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A group, the Concerned Northern Forum, has rescinded its earlier call for the sack of the management of the NNPC over the adulterated fuel that was imported into Nigeria. Mallam Ibrahim Bature, Chairman Concerned Northern…

Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed in this interview during his visit to the headquarters of Media Trust Limited, said most of the signature…

THE Senate will lay the report of the Committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution Wednesday and begin to vote on the recommendations on  Tuesday next week. Disclosing this Tuesday, Deputy President of the Senate and…

In 1849, French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, coined the phrase, “The more things change, the more they remain the same.” Centuries after this phrase was coined, it rings very loud not just in Nigeria, but across the world. In this…

A former President Olusegun Obasanjo Monday revealed what Boko Haram insurgents told him when he met with them in Maiduguri in 2011. He spoke virtually on Monday at the 2022…

The Federal High Court Jos Division has sentenced a former Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Ochekpe as well as Raymond Dabo and Evangelist Leo Sunday Jitung to three-month imprisonment each. The trio had been standing…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the request by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for permission to further detain for 14 days the two alleged drug couriers named in the case involving suspended DCP…

The scheduled arraignment of the ex-Imo Governor Rochas Okorocha and six others was aborted on Tuesday owing to his absence in court. Okorocha was to be arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja with the others…

Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria, said “something is wrong” if people of his generation are still contesting for public offices in Nigeria. The former president, however, urged the older generation of politicians to step…

A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a suit by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) seeking to invalidate some provisions in the Nigeria Police Force Regulations (NPFR) which forbid unmarried female police officers…

The minister said due to the complexity of the issue, state governments should be allowed to decide on whether they would go into agreement with bandits or not. “Dealing with bandits is a very complex issue. Remember…

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has raised alarm over the persistent vandalisation of railway tracks and equipment across the country. In an interactive session with newsmen at the NRC headquarters in Lagos,…

The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, has demanded a N500 million in damages from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over alleged unlawful arrest and detention. Kyari, in an…

National Leader of APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has rubbished report that he vowed to fight dirty if there were plans to halt his presidential ambition in 2023. Tinubu took a swipe at Vanguard newspaper, which he said twisted…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said 6,082,639 Nigerians have done fresh registration in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) as of 7 a.m., Monday. Feb. 21. The commission, in an…

The hardship experienced by motorists in Abuja due to the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol in the nation’s capital for about two weeks is gradually easing off. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…

Goodluck Jonathan said Nigeria will not disintegrate no matter the outcome of the 2023 general elections. The former President of Nigeria stated this on Monday during the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)’s…

Barely 24 hours after moving into a new apartment, two women have reportedly kidnapped three children at Ajuwon axis of Ogun state. The incident was said to have happened at Itsekiri street, Ajuwon, Ogun state. TheCable…

THE faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State, yesterday, rejected the result of the party’s primary, held last Saturday. The Governor Abdulrasak Abdulrahman-led committee had, after the governorship…

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, yesterday, declared that they were together and supporting Tinubu to become Nigeria’s next president. Ganduje spoke at the inauguration of an office for Northern Youth…

THE Federal Government and the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will meet on Tuesday to find an amicable solution to the contentious issues that made the university teachers down tools. Recall that ASUU…

Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos state, has congratulated Gboyega Oyetola, governor of Osun, on winning the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial ticket…

Our attention has been drawn to some recent reports tagged ‘2022 DANGOTE CEMENT PROMO START’ purportedly published on the front pages of some national dailies. The report…

Founder, Salvation Ministries, Port Harcourt, Pastor David Ibiyeomie has told Yahoo Boys in his church to take their offerings and leave the church. Ibiyeomie, in a sermon on Sunday warned people in his church to stop…