The  Federal Government has declared Friday, this week and next Monday as public holidays to respectively mark Good Friday and Easter Monday. Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary, while Easter Monday is the second day of Easter. Making the announcement on Wednesday in Abuja, Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf …

The Federal Government said it has completed the Loko-Oweto Bridge and the second Niger Bridge and both would be commissioned and handed over before 29th May terminal date of the administration. Inspecting the completed Loko-oweto road and bridge on Tuesday in Nasarawa State, the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola said that the contractors had promised to complete …

The Defence Headquarters has said that Nigerians have nothing to panic about concerning the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping fighting vehicles sighted in the country. A video posted on social media had shown the UN fighting vehicles and equipment passing through Benin, the Edo State capital. In a statement on Tuesday, the acting Director of Defence Information, Brig. General Tukur Gusau …

The Senate on Tuesday rescinded its decision on the financier of the Kaduna- Zaria-Kano railway project in the country from the China Exim Bank to the China Development Bank. With this development, the Senate has harmonised the terms of the 2016-2018 Federal Government’s external borrowing plan for the project. The resolution was a sequel to a motion by Senator Sadiq …

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the National Assembly to consider and pass a bill seeking to protect data in the country. President Buhari’s request was contained in letters read on the floor of the House of Representatives and Senate on Tuesday. He premised his request on section 58(2) of the constitution. “Under Section 58, sub-section 2 of the 1999 constitution …

Obukobo Oghenerukhewe, also known as Mayor, was shot and killed by gunmen on Tuesday, according to the Edo State Police Command, which said it was a cult-related killing. Mayor was a final-year student at the University of Benin (UNIBEN). State command Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Chidi Nwabuzor said the late Mayor, who was also the Chief of the Kegites …

The police in Adamawa State have apprehended a 30-year-old man for raping a seven-year-old in Numan, and another 53-year-old man for raping a nine-year old girl in Gwalti village, Numan Local Government Area. A statement by the command’s spokesperson, Suleiman Nguroje gave the names of the suspects as Murtala Muhammed, 30, who is a resident of behind Demsa Guest Inn; …

The management of the University of Benin, Edo State declared Tuesday as a lecture-free day over the killing of a final year student, Desmond Rukevwe Obukhowo, popularly called Mayor. The deceased was a 400-level student of the department of public administration and was shot in the face at close range at about 9pm on Monday. He was also the Kegite …

The passenger who disrupted an Abuja-Lagos flight on Saturday, Mr Obiajulu Uja has been remanded in prison custody. Uja, who embarked on a lone protest against the forthcoming inauguration of President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President, was arraigned on Tuesday before the Zuba Magistrates’ Court, Abuja. He was charged with “public nuisance, resistance to a lawful arrest, threatening violence and …

Kano State Executive Council has appointed the former Independent National Electoral Commission chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, as the Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of the Governing Council of the state-owned Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education, Kumbotso. The council also appointed Oba Dr. Moshood Aliiwo, as the Chancellor of the university. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Malam Muhammad Garba, announced the appointments …