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The Legal Practitioners‘ Privileges Committee (LPPC) yesterday elevated 31 legal practitioners to Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN). Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Mrs Hadizatu Mustapha, stated this yesterday. She said:…

PDP members protest in Abuja APC: you’ve been rejected The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday threw jabs at each other over tomorrow’s governorship election in Ekiti State. The PDP…

Nominations have been released for the 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards and once again, the HBO fantasy drama Game of Thrones leads the way with most nominations. Thrones landed 22 nominations, the most of any single show, narrowly beating…

President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected four bills passed by the national assembly.  Buhari communicated this via a letter he sent to the house of representatives which was read during plenary on Thursday. The bills include the…

Peter Gana, chief superintendent of police, has been appointed as the new head of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) in Lagos state. Dolapo Badmos, spokeswoman of the Nigeria police force, zone 2 command, disclosed this. Badmos…

The house of representatives has passed a bill authorising free healthcare for pregnant women in the country. The bill seeks to mandate free antenatal and postnatal health services to pregnant women in government hospitals.…

Buba Galadima, chairman of the “reformed” All Progressives Congress (R-APC), has asked a federal high court in Abuja to annul the convention of the ruling party and declare offices of the national working committee (NWC) executives…

Ambassador Plenipotentiary, Chief Anthonio Dehinde  Fernandez,  who died on the 1st September 2015,  is probably happy that his widow Halima has found someone else and moved on with her life. Whatever the case with the dead and…

President Muhammadu Buhari says the Abuja metro rail line is a dream come true. The president said this after he inaugurated the line and took a ride from the Abuja metro station to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, signalling…

Dr ‘Tunde Bakare, Serving Overseer of The Latter Rain Assembly (LRA) and Convener of the Save Nigeria Group (SNG), has revealed that he faced the stiffest opposition from the church when he accepted to be Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate…

The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, Prof. Itse Sagay, has said looted assets recovered since the inception of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has risen above one trillion Naira. Sagay, who…

As part of measures to end the rift between farmers and cattle rustlers, the government of Ghana has began the establishment of cattle ranches in some regions of the country. Already, the government has commenced the construction of the…

Ahead of Saturday’s Ekiti State governorship election, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has ordered the withdrawal of its men from the state Government House. The directive was contained an internal memo obtained by SaharaReporters,…

Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo has finally cleared the air on how the beneficiaries of the direct cash transfer from the $322m recovered Abacha loot would be paid. The money is part of the loot stashed in Switzerland by the late…

The FCT Administration is presently designing four brand new districts in the Federal Capital City namely Mamusa North, Mamusa East, Parfun North and Parfun South to take care of the deficit of planned plots in Abuja. The FCT…

Uche Secondus, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led protesters to the national assembly on Thursday over the alleged brutality of PDP members, including Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti. Accompanied by top…

The Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung yesterday summoned the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Suleiman Kazaure over the alleged forged NYSC exemption certificate of the Minister…

At least 20 political parties have distanced themselves from the Memorandum of Understanding signed with the main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Addressing a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday, the National…

As confirmed by an Italian trade union, workers at Fiat company will go on strike in response to Cristiano Ronaldo moving on a €105 million (£93 million) deal from Real Madrid to Juventus. Report has it that some of the transfer fee for…

Chief Williams Ibori, the former Unugbrogo of Oghara kingdom in Delta state is dead. The deceased who is the elder brother of a former governor of Delta state, James Ibori – reportedly passed away very early this morning (while some say he…

The  Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria on Wednesday described the rejection of ranches by South-East governors as shocking and lack of discretion. The South-East leader of the group, Alhaji Gidado Siddiki, stated this…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to protect telecom critical national infrastructure. This comes after members of the…

The Tin Can Island Customs command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has intercepted a cache of ammunition at two terminals of the port. Musa Abdullahi, area controller of the command, said about 150 rounds of live…

Abdullahi Adamu, senator representing Nasarawa west senatorial district, has described the “reformed” All Progressives Congress (R-APC ), a breakaway faction of the ruling party, as a 419 group. In an interview with reporters at the…