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PRIMARY school teachers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will resume their suspended strike on Monday, January 15, 2024. The teachers, under the umbrella of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) FCT chapter, said the strike, when it started, would be indefinite. The…

The Nigerian Army has vowed to investigate claims by a female soldier alleging she was maltreated by some senior officers. The Director of Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement issued on Friday, however, said the female soldier in question…

Ten Corps Members from Nigeria are set to travel to the Republic of India on Sunday, to participate in a Youth Exchange Programme organised by the Indian National Cadet Corps. The programme is an annual event held in commemoration of the Independence Anniversary…

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has called on Nigerians to see the fight against insecurity as a collective work and used the viral social media slang, “No gree for anybody” to drive home the message. This charge came from the Director of Defence Media…

The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, has arrested a soldier seen in a viral video torturing a man in his house. Acting Deputy Director, Lt. Col. Jona Danjuma, who confirmed the arrest in a statement, yesterday, condemned the soldier’s conduct. Danjuma,…

A female marketing employee of a bank in Ikorodu, Lagos State, has committed suicide. The deceased, 32-year-old Amarachi Ugochukwu, was said to have drunk an insecticide. The incident happened on Monday within the premises of the bank. Ugochukwu had around 1pm made her way into…

Starting from 2024 mobilisation exercise, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said all the eligible Prospective Corps Members (PCMS) are expected to register for mobilisation with their National Identification Numbers (NIN). This was part of the deliberations during the meeting of NYSC…

Billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, on Wednesday, donated N1bn to the Lagos State Security Trust Fund. This was disclosed by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Lagos State Governor, Jubril Gawat, in a post on X on Wednesday. According to Gawat,…

The Synagogue Church of all Nations (SCOAN) has countered the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) documentary on its late founder, Temitope Babatunde Joshua, popularly known as Prophet TB Joshua. It described the report as “illogical, irritating, incomprehensible, unfathomable and satanically dubious and malicious,” and…