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The House of Representatives has proposed in the National Youth Service Corps Trust Fund (Establishment) Bill 2021, a fine of N2m or an imprisonment of one year for companies or owners, respectively, who fail to release one per…

Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation (AGF), says the present administration has “cleared the mess” of the past government in terms of the fight against terrorism.  Malami said this on Monday while featuring…

Railway passengers in Lagos and Kaduna have commneded the decision of the Federal Government to introduce free ride on all routes to celebrate the yuletide season. According to those who spoke at Babatunde Fashola and Rigasa…

The Shippers Association of Lagos (SAL) has expressed worry over the scarcity of empty containers to bring cargoes into the country. Jonathan Nicol, president of SAL, disclosed this in an interview with NAN on Monday in…

• Loan Taken to Build New Multi-Billion Church • How COVID-19 Messed up Repayment Plan If the feelers coming from the headquarters of Wema Bank are something to be accorded some…

Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has kicked against dialogue with armed bandits operating in the state and other North-west states. Mr Masari spoke in a Sunday interview with DW…

Hunters in Udawa village in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State have arrested a bandit at a forest along Kaduna-Birnin Gwari. The hunters also rescued 9 kidnapped villagers in the operation against bandits terrorising…

The Senate has insisted that the defunct Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF), now Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NPRA), must give account for interest that accrued to N34 billion it placed in…

• Infections hit 236,000 as military, police fail to enforce vaccination State governments have intensified preparations of isolation centres in readiness for possible admission of COVID-19 patients as cases of the virus…

The Imo State Government on Sunday told a former Governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, that he was only raising false claims over the arrest of his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu. The State…

A massive fire outbreak at the Next Cash and Carry Supermarket in the Jahi area of the Federal Capital Territory, on Sunday, destroyed goods worth millions of naira. The FCT authorities have promised to probe the incident. It…

SPECIAL Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, Sunday said that presidential aides testing positive to COVID-19 and on self-isolation, confirmed that they…

Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, says Desmond Tutu transformed the people around the world while he lived. Tutu, one of the leaders of the anti-apartheid movement, died on Sunday at the age of 90. President Muhammadu…

Governor David Nweze Umahi of Ebonyi State has assured some northern governors that he believes in the unity of the country and equally loves President Muhammadu Buhari. IGBERE TV had reported that some…

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has insisted that no Nigerian is being extorted to board the free train rides declared by the Federal Government. Daily Trust reports that many…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command, says it has intercepted some items suspected to be tramadol capsules concealed with packaged jumbo size adult diapers in a container.…

Odudu Otu has emerged as the winner of the 2021 Gulder Ultimate Search (GUS). The sports enthusiast beat three finalists to the prize, earning himself the show’s N50 million grand prize. Odudu emerged winner after finding…

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has urged Nigerians to stop blaming the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for all the challenges witnessed in the country.…

Imo West Senator, Rochas Okorocha, has reacted to the arrest of his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu by operatives of the state Police Command. Okorocha said the police officers that arrested Nwosu pushed his wife, Nkechi, to the ground…

Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya has commended the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) for its synergy with the Nigerian Army in routing Boko Haram/ ISWAP terrorists in Borno and other…

More than 6,000 flights have been cancelled worldwide over the long Christmas weekend and thousands more were delayed, according to a tracking website, as the highly infectious Omicron…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC on Sunday raised the alarm over indiscriminate use of performance enhancing substances popularly known as aphrodisiac,…

Nigerian troops have arrested no fewer than eight wounded bandits at a health facility in Zamfara State. They are part of outlaws who fled military aerial bombardment on Friday, according to an update on Sunday. A Nigerian…

The total removal of fuel subsidy which is currently being planned by the present government, had in 2012 imposed untold hardship on Nigerians when it was attempted by former President, Goodluck Jonathan. Recall that on…