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The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a suspected fake currency note producer. The Command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement in Enugu on Sunday that the suspect, one Collins Oputa, was nabbed on July 26.…

There was jubilation among residents following the arrival of the first passenger train to Delta state yesterday night. According to reports, the train took off from Itakpe in Kogi State and travelled through a 320km rail track to Warri…

The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Friday claimed that the governors of Sokoto and Kwara states, Aminu Tambuwal and Abdulfatah Ahmed respectively, would leave the All Progressives Congress. Amaechi also claimed…

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked his supporters to suspend campaigns for his re-election in order to avoid breaching the rules of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The president said this in a statement which…

The Nigeria customs service says it intercepted a container load of military hardware along Aba-Port Harcourt road. Joseph Attah, spokesman of the service, said personnel of the service’ federal operations unit, zone C, intercepted…

The three tiers of government, Friday shared the sum of N821 billion representing federation revenue for the month of June.  The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, gave the figure while briefing the press at the end of the…

Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state, says the defection of Rabiu Kwankwaso, his predecessor, from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will have no effect on President Muhammadu Buhari’s…

A new report has claimed that the Osun state PDP gubernatorial candidate, Senator Adeleke did not graduate from Jacksonville State University, as claimed. Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke, senator representing Osun West Senatorial District and…

There is palpable anxiety among officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the possible effects of the shutdown of the National Assembly on the Commission’s N242,445,322,600 2019 poll budget. Amid ripples…

All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman  Adams Oshiomhole  launched a tirade against  Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State yesterday, claiming that the governor is partly responsible for the security  challenge in the state.…

Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, has described the 8th senate under the leadership of Bukola Saraki as the worst in the history of the nation. Speaking in an interview aired on some local radio stations in Kaduna on…

The Lagos State Government has urged members of the public to be wary of the activities of unauthorised law enforcement officers. The Commissioner for Environment, Mr Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti, said in a statement on Friday, that the…

Former Cross Rivers state governor and presidential hopeful, Donald Duke, was on Linda Ikeji TV's programme, Report Card hosted by Hero Daniels. During the interview, Duke who made known his intention to run for president in June,…

Homicide detectives from the State Criminal Investigation And Intelligence Department (SCIID), Panti Yaba,  assigned to investigate the multi fatal motor accident that occurred on 28/06/2018, along Lagos/Ibadan expressway by Otedola…

Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has alerted of subtle moves by some faceless individuals to pitch him against the current national chairman of the party Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Chief Oyegun…

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has pledged a N20 million reward for anyone with credible information that will lead to the arrest of those behind the assassination of the Ideato North Local Government Chairman…

The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) on Friday commended efforts of the Federal Government in its anti-terrorism measures. Mr Vladimir Voronkov,…

The first civilian governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Abubakar Hashidu, passed away on Friday at the age of 74. His daughter, Hajiya Zariyatu Hashidu , who confirmed his death, said her father died at his residence in Gombe. She said…

Former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, on Friday declared himself a sole presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 election. Lamido insisted that among all the presidential aspirants, he…

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Followers of the senator representing Kogi West in the Senate, Dino Melaye, have expressed doubts about his claim that he escaped from those who “kidnapped” him on Wednesday evening. The Kogi senator had been scheduled to appear in a…

Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), has described federal lawmakers who defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party…

Although Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West, resurfaced on Friday to claim he “spent 11 hours in the wilderness”, SaharaReporters can confirm that he was never kidnapped. Melaye was scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday…

Ekiti State Governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has visited the Director-General of his Campaign Council, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele in London, who was on June 1 by a trigger-happy policeman at the premises of the All Progress Congress (APC)…