The Federal Government say it has paid two-months backlog of its Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) to over 74,000 beneficiaries in Kogi.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, led other clergymen in praying against forces of evil, hate, division, injustice, insurgency and other issues working against the country.

The Minister of Defence, Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (Rtd) said the need to follow due process was responsible for the delay in declaring bandits as terrorists.

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been named the ”Best Nigerian Governor in Internal Audit Transformation”, by the Institute of Internal Auditors of Nigeria.

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that nobody should start campaigning for an unconstitutional extension of his tenure in office beyond May 29, 2023.

The United Nations (UN) has pledged continuous partnership with the Nigerian Army in tackling security challenges in the country and the Sahel region.

The Senate Committee on Works will liaise with the House of Representatives, the Executive on provision of an emergency fund to clear the N420billion owed road contractors by the Ministry of Works and Housing.

Troops conducting Exercise Golden Dawn in the South East have neutralised one of the Biafran National Guard gunmen who attacked troops’ location at Amaekpu, Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State, Army Headquarters says.

The Presidential Spokesman, Femi Adesina has described as fake, reports that the aircraft in which President Muhammadu Buhari recently travelled to the United States developed fault mid-air and that the president escaped narrowly.

Air Traffic Control (ATC) communicators have lamented that the poor quality of equipment available in airports nationwide negatively affects efficient discharge of their duties.

The Appeal Court in Port Harcourt has dismissed a suit by the suspended national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP, Uche Secondud aimed at stopping the party’s convention.

The Nigerian military Thursday said troops of Operation Hadin Kai in the North-east killed a total of 38 terrorists, including Bako, new leader of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP).

As part of efforts to treat the high number of persons suffering drug addiction in the country, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA will establish six standard rehabilitation centres, one in each geo-political zone of Nigeria.

As part of efforts geared towards boosting the ongoing war against Boko Haram insurgency and banditry in the North-East and North-West, the Nigerian Army has taken delivery of 60 new VP – 1 Type Tracked Armoured Personnel Carriers manufactured in China.