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The Catholic Bishop of Minna Dioceses, Bishop Martins Uzoukwu, on Thursday, lauded the Federal Government for securing the release of Dapchi schoolgirls. Uzuokwu gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna. “We urged the Federal Government to commit more political commitment to ensure the release of the remaining Chibok girls and all those held hostages...

Some of the girls released on Wednesday  By Garba Shehu, Abuja  President Muhammadu Buhari is as committed to the freedom of the only Dapchi schoolgirl still in captivity as he was to the girls' freedom when all 110 were in the captivity of Boko Haram terrorists. The Buhari administration will not relent in efforts to bring Leah Sharibu safely back home to her...

The Federal Government is seeking an interim order of the Federal High Court, Abuja to temporary seize 22 prime properties/assets of Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu located in London, Dubai, Florida, and Abuja, that were declared before the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB. The Motion Ex-Parte was brought before the court pursuant to: Section 330 Of The Administration Of Criminal...

Ondo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Yemi Olowolabi has charged the citizens not to relent in their efforts at making their leaders accountable to their stewardship, stressing that they must be ready to ask questions at all times from them about their welfare.  The commissioner,  who gave the charge in his office in Akure while playing host to...

AAUA Senate building  The Pro Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Dr. Tunji Abayomi, has said that no new fees regime has been announced for the University as being bandied around town and on various social media platforms. He added that the new fees regime, when finally unveiled, would be within the...

A plane carrying scores of Nigerian schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram militants on Wednesday has taken off from Maiduguri for the capital Abuja, a Reuters witness reported. Information Minister Lai mohammed, speaking in Maiduguri, said 105 people had been rescued so far, two of whom were not students. He said the government was still negotiating with Boko Haram to release the...

Yana Galang was visiting Dapchi in northeast Nigeria to offer condolences to parents whose daughters were kidnapped by Boko Haram when people started to shout with excitement. Her own daughter, Rifkatu, is still missing nearly four years after she and over 200 of her classmates were kidnapped by Boko Haram militants from their school in Chibok about 275 km (170...

Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN has directed that the Caretaker Chairman of Ondo West Local Government Area of the State, Mr. Ebenezer Akinsulire, be suspended with Immediate effect. The Governor’s directive was based on a petition against Akinsulire, in which he was alleged of various offences, including gross misconduct. A statement made available to www.theprecisionng.com by the Chief Press Secretary...

Ibori after returning from UK prison  Former governor of Delta state, James Ibori, has launched an appeal against his conviction on Wednesday, by the UK authorities alleging corruption in the ranks of British police. Ibori who spent years in UK jails after pleading guilty to laundering a stolen fortune in Britain had since returned to Nigeria.  At stake are about 90 million pounds ($130 million)...

Boko Haram drove scores of kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls back into the town where they had been captured a month ago and abruptly set them free on Wednesday.  The captors gave no reason for their release, but Nigeria denied that a ransom had been paid. Several of the girls said some of their friends had died in captivity and one was...