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Governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai has come hard on people criticising the state’s Muslim-Muslim ticket ahead next year’s gubernatorial election, stating that the Government House is not a place of worship but a place of work. The governor made the statement on Tuesday in defence of his choice…

About 2, 045 Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) have been reportedly stolen from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Akwa Ibom State. The theft happened at the Local Government Area office in Okobo, Akwa Ibom State. Dr. Mohammed Mustapha Lecky, the National Commissioner, INEC, supervising Akwa Ibom, Delta and…

A call has been made for the addition of 155, 000 doctors at the ratio of one doctor to 1000 people in Nigeria. Prof. Usman Ahmed, Provost, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Federal University Dutse who made the call, said the aimed is for the country   to be able…

1,801 persons have been killed in the recent attacks in Plateau State, with 50,212 persons displaced from their ancestral homes, according to a committee set up Plateau State government to look into the killings in the state.   Vanguard reports that, AVM Bala Danbaba (retd), Chairman of the Committee on…

An estimated 40 million Nigerians are believed to be suffering from mental disorder, a top government official has said. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Abdulaziz Mashi Abdullahi, gave the hint on Monday at the on-going mental health action committee and stakeholders’ workshop in Abuja. Abdullahi attributed the country’s…

The deaths of 492 shiites is being looked into by the National Human Rights Commission. The commission according to Tribune, said on Sunday that it is “looking into the alleged” illegal killing of 492 Shiites by the Army, even as it revealed that the probe would span from 2014-2018. It…

A new technology that will check tax fraud and illegal tax collection has been introduced by the Rivers State Internal Revenue Service. The RIRS Chairman, ThankGod Norteh, explained that with the new technology, taxpayers would not have to go through stress or unnecessary bottlenecks in tax payment. According to Punch,…

Human rights lawyer, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has said that, voting President Buhari again in office will eclipse Nigeria. Agbakoba made the comment in an interview with Vanguard, even as he said that a government’s performance is judged by four years. “They tried and they failed. I hope that people…

Over 11 exotic motor vehicles with Duty Paid Value of N128,084,026, have been intercepted and seized by men of the Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘C’, Owerri, Imo State. Some of the vehicles according to Punch Newspaper, included 2013 model Range Rover HSE, 2010 model Total Camry, 2007…

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) boss, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu will lead a team of eminent personalities to deliver lecture to mark the sixth anniversary of Realnews magazine and publications. Yakubu is expected to speak on: “Political Transitions and Africa’s Economic Development,” on November 15, at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos at…