Terrorists got over 3 billion Naira in ransom off 3,672 persons who were kidnapped in Zamfara between 2011 and 2019 according to a recent report by the Zamfara State Government. This was contained in a report by the committee set up by the state government to examine the state's security ...

On Tuesday, the Federal Government made it known that it believes it has made the right decision to hire private contractors to secure its oil pipeline network across the country. Mr Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company briefed journalists as he appeared at ...

On Monday, the management of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc said it will significantly reduce the importation of sugar into the country by 40 % and create over 30,000 employment. The statement issued by the company quoted the Aliko Dangote, president of Dangote Group to have said that the company is ...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Monday said, some politicians campaigning ahead of the 2023 presidential election do not mean well for the country. BASIC FACTS Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Monday, said he will expose those who intend to loot the nation's resources. Governor Wike spoke at ...

Angola's MPLA party has been declared winner of the keenly contested presidential election. This win has extended the ruling party's decades-long rule and giving President Joao Lourenco a second term. According to official results announced by the National Electoral Commission (CNE) on Monday, the People's Movement for the Liberation of ...

Clariform reports that Fidelity Bank has agreed to take over the UK arm of Nigeria's second oldest bank. This happens to be latest phase in the series of divestments by Union Bank which commenced offloading 90 per cent of its shareholding to a new owner, Titan Trust late 2021. Clariform ...

On Tuesday, millions of residents in areas surrounding China's capital, Beijing were ordered into lockdown as authorities doubles down on efforts to contain further spread of Covid-19 ahead of a key ruling Communist Party meeting this year. Nearly four million people in Hebei province in the Beijing environs has been ...

Federal government is wedging a plan to capture the Independent National Commission (INEC) in other to influence their operations and the outcome of the 2023 elections. This was disclosed by the Executive Director of YIAGA Africa, Samson Itodo, on Monday on live television program on Channels TV` Politics Today, monitored ...

Chidi Oguamanam, a Nigerian-born professor has been appointed by the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada as the Research Chairman in Sustainable Bio-Innovation, Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Global Knowledge Governance. According to announcement published on the school's website: Prof Oguamanam will "advance just societies through the equitable participation of ...

The Nigerian High Commission South Africa, has warned Nigerians living in South Africa to be weary of a planned attack on foreign nationals. According to a memo dated 24 August, the consular section of the embassy wrote: "This is to advise Nigerians living in South Africa to be vigilant and ...

Zainab Ahmed the Honourable Minister of Finance and National Planning on Monday disclosed that the federal government will have to borrow over N11 trillion and sell national assets to finance the budget deficit in 2023, and will be providing for fuel subsidy up to June 2023. According to the Minister, ...

Ibrahim Shekarau, a former governor of Kano state on Monday formally returned to the opposition People Democratic Party (PDP) after previously joining the All Progressive Congresss (APC) and New Nigeria People Party (NNPP). Clariform recalls that the former Kano governor Mr. Shekarau after a disagreement with incumbent Kano governor, Ganduje ...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday reinstated Sheriff Oborevwori as the duly nominated governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State. Clariform recalls that Mr. Oborevwori was disqualified in July by a Federal High Court in Abuja for allegedly supplying false information and submitting forged ...

There was tension at the Kuje Correctional Centre as inmates, early Monday, protested against the death of their colleague. BASIC FACTS There was tension at Kuje correctional facility this Monday as inmates went on rampage. The protest was provoked by the death of an inmate in the Kuje facility. The ...

Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Haliru Bello Mohammed, on Monday expressed optimism the crisis rocking the party will be resolved and the party will win the 2023 presidential election. The PDP has been engulfed in crisis since it primary elections last May and the subsequent ...

The Peoples Democratic Party's National Working Committee is currently divided over Nyesom Wike's demand that Iyorchia Ayu, the party's National Chairman, resign before he would agree to settle with Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate. Top party figures revealed to our source on Sunday that the NWC's members were starkly ...

The Federal Government had earlier requested that the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, be extradited to the USA so that he could stand trial for his alleged association with a well-known internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, better known by his online persona Hushpuppi. However, the Federal High Court ...

Against the general expectations that the long lingering industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may be called off this week, the university lecturers has on the contrary voted for extension. Information available confirms that ASUU has agreed to extend its current strike following several contentious debates. ...

The Northern Youth Council has given the Federal Government a seven-day deadline to withdraw the N4 billion pipeline surveillance contract given to former Niger Delta militant commander, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo. The organization demanded that Timipre Sylva, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources be fired immediately. The ...

On Sunday, NDLEA agents detained a cleaner at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, in Ikeja, Lagos, who was the leader of a narcotics gang operating out of the airport's international terminal. He was apprehended on Tuesday, August 23, after Obinna Jacob Osita, an intended traveler on an Airpeace flight ...

Ukamaka Ejezie popularly known as Mama Biafra who is said to be the foster mother of the detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu regained her freedom from DSS custody on Sunday. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the head of Kanu's legal team confirmed her release in a short statement ...

The Management of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, has suspended a a lecturer in the university, Dr. Olaniran Balogun, who is accused of sexual gratifications from student of the university. He has also been declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission. ...

According to former President, Olusegun Obasanjo he has no preferred candidate among those contesting the forthcoming 2023 presidential election. The former president made this known on Sunday in Minna when he paid a courtesy visit to former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar a visit. According to him, he only ...

Major General Christopher Musa the Theater Commander, Operation Hadin Kai, , has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to come up with a way to allow troops to vote during elections in the country. According to the Major General, it was impossible for troops to vote on election day as ...

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company has disconnected Niger State government house and other government agencies due to debt running into over N1.3billion. Adamu Dantani, AEDC Public Relations Officer in the state made this known in a press briefing in Minna saying that the decision to disconnect the Government House, general ...

The streets of Maiduguri was agog on Saturday as supporters of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) defied hours of rain to welcome Alhaji Rabiu Kwankawaso, the party's presidential candidate in the forthcoming 2023 presidential elections. The former Kano state governor was in Maiduguri to commission the party's new office ...

Mildred Ebuka, a 17-year-old girl who went missing on Thursday while running errands in Lagos, has been found by police in Bauchi State. Clariform gathered that Miss Mildred Ebuka left her Victoria Island home on Thursday to deliver a wig hat to her aunt's acquaintance in the Ikorodu neighborhood of ...

As the 2023 Presidential elections draw nearer, the politicians are upping their efforts to mobilise voters even ahead of the formal campaign season. On Saturday, several resident of Rivers State, particularly in Port Harcourt, the people defied the early morning rain on Saturday to participate in a planned solidarity march ...

Abdullahi Adamu on Friday led members of the APC National Working Committee to the campaign office of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the party's presidential flagbearer at the Central Business District in Abuja. The meeting which was lasted for several hours was held behind closed doors with Senator Kashim Shettima in ...

The National Broadcasting Commission on Friday suspended the threatened shutdown of allegedly indebted broadcast stations in the country, numbering over 50 media houses. Clariform recalls that Balarabe Ilelah, the Director-General of NBC had on August 19 directed the African Independent Television, Silverbird Television and over 40 other electronic media outfits ...