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Faruk Yahaya, the chief of army staff, says Nigerian troops will continue to eliminate bandits and other criminals undermining national security. Speaking with journalists…

Supporters of wanted Yoruba activist Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho have taken to the streets of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to protest last Thursday’s…

Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have attacked Dabna, a community in Adamawa State, killing many people. Dabna is a village close to Garaha, the home district of Secretary to…

The Senate on Wednesday passed 2021 Supplementary Budget of N982, 729,695,343.00 representing an increase of N87billion of the request presented to it two weeks ago by…

A Federal High Court in Abuja in Abuja has cleared former Finance Ministers, Mrs. Kemi Adosun of the controversy over her participation or otherwise in the National…

The senate has approved the $6.1 billion loan request by President Muhammadu Buhari. The $6.1 billion loan request — N2.343 trillion — was approved after…

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday threatened to deny the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) access to the Independent National Electoral Commission…

President Muhammadu Buhari has decorated Chief of Army Staff, Major-General Farouk Yahaya, with the Lieutenant-General rank at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.…

There has been so much noise about the allocation of 30 percent profit of oil and gas from the NNPC Limited for oil exploration in frontier basins. In a letter…

GOVERNORS of the South-West geo-political zone of the country met with Senators and members of the House of Representatives from the Zone, Tuesday night, over the Petroleum…

A former Kano State Governor, Sen Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has denied reports that he is perfecting plans to dump the Peoples Democratic…

The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, on Tuesday, reiterated the need to deregulate the downstream petroleum through the removal of subsidy on…

The Coalition of Northern Groups on Tuesday responded to the issues raised by the Southern Governors Forum during their Monday meeting in Lagos. The coalition…

Justice Ibrahim Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Tuesday remanded eight persons charged with the rape and murder of a 24-year-old University of Ilorin…

Four passengers abducted by gunmen at Imesi-Ile and Esa-odo in the Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State were on Tuesday rescued by a combined team of security…

In response to the olive branch extended to the Federal Government by Twitter, the government has assembled a team to meet…

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has told the Southern Governors Forum that it would only support a candidate that will unite the country irrespective of where…

Stating its position on the issue of electronic transmission of results in elections,  Ohanaeze Ndigbo said that it is interested in seeing an INEC that is truly independent of…

Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, elderstatesman and Second Republic presidential liaison officer to former President Shehu Shagari in this interview with TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI,…

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says COVID-19 vaccines do not contain electromagnetic ingredients that can cause side effects. The Executive…

The Presidency on Tuesday praised the nation’s security agencies for their collaboration in the operations that led to the arrest of the leader of…

Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has faulted calls for the formation of a Yoruba nation. He said he preferred a united Nigeria, but under certain “rigorous…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, Tuesday dismissed reports that the lawmakers were plotting to remove electronic…

People of Kwara North have insisted that it is the turn of the axis to produce the state’s next governor. They added that they would not relent in their demand to…