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Key leaders of various camps of ex-agitators in the Niger Delta have pledged to work with the Federal Government to deepen peace and stability in the oil-rich region in order to pave the way for hitch- free elections in 2019 and…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned a former governor of Zamfara State, Mahmud Shinkafi, alongside three others before Justice Fatima Murtala of the Federal High Court sitting in Zamfara on a…

Not less than $670 million is spent on security votes in Nigeria every year, a new report by Transparency International Defence and Security (TIDS) and the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center (CISLAC) has revealed. The report,…

Seventeen suspected Boko Haram members on Monday said they surrendered to the Nigerian military due to the federal government’s pledge to offer them amnesty.One of them, Ahmed Alhassan, disclosed this when Rogers Nicholas, a…

A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega, has accused members of the National Assembly of seeking bribes to carry out their constitutional duties.Speaking while delivering the year’s…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday faulted the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation for not inviting a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsay Orubebe, to the 2018 Democracy Day Lecture. Orubebe had…

The National Security Adviser, Andrew Azazi, was visiting some friends and government colleagues in Abuja that night in early 2012. He was shocked to learn from one of his hosts that his Nigerian Defence Academy classmate and a…

Two female suicide bombers suspected to be Boko Haram jihadists killed at least three people in northeast Nigeria, emergency services said Monday. The bombers detonated their explosives inside a house and near a mosque in the…

The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Is’haq Oloyede, has said Nigeria is dominated by certified thieves.The don disclosed this while speaking at 61st Birthday Colloquium of the Osun State Governor, Rauf…

Former Vice-President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has appointed former Ogun state governor, Gbenga Daniel, as the Director-General of his campaign for 2019 presidency.In a release personally signed by him, Atiku said Mr. Daniel would…

African “Spiderman” who climbed building to save child met French President, and got rewarded for his brave act. The Malian migrant who scaled four-storeys up a building to rescue a dangling toddler has been named an honorary French…

A retired army general who allegedly pulled a gun and threatened to shoot some workers of the Eko Electricity Distribution Company will be prosecuted for attempted murder. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the company’s spokesman,…

A medical practitioner, Dr Ayopo Adeyemi, on Sunday warned women against the use of artificial eyelashes, commonly used to enhance beauty, in view of its grievous consequences. Adeyemi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos…

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Sunday said that between 2016 and 2017, the Federal Government was able to save the sum of N125bn through reduction in travel allowances, sitting allowances and other recurrent expenditure…

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed surprise over what it called the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) new found proclivity for spewing falsehood in the name of opposition rhetoric and politics. “Whatever is left…

The Muhammadu Buhari administration was, yesterday, counting its successes after three years, saying no administration has equalled it in doing so much with so little. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos, the Minister of…

President Muhammadu Buhari, earlier this week, terminated a new defence procurement contract initiated by the members of his cabinet over allegations of fraud.The contract, signed off by the Federal Executive Council in December 2017,…

Less than three years into its existence, the 8th Senate has cemented itself in the sands of time – making and breaking good and bad records.In March 2018, the chamber prided itself as the best, having passed 201 bills against 28, 25…

Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, on Sunday responded to a former aide to President Goodluck Jonathan who accused him of demonstrating a lack of strong ethical values by jumping from one politician to another.Mr Shehu acknowledged…

*Ex-president accused of undemocratic actions The Presidency yesterday attacked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration, especially under former President Olusegun Obasanjo, for “toppling” elected state governments, using…

Bureaux de Change (BDCs) operators yesterday rejected Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN’s) directive that operators make at least three dollar purchases weekly or be sanctioned. The apex had also threatened to punish banks that fail to…

President of Nigeria, Buhari yesterday hosted the wives of the 36 state governors of the country. Wives of state governors paid him a visit under the auspices of the Northern and Southern Governors Wives Forum at the Presidential Villa…

The Federal Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) MarketMoni interest-free loan scheme has now successfully reached over 300,000 beneficiaries in all 36 states of Nigeria, and the Federal Capital City, as at May 2018.…

The Lagos State Government has assured that the laudable Home Grown Feeding Programme of the APC-led Federal Government would soon commence in the State. The Deputy Governor, Dr. Idiat Adebule, gave this assurance at the 2018…