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The minority caucus of the House of Representatives has joined its Senate counterpart to hand President Muhammadu Buhari a six-week ultimatum to fix insecurity or face impeachment in the National Assembly.

The British Broadcasting Corporation

(BBC) and Trust TV will not go unpunished for promoting terrorism and banditry, Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed has said.
In separate documentaries, Trust TV and BBC’s “Africa Eye” exposed the activities of the bandits. But reacting to

the documentaries, the minister said the conduct of the two media houses were unprofessional as they tended to promote terrorism in the country.

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has said it had to increase the registration fees paid for its examinations.

The examination body said the marginal increase of the registration fee for its examination from N13,950 to N18,000 was caused by spiral inflation being witnessed in Nigeria.

Non-remittance of dollars to foreign reserves by the Nigeria National

Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is responsible for naira’s free fall in the official and parallel markets, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said. As at the close of work yesterday, the naira traded for N700/$1 at the parallel market and N415.96/$1 at the official market.

Members of the armed forces have assured President Muhammadu Buhari of adopting a new strategy to deal with terrorists and bandits who wreak havoc across the country. This was disclosed by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana

Monguno, who briefed reporters after a Security Council meeting on Thursday in Abuja.

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has threatened to sack any lecturer of the Kaduna State University (KASU) who participates in the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of

Universities (ASUU) and fails to resume as directed by the university’s management.

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