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Ex-I-G advises against banning of SARS
A former Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr. Mike Okiro has advised against the ban of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the…
Lawyer files further statement against Oxford University over wrong dictionary definitions
A Lagos-based lawyer, Ogedi Ogu, has filed a further statement on oath before a Lagos High Court, Igbosere, in a suit against Oxford University Press, over alleged wrong words definition in its…
BREAKING: No enrolment on IPPIS, no salary – Buhari tells ASUU, others
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that no civil servant on the payroll of the Federal Government will receive salary henceforth without enrolment on the Integrated Payroll and…
PHOTOS: Protesters besiege police headquarters in Abuja, demand scrapping of SARS
Nigerians demanding for the end of Nigeria Police Force’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad have besieged the force headquarters, Abuja. The campaigners have paralyzed vehicular…
BREAKING: Buhari presents 2021 budget, N’Assembly gets N128bn
The National Assembly will be funded with N128 billion in 2021. This is as the President Muhammadu Buhari, admitted that the Federal Government is spending more on recurrent…
Eight confirmed dead, 25 buildings affected in Lagos gas explosion
Eight persons have been killed in the gas explosion that occurred in Baruwa community, in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. The explosion, which reportedly emanated from the…
Oil dispute: Nigeria escapes $1.5bn liability as US tribunal rules against Interocean
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Dispute in the United States has relieved Nigeria of a $1.5bn liability in an application for arbitration filed by two oil companies. Abubakar Malami, minister of…
3 Libyans pour petrol on Nigerian migrant worker, watch him burn to death
A yet-to-be identified Nigerian migrant worker in Libya has been burned to death in Tripoli, the capital, U.N. and government officials said today. It was the latest in abuses that…
FG announces 3-day closure of Third mainland bridge
The Federal Government on Wednesday announced a three-day total shutdown of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. The bridge will be totally shut from midnight on Friday to midnight on Sunday to enable contractors carry out…
Bamalli: Northern govs send message to new Emir of Zazzau
The Northern Governors Forum, on Wednesday, felicitated with the new Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli. The northern governors said God ordained the emergence of Bamalli so he can…
COVID-19: NCDC confirms 155 new cases as total hits over 59,000
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 155 new coronavirus cases in Nigeria. NCDC announced this in a tweet on its official twitter handle on Wednesday night. It said the COVID-19 national death toll in…
Those agitating for Biafra are mad – Rev Uma Ukpai
Uma Ukpai, popular evangelist, has slammed members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, over their agitation for a new country. Ukpai, who is…
Customs nabs Dubai-bound passenger with 5,342 ATM cards in Kano
The Nigeria Custom Service, Kano/Jigawa Command has arrested a Dubai-bound passenger in possession of 5,342 ATM cards at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano.…
Pressure on Ndume over Maina whereabouts
The whereabouts of the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) Abdulrasheed Maina and his son, Faisal were unknown. It was learnt that complaints have been made…
BREAKING: Gas Explosion In Ipaja
Reports reaching us say there has been a gas explosion at Bestroof Gas Station at Baruwa Inside in the Ipaja, Alimosho Local government Area of Lagos State. Eyewitness reports say the…
Fayose fingers Makinde, Bode George as masterminds of assault against him at PDP rally in Ondo
Mr Ayodele Fayose has accused the Governor of Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde and former Deputy National Chairman of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George of masterminding…
Come up with recovery plan to protect jobs, income – NLC tells FG
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government to put in place recovery and resilience plans, which prioritise jobs, secure employment, protect income and ensure…
NIS gets new Assistant Comptroller Jummai Minimah
The Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, has promoted Jummai Minimah to Assistant Comptroller General of the service. She was decorated…
Diplomat, Chevening alumnus — meet the 19th Emir of Zazzau
On Wednesday, Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, announced Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli as the 19th Emir of Zazzau. Bamalli’s appointment follows the death of Shehu Idris who died on September 20 after reigning for 45 years.…
Magu quizzed over ‘security vote’ as panel battles internal cracks – Sources
Ahead of the expected submission of its final report this week, the Ayo Salami probe panel is battling internal divisions over the inquiry into Ibrahim Magu’s stewardship at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),…
FEC approves $3bn for Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail line
The federal executive council (FEC) has approved the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri narrow gauge rail line valued at $3 billion. Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, disclosed this to…
Residents of Oshodi-Isolo get 48-hour ultimatum
The Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Authority on Wednesday gave residents 48 hours to remove all abandoned vehicles on the roads or the vehicles would be impounded. The Media Officer of…
BREAKING: Nuhu Bamali is New Emir of Zazzau
Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli has been named the 19th Emir of Zazzau. He succeeds Alhaji Shehu Idris, who died on Sunday, September 20 after a 45- year- reign. Bamalli is the first…
NASS bars Ministers, aides from Buhari’s budget presentation
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has stated COVID-19 protocols would be fully observed during presentation of the 2021 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National…