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Buhari returns 12 former ministers, drops 18

By AdvocateNews on 23/07/2019 3:47:30 PM

*Onu, Ngige, Amaechi, Onyeama retained President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday announced names of 12 former ministers who worked with him in his first term for reappointment. They are Babatunde Fashola (Lagos......more

Insecurity: Why the North is tolerating Buhari – Sen. Shehu Sani

By AdvocateNews on 23/07/2019 09:54:58 AM

Former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central in the Senate, Shehu Sani, says the North is tolerating President Muhammadu Buhari administrative style because he is from the region. Sani spoke as a guest speaker ......more

Buhari orders Police IG to quash Shi’ite protests

By AdvocateNews on 23/07/2019 09:27:20 AM

President Muhammadu Buhari, has directed the Inspector-General of Police ( IGP), Mohammed Adamu, to ensure there is no breakdown of law and order in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). He gave the......more

Conflicts: 40,000 displaced Cameroonians flee to Nigeria for safety – UN

By AdvocateNews on 23/07/2019 08:03:33 AM

The United Nations on Monday said nearly 40,000 more people had been forced to flee to Nigeria by worsening humanitarian situation in north-west and south-west regions of Cameroon. Briefing UN correspondents in......more

Channels Tv reporter, Owolabi shot during Shi’ites protest is dead

By AdvocateNews on 23/07/2019 07:53:40 AM

The Channels Television reporter shot at the scene of the clash between members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), better known as Shiites, and the police is dead. His death......more

Deputy commissioner of Police killed in Shiite, police clash

By AdvocateNews on 22/07/2019 6:17:22 PM

Protesting members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria have shot dead a senior police officer, DCP Umar, who was in charge of Operations at the Federal Capital Territory Police Command. Umar......more

Ogun community pupils, teachers desert schools over herdsmen attacks

By AdvocateNews on 22/07/2019 09:03:52 AM

Teachers and pupils have deserted primary and secondary schools in Alabata villages in the Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State following attacks by suspected herdsmen. It was gathered that the......more

Police confirm abduction of four Turkish nationals in Kwara

By AdvocateNews on 22/07/2019 08:52:04 AM

The Kwara command of the Nigeria Police Force has confirmed that a gang of suspected kidnappers on Saturday night abducted four Turkish nationals along Gbugbu-Lafiagi Road in the Edu Local Government......more

There’s no security collapse in Nigeria, says Buhari

By AdvocateNews on 22/07/2019 07:46:28 AM

The Presidency on Sunday said that the Muhammadu Buhari administration disagrees with the prevailing assumption that there exist a security collapse in Nigeria. Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant on Media......more

3,500 of our kinsmen in detention – Fulani group

By AdvocateNews on 22/07/2019 07:40:57 AM

An umbrella organisation of the Fulani tribe in the country, Gan Allah-Fulani Development Association of Nigeria, has said not all Fulani herdsmen are criminals as being portrayed across the country. The......more

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