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Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has advised media houses, civil society organisations and key stakeholders on responsible use of social media. Falana, at an event organised by The Centre for Advancement of Civil…

A federal high court in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital, has granted an order restraining Godwin Obaseki, Edo governor, and the state government from restricting…

Rights lawyer, Femi Falana has revealed what transpired when ex-Naval Officer, Commodore Kunle Olawunmi visited the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) in Abuja. The DIA had invited…

Senator Bala Na’Allah, who represents Kebbi South Senatorial District of Kebbi State, said he spoke to his son, Abdulkareem, a few hours before the news of his death on Sunday. The lawmaker, who is the Chairman, Senate…

President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigeria’s economy recorded five per cent growth in the second quarter of 2021, which is the highest in six years due to…

The Olu of Warri, His Royal Majesty Ogiame Atuwatse III, has dissolved all traditional council, committees and sub-committees across Warri Kingdom. This was stated on…

Kaduna residents, on Tuesday, kicked against the ban of weekly markets in five local government areas of the State. They described it as a death penalty imposed on them…

The Federal Road Safety Commission has alerted travellers to the Southwest through the Lokoja-Kabba-Federal Highway of a portion of the road caving in between Zariagi and Obajana cement factory. According to the agency, the…

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has signed into law the Anti-Grazing Bill passed by the State House of Assembly. Newsmen earlier reported that the Governor would sign the bill into law on Tuesday (Today). The…

Olufemi Abegunde, West Africa deputy chairman, is dead.  Abegunde died in the early hours of Monday, August 30, 2021, in the United Kingdom after battling a COVID-19 related illness. He was said to have contracted the virus…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cancelled the national cut-off mark The body said it would now be left for Nigeria’s tertiary institutions to…

The Federal Government may sanction eligible Nigerians who refuse COVID-19 vaccination. The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib,…

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Tuesday ordered the interim forfeiture of the funds and properties traced to Mr Abidemi Ganiyu Rufai, the suspended aide of the Ogun State Governor…

President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has tasked media practitioners on professionalism and high ethical standard in the discharge of duties as the watchdog of the society. He…

If managed efficiently, the proposed re-introduction of tolling on federal roads nationwide will fetch the government an average of N1 billion daily or N365 billion yearly, an amount sufficient to fix major roads across the…

The National Youth Service Corps has commended the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) over the release of seventy-two thousand RDT test kits towards the success of the forthcoming 2021…

The United States has expressed its readiness to help Nigeria identify sponsors of terrorism in the country. The US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, disclosed this on…

After the release of over 90 kidnapped pupils of Salihu Islamic school, Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, the Head Teacher, Alhassan Garba Abubakar and other…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of “providing cover for corrupt officials”. The PDP was reacting to a comment credited to Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, who had in an…

Hidayet Bayraktar, Turkish ambassador to Nigeria, has pledged his country’s support to help Nigeria fight terrorism.  In over a decade, Nigeria has continued to fight in the north-east, and more recently, banditry in the…

The Department of Petroleum Resources(DPR) says the reorganisation of its management structure is in line with the federal government’s aspirations for the oil and gas industry. The agency also said the move was to ensure…

General Jeffrey Harrigian of the United States Africa Command says the induction of A-29 Super Tucanos into Nigerian Air Force operations will be a defining moment in combating terrorism…

The director-general of the (NAFDAC), has advised Nigerians not to take liquid herbal concoctions two weeks after preparation. Adeyeye, in a statement issued on Monday to commemorate the World Herbal Medicine Day held…

The National Youth Service Corps has stated its determination to partner the Fiscal Responsibility Commission to sensitise Corps Members on fiscal governance, transparency and public…