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Seun Kuti, the embattled Afrobeat singer and son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is being remanded at the State Criminal, Investigations and Intelligence Department, SCIID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos on the orders of…

The Federal Government has ordered the closure of roads linking Federal Secretariat Complexes of Phase I, II, III and Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2pm on Friday May 26, to Monday May 29. The Permanent Secretary,…

President Muhammadu Buhari says he shares in the grief of the business community, particularly the banking and investment sector, over the death of Subomi Balogun, founder of First City Monument Bank (FCMB). Balogun…

President-elect Bola Tinubu has joined a host of others to purchase books on President Muhammadu Buhari with N500million. Politics Nigeria reports that the books on the president were purchased at the official…

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has denied that its order nullifying the candidacy of Labour Party in the state also affected the candidature of of Abia Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti. The court, however, said it…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein as the substantive Accountant General of the Federation, AGF. This was contained in a statement, dated 19th May, 2023, and…

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has accused the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, of demanding $2 million bribe from him. He made the allegation amid the…

The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig Gen YD Ahmed, has said the discharge certificate being paraded by Enugu State Governor-elect, Peter Mbah, was not issued by the body. Brig Gen Ahmed, while…

President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed what he will miss most after handing over to new administration on May 29, 2023. He said after office, he would miss those he described as “good people” he worked with while his…

Abia State Governor-elect, Dr. Alex Otti, has called on Abians to remain calm and not be alarmed by the recent ruling of a Federal High Court in Kano, dismissing his candidacy. POLITICS…

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has said that the Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s administration in which he served as deputy governor began the sales of government properties in the state. Ganduje, who made this…

As the Dangote Refinery begins operations next week, the supply of 300,000 barrels of crude oil per day by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company…

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, presided over by Justice M N Yunusa has nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor-elect Dr Alex Otti and all the candidates of the Labour Party in Abia and Kano States.…

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, says the basis of the telephone conversation between Antony Blinken, US…

Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), yesterday, said Nigeria “is sitting on a time bomb,” stressing that alleged…

No fewer than 65 world leaders, including Heads of State, have been invited to grace the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, who will be sworn in as the 16th President of Nigeria on May 29. Also expected at…

The Presidential Transition Council has advised those who do not have business at Eagle Square, Abuja, on May 29, 2023, to stay off. President-elect Bola Tinubu and Vice-President-elect Kashim Shettima will take…

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says he has no apology for the demolition of a Bayelsa state government property in Port Harcourt. The governor blamed Bayelsa for the circumstances that led to the demolition…

Ahead of the inauguration of the next administration, the US dollar has risen to N760 as politicians, including contenders for the presiding officers of the National Assembly, scamper for the foreign currency. The…

The Police have urged lawyers defending afrobeats singer, Seun Kuti, to allow the judicial process take its course. Head of chambers, Nigeria Police Force, DCP Simon Lough, SAN, made the appeal in a statement,…

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has cautioned members of the public to be cautious of fraudulent activities of those it described as loan sharks. The Commission said it has received over 20,000 complaints…

Church of the Brethren in Nigeria, a major church denomination with a huge presence in the North East, has asked God to give President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the enablement to resolve the myriad of problems in…

Former presidential candidate, Rev Chris Okotie,has urged the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba, to have mercy on detained Afrobeat star, Seun Kuti. The outspoken musician is in detention for allegedly…

The money shared by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) from April 2023 revenue shrunk to N655.932 billion. This is contained in a statement by Bawa Mokwa, Director (Press and Public Relations) in the…