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The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA yesterday, received 151 Nigerians who were repatriated from Benhagi, Libya , at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.…

President Muhammadu Buhari has made fresh appointments in the Federal Civil Service. The Head of Service of the Federation (HoCSF), Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, disclosed this in a circular on Wednesday. She…

The National Assembly yesterday passed the Federal Audit Service Bill which prescribes, among others, a five-year jail term for accounting officers, who prevent the Office of the Auditor-General for the…

Reuben Fasoranti said Afenifere recognises Bola Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential election and not Peter Obi. The elder statesman and former leader of Afenifere, on Wednesday, rubbished the statement by the Ayo Adebanjo-led…

Former Vice Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Prof. Ibrahim Garba has been arraigned before Justice R.M Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting Kaduna, Kaduna State for alleged N1 billion fraud. He…

Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun, has assured Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, that “nobody can chase him away” from the state.  A by Sola Fasure, the minister’s spokesperson, said Adeleke spoke at the…

The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has congratulated Bola Tinubu, president-elect, on his 71st birthday anniversary. In a congratulatory statement on Wednesday, Atiku Bagudu, governor of Kebbi and chairman of…

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will be stronger without the embattled National Chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu. The Governor maintained that under Ayu, PDP became weak,…

Nigeria’s cabinet has approved N24.2 billion for the provision of Internet facilities at 20 airports, some institutions of learning and markets across the country. Prof. Isa Pantami, the Minister of…

The United States has announced an increase in certain non-immigrant visa application (NIV) processing fees. The increases, published in the Federal Register on March 28, 2023, will be effective on May 30,…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has identified some key players in the plot for an Interim Government in Nigeria. The Service considers the plot, being pursued by these entrenched interests, as not only an…

Some commercial bus drivers plying the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway on Wednesday embarked on a protest over alleged extortion by touts, known as ‘Agbero’ at Toll-Gate area of the express. Some of the commuters, who…

Kano State Governor-elect, Abba Kabir Yusuf (popularly known as Abba Gida-Gida) of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has said that his wives and children will not have any role in the governance of the state.…

President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, as Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), as well as five members of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). The…

The Lagos police command says a 27-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly defiling a nine-month-old baby in the state. NAN reports that Benjamin Hundeyin, police spokesperson in the state, confirmed the…

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday the final resolution of two civil cases seeking the forfeiture of various luxury assets that were the…

A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to justify the sum of N400 billion spent for the conduct of the just concluded general…

The South East/Igbo APC Progressives Roundtable (SIAPRO) has appealed to their Yoruba brethren and compatriots in Lagos State to overlook any provocations, disrespect, or insults that they may have endured from the…

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rose from an emergency meeting in Abuja on Tuesday and replaced the National Chairman of the party, Dr Iyorchia Ayu with the Deputy…

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to retire from politics but take over the Board of… The Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, has urged President…

The Lagos command of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Tuesday, said it would clamp down on restaurants and beer parlours that engaged children as workers. The…

Nigerian economist, Odilim Enwegbara has dragged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to court for claiming ownership of “Eagle Eye”, an online application for reporting crime. Abdulrasheed…

Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Tuesday, announced the suspension of two principal officers of the group, the National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi, and the National Organising…

Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed disciple of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has asked indigenes of Southeast Nigeria who are resident in Lagos to observe a…