Kuje Prison Attack: Security Agents Were Overpowered By Boko Haram Superior Weapons ― FG
The Federal Government on Friday indicated that the terrorists who attacked the Correctional Centre, Kuje in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) succeeded because they had superior firepower. The Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi, made the assertion while briefing correspondents on the outcome of the National Security Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari […]
Full list: Names of 69 Boko Haram escapees from Kuje prison
The Nigerian Correctional Service on Friday released the names and images of inmates with cases of terrorism who escaped from the Kuje Medium Custodial Centre in Abuja. Recall it was reported that inmates escaped the correctional centre on Tuesday night after members of the Islamic for West Africa Province attacked the facility. “If you see […]
Civil Registration: Nigeria ID4D to Support Population Commission
The Nigeria Digital Identification for Development (ID4D) project says it has concluded plans to support the National Population Commission towards digitizing its Civil Registration processes. ID4D’s Project Coordinator, Musa Odole Solomon disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the Chairman of the National population Commission, Alhaji Isa Kwarra at the Commission’s headquarters, Abuja. Solomon described […]
KADUNA: Govt Sets Up Committee To Develop Private Schools Policy Guide
The Kaduna State Government has inaugurated a committee to develop a policy that will guide the operations of private schools in the state. The development of the policy is being supported by the Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria (PLANE) programme, a seven-year Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office education programme. Inaugurating the committee in […]
FG Declares Monday, Tuesday Public Holidays To Mark Eid-El-Kabir Celebration
The Federal Government has declared Monday, July 11 and Tuesday, July 12, 2022, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated all Muslims and Nigerians both at home and in the Diaspora on this occasion. This was […]
UK PM Boris Johnson Resigns As Conservative Party Leader
The United Kingdom Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has resigned as Conservative leader, saying “no one is indispensable” after a series of cabinet ministers told him he had lost the support of the party. In a statement outside Downing Street, Johnson announced he was stepping down as party leader but said he planned to stay on […]
Buhari laments intelligence failure as sources allege official complicity
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, said he was disappointed by the loopholes in the country’s intelligence system which the terrorists exploited in attacking the prison facility. According to a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari said this when he visited the Medium Security […]
Kuje invasion: ISWAP claims responsibility, frees Kaduna train attack masterminds
Scores of gunmen believed to be terrorists on Tuesday night bombed the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre, Abuja, which was being guarded by dozens of soldiers, Department of State operatives, police officers and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps personnel. During the attack which began around 10:22 pm, the terrorists released 600 inmates, including 15 […]
KADUNA 2023 GUBER: SOKAPU Kicks Against Muslim-Muslim Ticket
The southern Kaduna People’s Union, (SOKAPU) has rejected the bid for Muslim-Muslim ticket in Kaduna State ahead of the 2023 general elections. The Spokesperson of SOKAPU, Luka Binnyiyat, on Tuesday, said the southern Kaduna People will not support any political party, who has no respect for religion and ethnic value of Kaduna State. It could […]
OPEC Secretary-General, Barkindo, is dead
The Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Muhammad Barkindo, is dead. Barkindo died late Tuesday. The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari, announced Barkindo’s death in a tweeted posted to his verified Twitter handle, @MKKyari, in the early hours of Wednesday. “We lost our esteemed Dr Muhammad Sanusi […]