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  At least seven passengers abducted during the Kaduna-Abuja train attack have been released on Wednesday. The development came eight days after five victims were freed by the terrorists, taking the total number of released person to at least 42.  

The Nigeria’s former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Ambassador, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai (Rtd), on Tuesday expressed confidence that President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration will surmount the new security challenges facing the country and called on Nigerians to exercise patience.   Besides subsiding terrorists attacks in the North East, ...

  Timawus Mathias, a Veteran broadcaster at the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Yola, Adamawa State, has regained consciousness after five weeks of being in coma. He broke the news on Monday evening on Facebook. The 73-year-old who retired as a manager before going into private practice, stated: “This has miraculously ...

  The Nigeria Police Force, Osun State Command, has confirmed the arrest of a notorious serial killer, Rasheed Okoilu. Okoilu, whose birthname is Rasheed Hamed, is said to have been on the command’s wanted list over involvement in life-taking activities in the state. Naija News learnt that Okoilu was arrested ...

  The opposition lawmakers in the National Assembly have said there is no going back on their resolve to impeach the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), if he fails to address the insecurity in the country within six weeks. The lawmakers in separate interviews with The PUNCH on Sunday, dismissed ...

British rapper and singer, Stephanie Victoria Allen, popularly known as Stefflon Don, has revealed the major reasons she broke up with Nigerian Grammy award-winning singer, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy. Naija News recalls that the former love birds parted ways late last year over speculations of alleged ...

BREAKING! UNILORIN Graduate Emerges Eva Wine Nigeria Brand Ambassador A University of Ilorin graduate, Miss Ebun Dosunmu has become the Brand Ambassador for Nigeria’s Premium non-alcoholic drink, Eva Wine. Dosunmu emerged the winner following “The Search for Miss Eva”, a keenly contested competition, which lasted for 5 weeks and saw ...

  Nigerian athlete, Tobi Amusan has set a new record by winning the 100 meters hurdles gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the United Kingdom. The 25-year-old clocked 12.30 seconds to set a new games record. Her victory has also secured Nigeria’s 10th gold medal in what has been ...

  Former Inspector-General of Police, Mr Tafa Balogun, was buried in his country home of Ila-Orangun, Osun, on Saturday. Balogun was appointed Nigeria’s 21st Inspector-General of Police on March 6, 2002. He left the office in 2005. He passed on in Lagos on Thursday, four days to his 75th birthday. ...

Court Grants Access Bank Power to Take-Over Sonny Odogwu Estate over N26bn Debt   Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court, Lagos today upheld the N26 billion debt claim by Access Bank PlC against the estate of the late Ide Ahaba of Asaba, Chief Sonny Odogwu.   Osiagor upheld ...