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Some Nigerian federal lawmakers are demanding bribes as conditions for passing the 2018 budgets of federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), some heads of these agencies have told PREMIUM TIMES. The officials say the…

Deputy Senate President, Mr. Ike Ekweremadu, has sold two of his three properties in Kissimmee, Florida, United States of America. The properties, which were recently exclusively reported by SaharaReporters as owned by him, are…

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting the girls who were abducted from their school in Dapchi, Yobe State. They were released on Wednesday. The girls’ parents are also attending the meeting holding inside the Press Gallery of…

The Lagos State House of Assembly has announced it will hold a public hearing on the reviewed land use charge next week Tuesday, March 27. The hearing date was fixed following the second reading of the bill by the lawmakers on the…

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday declared that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission lacked the powers to declare anyone wanted without first obtaining a court order for that purpose or charging the…

Dr. Christopher Abebe, former boss of the United African Company (UAC) and father of Stella Obasanjo, former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s wife, is reportedly dead. In a statement released by his son, Dr. John Abebe, who is also the…

•Court dismisses kidnap kingpin’s application to quash charges A LAGOS High Court in Igbosere yesterday adjourned till May 7 for the arraignment of suspected billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans, on two…

THE House of Representatives ad-hoc Committee to curb Excessive Electricity Charges being levied on consumers by distribution companies (Discos) yesterday said it would meet with community development associations (CDAs) in different…

The Minister of Environment, Alhaji Ibrahim Jibril, says the Nigerian Customs Service has intercepted elephant tusks and pangolin, worth about N1.2 billion, between Feb.15 and March 22. The minister, represented by Malam Shehu Ahmed,…

STATES are to get the cash they spent on federal roads, it was learnt yesterday. President Muhammadu Buhari dropped the hint during his visit to Zamfara State after Governor AbdulAziz Yari’s request for the refund of the N56 billion…

A former governor of Delta state, James Ibori, who spent years in UK prison after pleading guilty to money laundering in Britain, yesterday launched an appeal against his conviction, alleging corruption in the ranks of British police.…

…Dino can’t distract me – Yahaya Bello Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Thursday reacted to a video of Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West, saying he has been roundly defeated and cannot do anything. Dino Melaye. in the…

Like a sewer rat fleeing the onslaught of an unrelenting charwoman, the controversy-prone businessman, Jide Awotedo is running hither, thither  as you read.  Now that comeuppance stares him in the face, the dark menace of retribution…

Two bills seeking to stop the concession of Ajaokuta steel company scaled second reading at the house of representatives on Thursday. They include a bill for an act to provide for the Ajaokuta Steel Company completion fund and a bill…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday visited Zamfara State as part of the fulfilment of his sympathy tour to troubled states. President Buhari on arrival was welcomed by Governor H.E. Abdulaziz Yari and other top government…

Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday closed on a positive note after dropping for six consecutive days, with the All-Share improving by 0.33 per cent. The index rose by 138.36 points or 0.33 per cent to close at…

The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has halted temporarily, the withdrawal of policemen attached to Very Important Persons to enable the force to carry out an assessment of the current personnel deployment. He stated that…

President Muhammadu Buhari is as committed to the freedom of the only Dapchi schoolgirl still in captivity as he was to the girls’ freedom when all 110 were in the captivity of Boko Haram terrorists, his office said Thursday.A statement…

Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, says the manner in which the Dapchi schoolgirls were abducted and returned is a clear demonstration that the federal government is fooling itself. In a statement on Thursday, the governor said…

The Senate has confirmed the appointments of Mrs. Aisha Ahmad and Mr. Edward Adamu as Deputy Governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria. It also approved the nomination of three out of four members of the Monetary Policy Committee. The…

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has asked the federal government to return to the negotiation table in order to secure the release of the only Christian among the 110 abducted Dapchi schoolgirls. On Wednesday, 104 of the girls were…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Gusau, Zamfara, presided over a town hall meeting in continuation of his tour of troubled areas across the country. The President in company of his aides landed at the Gusau helipad at about…

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Boarding schools have been shut indefinitely in the northeast Nigerian state most affected by Boko Haram violence, the government has said, in the latest blow to children’s education. “All boarding secondary schools in the state,…