outages. This is a developing story. Stay up to date on the latest from Xpariso Media

Minister of art, culture and the creative economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, has expressed optimism that Nigeria’s partnership with Qatar in areas of art and cultural exchange will create better opportunities for Nigerians in the future. The minister made this known on Monday in Doha during a state visit to Qatar with His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and some other cabinet members. Musawa stated that the visit, which included a tour of the spectacular National Museum of Qatar, highlighted the importance of culture and heritage in nation building which also underscores Nigeria’s commitment to revitalising the country’s museums and monuments.…