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Ticket racketeering returns to Kaduna-Abuja train station

By Ismail Auwal Ticket racketeering has returned to the Kaduna-Abuja train station after the Nigerian Railway Cooperation's (NRC) e-ticketing website went down four days ago. According...

Saudi Arabia bans flights to and from 7 African countries due to Omicron

By Ismail Auwal An official source at the Ministry of Interior announced on Sunday the suspension of flights coming from and going to seven countries,...

All workers to resume December with proof of vaccination, as FG relaxes restrictions

    The Head of Service of the Federation, Folasade Yemi-Esan, has said all civil servants will resume at the offices on December 1st but will...

Zamfara State to restore telecoms services on Tuesday

 By Ismail Auwal Zamfara State Government has announced plan to lift the telecommunications ban in the state on Tuesday. The telecommunications ban was imposed by the...

My critics drink beer from 9am till evening – Gov Ortom

BY Sahelian Times   Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has blasted his citizens for criticizing him,saying some of them usually start drinking from morning till...

More Boko Haram members surrender to Nigerian Army as defections reach 15,000

By Sahelian Times Six Boko Haram defectors have given up arms and surrendered to Nigerian soldiers after the Islamic State West Africa Province ISWAP invaded...

W.H.O expresses concern over COVID-19 variant, Omicron

By Sahelian Times   The World Health Organisation (WHO) has named a new coronavirus variant, Omicron, and classified it a variant of concern.   A statement from the...

The continuous fall in naira value: Are Nigerians digging their graves?

By Kabiru Isa Dandago The continuous fall in the value of the Naira (the Nigerian monetary currency) started from the era of Structural Adjustment Program...

Italian Police bust Nigerian crime ring forcing women into prostitution

By Sahelian Times Italian police on Monday announced that they had broken up a Nigerian crime ring operating across the country with the arrest of...

FAAN suspends Airport officials for allegedly extorting passenger

By Ismail Auwal The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced the suspension some of its staff for alleged extortion of passengers at Murtala...

FG lifts ban on Emirates airline

By Ismail Auwal The Federal Government has lifted the conditional ban on Emirates Airline flying into Nigeria. Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Aviation, made the announcement...

Banditry: Police arrest female gunrunner in Zamfara

By Ismail Auwal Zamfara State Police have paraded a woman suspected to be supplying weapons to the bandits terrorising the state. According to the statement issued...

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