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The presidency has reacted to the shooting which reportedly occurred at the presidential villa in the early hours of Saturday June 13.   Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari described the incident as a “minor occurrence” which is being used by some critics to justify attacks on the government and the Nigerian leader.   He …

The General Overseer (GO) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, says he and his prayer warriors will not rest in prayers until the perpetrators of rape are accorded stiffer penalty.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Saturday released a guideline for the reopening of places of worship.

The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to immediately release her aides who were reportedly detained based on the orders of the Chief Security Officer to the President, Idris Kassim.

Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Human Rights Activist has raised an alarm of insufficient justices at the supreme court, which according to him is worsening prison congestion.   Falana in a letter dated June 9, urged President Buhari to validate the elevation of court of appeal justices Adamu Jauro, Emmanuel A. Agim, Samuel C. Oseji, and Helen M. Ogunwumiju …

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has reacted to the confirmation by the University of Ibadan that he graduated from the institution, The PUNCH reports. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, on Tuesday, had expressed doubt over the authenticity of the first-degree certificate presented by the governor. While inaugurating the APC’s screening and appeal committees for its members …

Policemen at the Warri Area Command in Delta state, on Monday, arraigned the Founder/General Overseer of Victory Revival Fasting and Prayer Ministry, Bishop Elijah Orhonigbe, for allegedly raping a 19 year old girl, name withheld, within his church hall in Warri.

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Monday, said six out of the 33 staff working in the office of the commission’s Executive Director of Project, Dr Cairo Odjougboh, have tested positive to COVID-19.

A Federal High Court in Benin City, Edo state on Monday granted an order restraining the All Progressives Congress and its national chairman from conducting any primary election in Edo State ahead of the state governorship election in September, pending the determination of the suit on June 11, 2020.

The lockdown imposed on Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of the state over suspected cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), has been lifted by the Kogi state government.   Governor Yahaya Bello who made the announcement at the Government House in Lokoja on Friday June 5, said the decision of lifting the lockdown in the local government area was reached after samples which were …