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Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), says restructuring Nigeria should be focused on ensuring economic viability of states. He said this on Wednesday while delivering a lecture titled…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the final forfeiture of the $899,600 recovered from an Abuja apartment allegedly occupied by a former Secretary to the Bauchi State Government, Ibrahim Ahmed Dandija. Justice…

Popular music artistes, Oniyide Azeez(Zinoleesky) and Mohbad (Ilerioluwa Oladimeji) have been arrested by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. Both artistes were busted in the early hours of…

Popular opposition figure and Former National Secretary of the Congress for Progressives Change(CPC), Buba Galadima has weighed on the recent agitations for the President, Muhammadu Buhari to sign the controversial…

Ahead of the March 26 National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed Abdullahi Adamu, a former…

Abosede Ogunsola, the wife of a police officer who died at the home of the former Ogun State governor, Gbenga Daniel, has said the family does not…

The Lagos State Controller of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Adewale Adebisi, has said 352 inmates are on death row at the Kirikiri Maximum Correctional Centre. This means that former Governors Bola Tinubu,…

Leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank has reiterated its commitment to enriching the lives of its customers as it announced the third set of 10 millionaires in…

Nigerian Table Tennis star, Funke Oshonaike, on Wednesday thanked God for saving her, following a ghastly car accident she had earlier this week, which landed her in the hospital. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that…

“For now we are not sure of his state of health or if he is still alive at all. DSS should open up and tell the world why they are shielding our leader from the family and Lawyers. Have they eliminated Mazi Nnamdi KANU?”…

A 25-year-old woman, Sadiya, on Wednesday dragged her father M. Usman before a Shari’a court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna for allegedly forcing her into a loveless marriage. The complainant, who resides in Rigasa area of…

On Wednesday, the Zamfara State House of Assembly removed  Alhaji Mahdi Aliyu-Gusau, the Deputy Governor. He had been battling to keep his…

Following what he described as the unlawful seizure of her passport, Justice Ayokunle Faji of a Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and Nigeria Immigration Service to pay…

The abductors of the son of the traditional ruler of Gwombe, Junaidu Danjuma and 14 other villagers in Gwargwada chiefdom in Kuje Area Council of Abuja have reviewed their demands.  They have now slashed the N15 million…

Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle has nominated Senator Hassan Muhammad Nasiha as new Deputy Governor of the state. This follows the impeachment of Barrister Mahdi Aliyu Gusau. The governor sent a letter to the state…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday swore in six National Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The swearing-in ceremony came after the virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting…

An Abuja Federal High Court on Wednesday ordered an interim forfeiture of 10 properties linked to former Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari. The Presiding…

The Federal Government has commenced investigations into the alleged collusion by domestic airlines to fix airfares on all domestic routes. Price-fixing is a practice whereby rival companies come to an illicit agreement…

The Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Mahdi Gusau, has been removed from office by lawmakers in the State House of Assembly, on Wednesday. This followed the report of the committee set up by the Chief Judge of the State,…

Osun Civil Societies Coalition on Tuesday denied reporting Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, to the President, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), over the recent shooting incident in Osogbo. The group also declared…

Columnist and thought leader, Fredrick Nwabufo says any 2023 presidential aspirant of Igbo extraction who is not condemning the mindless killings being experienced in the South-East region “should not be taken…

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Lagos State Special Offenses Court in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced a medical practitioner, Wilfred Fajemisin to two years imprisonment for fraud and forgery. Justice Taiwo jailed Dr…

A human rights abuse investigator, who is also a researcher, formerly working with Amnesty International, Nigeria, Damian Ugwu, has taken to his…

The Muslim Rights Concern has appealed to Northerners not to avenge the death of about 15 Northern traders and 150 cows killed in Abia State last…