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The Lagos state government has condemned the attempt by the Shangisha Landlords Association to demolish houses in Magodo estate phase two. TheCable had reported that some police…

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged troops of Operation Hadin Kai to remain steadfast as they go into the final phase of the campaign against insurgency and other forms of criminalities. The…

The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 on Thursday said indoor religious gatherings should be limited to 50 per cent with full compliance to public health measures. This was contained…

Her Majesty, Queen Silekunola Naomi, has announced her divorce from the Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II. In a statement posted on her verified Instagram handle and Facebook page on Thursday, she  announced an end to the…

Leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Ijaw National Congress, Chief Edwin Clark, on Wednesday slammed former President Olusegun Obasanjo over what he called a disappointing display of…

NOBEL laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to reopen the murder case of former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige. Ige…

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State says he is ready to reconcile with his predecessor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. In an interview with Radio France, the governor…

The Kano state Hisbah board has condemned the emergence of Shatu Garko as the winner of Miss Nigeria 2021. The Commandant-General of the board, Harun Ibn Sina, told Daily Trust that…

Modupe Alakija, husband of billionaire business woman, Folorunso Alakija, has explained the altercation that occured between him and another member of the Ikoyi club leading to his suspension. In a letter Mr…

The Senate, on Wednesday, passed a N17.126trn budget for the 2022 fiscal year, raising the figure by N800 billion. The passage of the budget followed the consideration of a report by…

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said that President Muhammadu Buhari will retire to Kaduna State when he leaves office in 2023. Buhari lived in Kaduna for many years…

The Nigerian Armed Forces has announced the promotion of Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko to the rank of Major-General. 234 other personnel in the…

President, Southern Kaduna People’s Union (SOKAPU), Jonathan Asake, in a chat with Daily Trust, backed the governor’s call for bandits’ killing. “What we should do is to…

The federal government of Nigeria has declared Monday 27th, Tuesday 28th December 2021 and Monday, 3rd January 2022 as public holidays to mark Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year Day celebrations respectively. Minister of…

• Over 75 Senators sign proposal, more expected Deji Elumoye and Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja Nigerians have not heard the last of President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to assent to the 2021 Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, as the…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has handed over a symbolic cheque of N621.24 billion for the rehabilitation of 21 critical roads across the country through the Tax Credit…

A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ court in Lagos on Tuesday admitted five Dowen College students, charged with the alleged murder of their 12-year-old schoolmate to bail in the sum of N1million…

First Lady Aisha Buhari has ordered all her staff to proceed on leave until further notice. This was contained in a short terse statement posted on Aisha Buhari’s official Instagram…

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, imposed a N2 million fine on the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) over its lawyers’ absence from the post-judgment proceedings initiated by Peter Odili, a former Rivers State, to…

A 25-year-old housemaid, Dominion Okoro, on Tuesday in Benin revealed that she killed Madam Maria Oredola Igbinedion, 85, the mother of a former Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky…

Faisal Shuaib, executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), says unvaccinated people have a greater likelihood of dying from COVID-19. Shuiab…

A suit filed by the 36 state governors over a plan to deduct monies accruing to them from the Federation Account to settle $418 million judgment debt in relation to Paris Club Refund was on Tuesday stalled in a Federal High…

The Senate has approved a request by President Muhammadu Buhari to extend the 2021 budget implementation year from December 2021 to March 2022. The president’s request was contained in a letter to the Senate President, Ahmad…

Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for withholding assent to the electoral act amendment bill. The national assembly had transmitted the bill to…