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  The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived Nigeria for a bilateral meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, religious leaders and private sector to discuss impact of the Russia/Ukraine war. The UN office in Nigeria announced his arrival in a tweet on Tuesday, adding that he will also travel ...

  A late night fire incident has reportedly ravaged valuable materials and properties at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Zamfara State. Naija News learnt that the office of the electoral body located at the Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of the state gutted fire at about ...

The Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), General Leo Irabor, has lamented the rising number of military personnel assisting and abetting terrorists and bandits in the country. The commanders of various operations were also instructed by the general to sensitize their officers on the implications of collaborating with terrorists in a ...

  Kingsley ‘Kanunta’ Kanu, brother of Nnamdi Kanu, founder of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Tuesday, told the international community that the Nigerian Government has been “misleading” them. Kingsley was reacting to the non-stop mindless killings being witnessed in the southeast region, particularly Imo and Anambra states. ...

  Six people have been confirmed dead by authorities in Lagos in a fresh building collapse in the state. A three-storey building on Ibadan Street in Ebute Metta area of Lagos collapsed late on Sunday with about 23 persons involved. National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said the collapsed structure had ...

  Joe Anatune, the leader of the media team of Governor Charles Soludo, has died a few days after bagging government’s appointment. Anatune reportedly lost his life on Saturday a few days after his 62nd birthday, and a little over a week after he bagged a government appointment. The media ...

  Poland has sent reinforcements to Ukraine despite earlier warnings from Russia. The country has supplied their neighbours with equipment, such as dozens of infantry fighting vehicles and the 2S1 Carnation self-propelled howitzers, drones, Grad multiple rocket launchers and Piorun (Thunderbolt) man-portable air defense systems. It has also sent over ...

  Two personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been reportedly killed in Benue State in an encounter with gunmen suspected to be terrorists. Naija News learnt that two other locals were also killed in separate attacks in the state. It was reported that the NSCDC ...

    Seventy-five inmates of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Ibara Maximum Security Custodial Centre, Old Abeokuta, Ogun State, have become Ministers of God after bagging Diploma certificates in Theology. It was gathered that the inmates have undergone a six-month training at the seminary, geared towards reforming and rehabilitating them. The ...

  A group of young men who said they are Niger Delta ex-agitators have released a video where they promised to work for and “deliver” for Bola Ahmed Tinubu, National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and an aspirant in the 2023 presidential election. In the 1 minute ...