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Edo threatens to sue Neo Black Movement over killings
The Edo State Government on Monday said it has commenced necessary legal consultations towards taking a decisive legal action against the Neo Black Movement, also known as Black Axe, over the recent spate of…
BREAKING: Dangote Refinery slashes petrol gantry price to N825 per litre
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has slashed the gantry price Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol to ₦825 per litre from N835 per litre as competition continues in the domestic market. Last month, the…
JUST IN: Professor Chris Piwuna emerges new ASUU president
Professor Chris Piwuna has emerged as the new president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities…
Patients languish as japa dries pool of specialist doctors
...About 16,000 consultants left Nigeria in five years Patients are languishing in various hospitals across Nigeria due to acute…
FG defies concerns, ramps up domestic borrowing to N10.85trn
•Shifts borrowing preference to TBs amidst high interest rates•Deficit to escalate as oil revenue underperforms•Analysts disagree over impact of GDP rebasing on debt ratio In spite of mounting concerns over the…
LG polls: Protests trail Lagos APC primaries over Baba sope’s influence
…We’ll resist imposition in Amuwo-Odofin—Group …LASIEC can’t conduct election in 37 LCDAs —Olarenwaju ANGRY reactions have greeted the just concluded chairmanship primaries of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in…
Cult war escalates in Bayelsa, four killed, police arrest 17
A deadly cult war in Yenagoa, Bayelsa, has claimed four lives amid heavy shootings over the weekend. Two Niger Delta University…
Eight killed in suspected militia attack on Taraba-Benue border
At least eight persons were reportedly killed following an attack by suspected armed Fulani militias on farmers in Chinku community, Wukari Local Government Area, near the Taraba–Benue border. Zagazola Makama, a…
Ganduje Under Fire Over One-Party State Comment
The national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar…
Two immigration officers shot in Abuja after being mistaken for robbers
Two immigration officers were shot in the Sabon Iddo area of Abuja on…
FG, states add N57tn to debt in 18 months
Nigeria’s total public debt rose by N57.3tn within the first 18 months of the current administration, according to an analysis of data released by the Debt Management Office. The increase represents a 65.6 per…
Rivers emergency rule: FG taps ex-AGF, 11 SANs as Supreme Court battle looms
The Federal Government has assembled 10 Senior Advocates of Nigeria, led by a former Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Akin Olujinmi (SAN) and six other lawyers to defend the emergency rule declaration in…
Teen girl takes JAMB to court over hijab ban during UTME
Lawal Hameedat Adenike, a teenager, has taken legal action against the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and PEFTI for allegedly forcing her to…
Suspend SGF George Akume Over Corruption Allegations Involving Aide – Afenifere Tells Tinubu
Popular Yoruba socio-political organisation, The Afenifere, has called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately suspend the Secretary to the…
Falana demands probe into alleged diversion of $3.4bn IMF loan
— Calls on EFCC, ICPC, and IMF to Investigate Mismanagement and Halt Charges Pending Resolution The Alliance on Surviving Covid-19 and Beyond (ASCAB), chaired by renowned human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN), has…
CSO sues AMCON, others over alleged undervalued sale of IBEDC for $62 million
The African Initiative Against Abuse of Public Trust, a civil society organisation, has filed a lawsuit at the Federal High Court in Abuja against the Asset…
Imo PDP slams Uzodimma for N2.1 billion Muslim pilgrim spending
The Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticised Governor Hope Uzodimma for spending N2.1 billion on a Muslim pilgrimage and…
SSAN knocks education minister over claim that social science graduates are oversupplied
The Social Science Academy of Nigeria (SSAN) has strongly criticised Education Minister Dr. Tunji Alausa’s claim that Nigeria has an oversupply of social…
Army arrests 12 suspected terrorists in Kwara
No fewer than twelve persons have been arrested by men of the Nigerian Army with acts of terrorism carried out by a breakaway group of the Boko Haram insurgents known as Mahmuda which reportedly occupied the Kanji Lake…
El-Rufai’s ex-commissioners deny land grab allegations involving Kaduna legacy schools
Former cabinet members during the tenure of Nasir el-Rufai, the ex-governor of Kaduna, have denied allegations that his administration seized lands belonging to legacy schools. On April 22, Uba Sani, governor of…
NPA denies corruption allegations, says no misconduct in budget, procurement
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has dismissed allegations of multi-billion-naira corruption making the rounds on some online platforms. The authority insisted that all its procurement and financial activities are…
Court orders return of $20,000 bribe collected by EFCC operative in Cleanserve MD case
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Ikeja Special Offences Court has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to return the sum of $20,000 to Mr. Olalekan Abdul, after the money was admitted in court as an exhibit…
Mass failure: UTME candidates to sue JAMB over technical glitches
Thousands of candidates who sat the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination are set to file a lawsuit against the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, following widespread complaints of technical glitches…
Umoren family denies organ harvesting allegations against Akpabio
The family of the late Miss Iniubong Umoren has debunked the allegation that their daughter was murdered and her organs harvested. The rebuttal comes in response to the organ harvesting allegation made by the…