Benue State Governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, has ordered the immediate release of the kidnapped Caretaker Chairman of Ukum LGA, Hon Hanganoon Gideon, and three others. Hon Gideon was abducted by yet-to-be-identified gunmen along with three others on their way to the burial of the late Ter Katsina-Ala on Saturday. Gov Alia while given the directive called on all sons of the Sankera political bloc to convene a meeting to ensure lasting peace returned to...

Following the ongoing investigation of alleged financial misappropriation in the management of National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), President Bola Tinubu has suspended all its programmes . The four (4) affected Programmes administered by NSIPA, include, N- Power Programme, Conditional Cash Transfer Programme, Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme and Home Grown School Feeding Programme. The suspension of the programmes was contained in a statement signed by Segun Imohiosen, the Director of Information, Office of Secretary...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has frowned at some operators who are transmitting telecoms signals on the available 5.4GHz frequency band, without being licensed to operate with the same. The regulatory body therefore declared illegal, the unauthorized use of the 5.4GHZ frequency band, and has vowed to sanction any erring operator involved in such an act. NCC further gave a 14-day enforcement notice for all illegal operators to vacate the 5.4GHz frequency band. In a...