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Senate Uncovers N14.7bn Proceeds of Defunct PHCN ‘Hidden’ in Commercial Banks
The Senate has uncovered N14.7 billion proceeds of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) allegedly hidden in commercial banks by Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE). Its committee…
Enforce compulsory vaccination for LG, state workers – FG tells govs
The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency has urged state governments to step up mass vaccination against COVID-19 as part of moves to combat the virus. The agency, in its latest advisory…
Governors’ Security Votes Balloon As Insecurity Worsens – Report
As insecurity worsens across Nigeria, ballooning security votes allocated to all the 36 state governors, politicians and some stakeholders in the security sector under the guise of…
Soun of Ogbomoso’s daughter dies days after monarch’s death
Death has struck again in the family of the late Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Oladunni Oyewumi. Oba Oyewumi died on December 12 at the age of 95 and our Correspondent gathered that the first…
Arms Deals: Nigerian Military Leaders Stole $15bn Within 20 Years – Report
As much as $15bn (N6.1trn at N411 to a dollar) have been frittered away through fraudulent arms procurement deals in the last 20 years, according to a report by the Centre for…
2023: PDP Denies Zoning Presidential Ticket
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday said it had not zoned its presidential ticket to any particular part of the country. The party while reacting to recent comments and insinuations on…
Police Arrest Woman Taking Daughters To Bandits For Sex
The Intelligence Response Team (IRT), a special police unit fighting kidnapping, has arrested a woman who allegedly supplies women to bandits at Galadimawa forest in Giwa Local…
Bid For Another Jonathan Presidency Sparks Constitutional Debate
Insinuations that President Muhammadu Buhari is secretly wooing his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan to the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) preparatory to drafting him…
30 Students Of FGC, Birnin Yauri, Regain Freedom After Six Months In Captivity
Thirty students of Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, and one teacher of the school, have regained freedom after six months in captivity. On June 17, 2021,…
52 Villagers, Not 200 Killed In Zamfara Attack– Matawalle
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State yesterday said 52 people were killed in the recent banditry attacks on some communities Bukkuyun and Anka local government areas of the state, and not 200…
Bauchi Wedding: All Eyes On Tinubu, Osinbajo As 2023 Presidency Speculation Continues
Although influential personalities were at the Bauchi wedding of the daughter of Alhaji Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader of…
Lagos to seal schools over failure to resume on Jan 4
The Lagos State Government says it will seal schools that failed to comply with the stipulated academic calendar in the state. The government said the compilation of the names of…
Nothing can separate Nigeria — not ethnicity or religion, says Osinbajo
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says ethnicity, religion or class cannot separate Nigeria. Osinbajo said this on Saturday during a courtesy visit to the palace of Umar Farouk, Emir of…
NLC Rejects New Tax On Carbonate Drinks Says It Will Cause Mass Hunger, Hardship
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the federal government’s introduction of N10/litre on all non-alcoholic, carbonated and sweetened beverages. Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance,…
Troops Kill ISWAP Terrorists in Damasak, Borno
Troops of 5 Brigade, Sector 3 Joint Task Force(JTF), North East Operation HADIN KAI, while consolidating on their dogged push to deplete Boko Haram(BH) and Islamic State West Africa Province…
Marwa loses first wife, Zainab
THE Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (retd.), has lost his first wife, Hajiya Zainab Marwa. A statement by the family on Saturday…
What My Money Means To Me – Mutallab
Alhaji Umaru Abdul Mutallab is a retired banker, senior businessman who chaired many companies, including First Bank Plc, and founded the first Nigeria’s non-interest bank, Jaiz Bank. He…
Lagos Targets 1.237trn To Finance 521.275bn Deficit In 2022 Budget
Lagos State government on Friday said the deficit of 521.275 billion of the 2022 budget will be funded through 1.237 trillion targeted revenue as well as combination of internal,…
Sylvester Oromoni: Lagos police sound tough, bar protests
The Lagos State Police Command on Friday gave strong warnings to youths, who planned further protests at Dowen College in the Lekki area of the state. Some protesters had…
Imam Urges Nigerians To Reveal Hideouts Of Bandits, Terrorists To Military
The Chief Imam of the Abuja National Mosque, Dr Muhammad Kabir Adam, Friday, appealed to all Nigerians to disclose the hideouts of bandits, terrorists, kidnappers and other criminals…
Muslim Calendar: Again, MURIC urges FG to declare Muharram 1 as public holiday
A faith-based human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has again advocated for declaration of the first day of the Islamic calendar – (1st Muharram) as…
CSOs, SANs fault Buhari’s warning against court summons after office
Senior Advocates of Nigeria, civil society organisations and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party have said President Muhammadu Buhari should be ready to account for his…
Zamfara Massacre: 143 Buried As Search For More Bodies Continues
At least 143 bodies have so far been recovered and buried in the wake of brutal attacks on Wednesday and Thursday on several communities in Anka and Bukuyyum local government areas of…
Obama, Oprah Winfrey, others mourn veteran Hollywood actor Sidney Poitier
Former President of the United States, Barack Obama; globally-renowned media personality, Oprah Winfrey; and other notable figures have sent glowing tributes to veteran actor Sidney Poitier.…