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The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Thursday said the economic and security challenges in the southeast have contributed to the divisions among Igbos. Okonjo-Iweala, who…

The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has ratified the expulsion of the party’s presidential candidate during the 2023 general elections, Senator…

Unknown gunmen have ambushed and abducted a retired Major-General in Imo State. The victim, identified simply as Maj Gen RC Duru (rtd), was abducted last weekend in Orji General area, Owerri North Local Government…

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) shared N1.1 trillion to the federal government, states and Local Government Councils (LGCs) for August. A communiqué by the FAAC at its September meeting said the N1.1…

David Umahi, minister of works and housing, has apologised to workers of the ministry. On Thursday, there was a protest at the federal ministry of works and housing in Abuja, after the minister locked out some staff for…

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has concluded plans to introduce a new mass transit express passenger train tagged “Apapa Express”. The new service which would run between Apapa (Lagos) and Kajola (Ogun) on the…

An Italian man, Filippo Ferlazzo, who beat a Nigerian, Alika Ogorchukwu, to death in 2022 has been sentenced to 24 years imprisonment. The convict bagged 24 years jail term on Wednesday for causing the death of a…

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos has inaugurated the first senior secondary school in the underserved Ogombo community, Eti Osa area of the state. The fully equipped three-floor structure completed with 15…

The Police have lamented that the glamorisation of drug use by the music industry is making the fight against the scourge difficult for law enforcement agencies. Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesperson for Lagos Police…

Claude Makelele has confirmed he has left his post at Chelsea after a mutual agreement to move on from Stamford Bridge. The former France international, who made over 200 appearances for the club during one of their…

The Lagos State Police Command late Thursday night arrested Lagos socialite, Balogun Eletu, better known as Sam Larry over an ongoing investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of popular…

The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, has ordered immediate closure of Ladipo Market, Mushin, for several environmental offences including, reckless waste disposal, unhygienic…

Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has set up a nine-man committee to intervene in the impeachment crisis rocking Ondo State Government. Ganduje announced this on…

Nigerian tourism minister has been hospitalised in Abuja after suffering acute poisoning from unknown origins, Peoples Gazette was told, as her family members fear time was running against their efforts to save…

A 500-level Accounting student of Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Faith Adedoyin has lost his life in a fatal accident while returning from an excursion to Erin-Ijesa Waterfall in Osun State. The…

Exotic vehicles seized from suspected drug traffickers by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) estimated to cost several billions of naira are currently rotting away at various facilities belonging to…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has revealed that his intervention made some northern youth groups withdraw their threats against the Igbo people in the north. Ganduje said…

The Ondo State House of Assembly has released 14 allegations of gross misconduct and financial impropriety against the deputy governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, amid the impeachment… The Ondo State House of Assembly has…

Many boys in Abuja in the FCT are now making brisk business standing as proxies to pay ground rent for businessmen, civil servants and other big men who cannot stand the chaotic situation at the paying points. Our…

Commercial motorcyclists operating at Gosa, along the Airport road, have attacked members of the FCT Joint Task Force, who carried out massive raid on okada operators in many parts of the nation’s capital on Thursday. …

British and Nigerian civil society groups have urged the British government to return over £101m of funds confiscated from Nigerian politician James Ibori, a convicted fraudster, to his country swiftly and transparently so…

In a recent update from the Lagos State Police Command, it has been confirmed that Balogun Olamilekan Eletu, also known as Sam Larry, is now in police custody. Sam Larry,…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, arraigned the chief executive officer of Emee Oil And Gas Nig. Ltd., Florence Onojame, who allegedly defrauded Access Bank of N4.4 billion. Mrs…

Muhammad Nami, former chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has spoken on TheCable’s report on his belated approval of over N11 billion for payments. Nami, in a statement issued on Thursday,…