Benue farmer slumps, dies over false alarm
A 54-year-old farmer, Jeremiah Onuminya, from the Usha community in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State, has reportedly slumped and died after a false alarm was raised about an attack by...
View ArticleTinubu departs for France on 2-week visit
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart for Paris, France, today on a working visit. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy in a statement said during the visit, the...
View ArticleUromi: Kaduna police officer threatens retaliation against southerners
A Kaduna State police officer, Hadaina Hussaini Dan-Taki, has threatened reprisal attacks on southerners living in northern Nigeria. Dan-Taki’s remarks followed the brutal killing of 16 northerners in...
View ArticleFG orders reopening of Independence Bridge
The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has directed the immediate reopening of the Independence Bridge in Lagos to vehicular traffic. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mrs. Olukorede...
View ArticleNnamdi Kanu optimistic about release in April, says Igbo leader
The President-General of the Igbo Community Association (ICA), FCT, Engr. Ikenna Ellis-Ezenekwe, has revealed that Nnamdi Kanu is optimistic about securing his release from the custody of the...
View ArticleBREAKING: Natasha’s recall petition fails to meet constitutional...
The petition seeking the recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing the Kogi Central Senatorial District, has failed to meet the constitutional requirements outlined in Section 69(a) of...
View ArticleBREAKING: Supreme Court sacks Abure as Labour Party chairman
The Supreme Court on Friday removed Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party. In a unanimous judgment, a five-member panel of the Supreme Court set aside the decision of the Court of...
View ArticleCourt bans Natasha, Akpabio, others from press interviews
Justice Binta Fatima Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has barred parties in the suit filed by suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio,...
View ArticleSupreme Court: Abure still national chairman – Labour Party insists
The Labour Party (LP) has said Julius Abure remains its National Chairman despite a Supreme Court ruling that sacked him from the position. A five-member panel of the Supreme Court sacked Abure by...
View ArticlePolice IG withdraws invitation to Sanusi
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the withdrawal of the earlier invitation extended to the 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II in connection with the violent incident...
View Article20 governors under fire for delaying N70k minimum wage
The National President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Alhaji Haruna Kankara, on Sunday, said about 20 states have yet to implement the N70,000 new minimum wage for local...
View ArticlePolice commands brace for fresh nationwide protest
The police authorities have placed their men on red alert ahead of a fresh nationwide protest slated for Monday (today) by the Take-It-Back Movement and other civil society groups. The Nigeria Police...
View ArticleLakurawa terrorist group kills 13 vigilantes in Kebbi
The Lakurawa terrorist group on Sunday killed 13 members of a vigilante group as they attacked Morai community in Augie Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The 13 vigilantes were reportedly killed...
View ArticlePlateau: Bokkos attack could lead to anarchy – JNI
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has expressed concern over the ‘unwarranted’ killings of about 60 people in Bokkos Local Government Area of the Plateau state. The JNI in a statement by its Secretariat...
View ArticlePresidency denies sacking INEC boss, Yakubu
The Presidency has debunked widespread reports claiming that President Bola Tinubu has sacked the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu. The...
View ArticleTake-It-Back Movement: Police disperse Abuja protesters with tear gas
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force on Monday dispersed protesters with tear gas in the Maitama area of Abuja. The protesters, who had gathered peacefully to express their grievances, were thrown...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia suspends visa for Nigeria, Egypt, 12 other countries ahead of Hajj
Saudi Arabia has announced a temporary suspension of specific visa categories for citizens of 14 countries, including Nigeria, India, and Pakistan, as part of new travel restrictions ahead of the 2025...
View ArticleFounder of defunct Diamond bank, Pascal Dozie, dies at 85
The founder of the defunct Diamond Bank Plc and a former chairman of MTN Nigeria, Pascal Dozie, is dead. According to a statement issued by the family on Tuesday, the business tycoon died in the early...
View Article16,000 doctors exit Nigeria in 7 years
The federal government, yesterday, acknowledged the stretched conditions of public hospitals nationwide following the exodus of over 16,000 doctors in the last seven years. The mass migration,...
View ArticleIbas appoints administrators for 23 Rivers LGAs
Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has approved the appointment of administrators for the 23 Local Government Areas of the state. This comes less than 24 hours after a...
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