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The Nigerian Airforce has released list of successful candidate for its Direct short service commission on its official Twitter page. Candidates who applied are advised to check for their names. The post read: “List of successful candidates for 2019 Nigerian Airforce Direct Regular Commission/ Direct Short service Commisskon medical special...

    The Ondo State Governor and Chairman of the Southwest Governors, Rotimi Akeredolu, has disclosed the agreement reached  during the meeting with the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo  on Operation Amotekun issue on Thursday in Abuja. Akeredolu said governors of the region and Osinbajo agreed on a legal framework to...

  The Bayelsa Police Command on Friday warned residents to refrain from taking laws into their hands at crime scenes to avoid arrest and prosecution. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the warning came on the heels of Thursday’s mob action against two armed robbery suspects at Green Villa...

  Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has put all airline operators, Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP) and Aerodrome Operators on alert over the outbreak of Coronavirus. The General Manager, Public Affairs, Mr Sam Adurogboye made this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday. Adurogboye said the alert was...

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Revd Justin Portal Welby has reacted to the killing of Lawan Andimi, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State by Boko Haram insurgents. Joining voices with those who condemned the attack, Archbishop Welby described the death...

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Thursday said that Facebook Nigeria has shut down the account of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. This was disclosed by Emma Powerful, the group’s spokesman in a statement, where he added, that the action was taken by Facebook Nigeria to diminish the growing...

  Some unknown gunmen on Thursday shot dead, a popular Yoruba herbal manufacturer, Alhaji Fatai Yusuff, popularly known as Oko Oloyun . He was said to have been shot on his way to Iseyin in Oyo State from Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. It was gathered that immediately after he...

  Transactions on the nation’s bourse closed northward on Thursday with the market indices appreciating by 0.45 per cent after dropping for two consecutive days. Superficially, the All-Share Index (ASI) increased by 133.08 points or 0.45 per cent to close at 29,591.29 compared with 29,458.21 recorded on Wednesday. Similarly, the...

  The newly sworn in Imo Governor, Chief Hope Uzodinma, says he feels excited and encouraged being part of the National Economic Council (NEC). Uzodinma spoke with State House Correspondents on the sidelines of the NEC meeting presided over the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on...

    The Ogun Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested two men for allegedly extorting candidates registering for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The state Commandant of NSCDC, Hammed Abodunrin, stated this at a press conference in Abeokuta on Thursday. Abodunrin said...