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The Federal Government has declared bandits as terrorists, The PUNCH has learnt. After weeks of footdragging, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami…

President Muhammadu Buhari says the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, should defend himself in court for peddling false information about his regime while he was…

The Indigenous People of Biafra has said that it would soon showcase the achievements it has recorded so far in the freedom struggle. In a statement on Wednesday, the Media and…

Senator Rochas Okorocha has alleged that Governor Hope Uzodinma is plotting to stop him from running for the presidency in 2023. Speaking to newsmen at his Spilbat mansion on Wednesday,…

Following the botched attempt by some unruly inmates at the Ile-Ife Custodial Centre to breach the security of the facility, the Federal Government has again disclosed of its readiness…

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the Board and Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, in accordance with the power vested in him under Section…

The Sisters of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, on Tuesday, said they do not stay in the palace with the Osun-based monarch and do not interfere in the selection…

The first Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs Adetoun Adediran, has died. Adediran, who was also a former women leader of the All Progressive Congress, Lagos…

The Chairman of Shangisha Landlords Association, Adebayo Adeyiga, has explained how a military governor of Lagos State, Air Commodore Gbolahan Mudasiru (now deceased) took over their…

Billionaire businessman, Alhaji Umaru Abdul Mutallab, the 81-year-old father of Farouk Abdul Mutallab, who is serving a life sentence in a US prison for terrorism, has said that he hopes…

*Says Northern president imminent except God changes it The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has advised Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo ahead of the 2023…

Some bandits have invaded two local government areas of Igabi and Zaria in Kaduna State, killing nine people, including seven members of the same family. Troops however succeeded in…

Nigerian Navy, NN, has said one of its personnel, Petty Officer AJ Abubakar Abubakar is facing court martial over alleged arms theft and sales. His family had recently raised the alarm that he…

The largest plank market in Lagos State, Oko-Baba Sawmill, located in Ebute Metta is currently on fire. Recall that there had been a series of fire outbreaks in Oko-Baba Sawmill in…

The apex social-cultural Igbo organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has rejected the recent directive by the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to schools in the South-East to stop recitation…

Ten of the 11 members of the Olubadan-in-Council have endorsed the nomination of Dr Lekan Balogun as the next Olubadan of Ibadanland. The Council also denied that a legal tussle could…

No fewer than two people were shot while three Chinese expatriates working at the Sino-Hydro Electric Power Dam, Zungeru, Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger State have been reportedly…

Twenty hours after the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, directed the armed policemen deployed in Magodo Phase 2 estate to disengage their operation, the police detachment has ignored the…

South West Governors have tackled Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, over an encounter between Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and the police. Some policemen, who laid…

Five students and five employees of Dowen College linked to the death of a 12-year-old student of the college, Sylvester Oromoni, have been exonerated by the Lagos State Government. Also, cleared was…

President Buhari has dismissed calls for state police in Nigeria, saying that it is not an option, IgbereTV reports. Several Governors have called for state policing as a way to solve…

The Nigerian Sex Workers Association (NSWA) has reportedly condemned the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on his decision to ban sex workers and nightclubs from operating in some parts of…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has said that Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, should not have openly confronted a Chief Superintendent of Police at the…

Unlike the previous practice in most states of the federation where recurrent expenditures take the lion share of their budgets, this year governors have placed a premium on capital expenditure.…