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Most Reverend Matthew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Dioceses, has praised the state Governor, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, for declaring a 24-hour curfew to quell the state's ongoing protests. Earlier, demonstrators damaged…

Remains of Miss Deborah Samuel, a female student brutally killed at Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, was buried in Magajiya, Niger State. Pastor Emmanuel Maaaji of the First Evangelical Church Winning All…

Amid the ongoing unrest in Sokoto state, Kaduna state government has banned protests related to religious activity in the state. In a statement issued on Saturday, Samuel Aruwan, the commissioner of internal security, said the ban…

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the release of the results for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The examination body made this known in a statement shared on Saturday afternoon,…

Some residents of Sokoto are planning a protest in Sokoto State to demand the release of two persons arrested in connection to the killing of a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, identified as Deborah Samuel, for…

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has explained why he ordered that the controversial tweet on the killing of Deborah Samuel be deleted. He revealed that the tweet was deleted because he did not approve that it should be posted…

Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned the murder of Deborah Samuel on blasphemy charges. Professor Ishaq Akintola, Director of MURIC, described the death as "outrageous, illegal, and unlawful" in a statement released on Friday,…

Emirates Airlines, one of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) leading airlines, announced that it will adopt Bitcoin as a payment option for customers looking to fly with the airline, which ranks #5 among the top 20 airlines according to Airline…

Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has on Friday, May 13 condemned the brutal murder of Deborah Samuel. Samuel, who was a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, was stoned to death and set ablaze in…

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has pulled out of the 2023 presidential race to retain his ministerial seat. The former governor of Anambra State and member of the All Progressives Congress made his withdrawal known in a…

President Muhammadu Buhari says ministers who resigned from his cabinet to pursue their political ambitions will be replaced “without delay”. The President said this in a valedictory meeting at the Council Chamber in Abuja on Friday as…

Professor Adenike Temidayo Oladiji has been appointed by the governing Council of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) as the eighth substantive Vice Chancellor of the University. With the appointment, Professor Oladiji is…

Presidential hopeful, Atiku Abubakar, has deleted posts he shared on his Facebook and Twitter pages condemning the brutal killing of Christian student, Deboral Samuel, by a mob in Sokoto state over alleged blasphemy. Samuel, who was a…

Three bills aimed at enhancing Nigeria's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing/proliferation financing framework were signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, May 12. Money Laundering (Prevention and…