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A decision on whether or not to suspend Israel from international football is set to be taken by the FIFA Council on Thursday. A proposal to suspend the Israeli federation was first proposed by the Palestinian Football…

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said it would no longer allow data modification activity at any of its National Identification Number (NIN) enrollment centres across the country.   The Commission…

Amid the crisis in the Middle-East, eight Israeli soldiers have been killed in combat in south Lebanon, the Israeli military said in a…

The Senate, on Wednesday, passed for second reading, a bill for the establishment of the Federal University of Agriculture and Tropical Studies,…

The military high command has announced the dismissal of a naval rating, Seaman Haruna Abbas, who was reportedly detained for about six years. Haruna’s dismissal came on the heels of his wife, Hussaina Iliya, claim on…

Iran fired at least 180 ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday evening in a military salvo that Tehran said was its response to Israel’s mounting attacks on Lebanon and the assassinations of leaders of Iranian…

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State says N4.7 billion is being deducted from the state government’s federal allocation every month to offset the debt he inherited. He said as a result of the debt, he had been receiving…

Federal Constituency Abia state, Rep. Chris Nkwonta, has defected from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Following his defection, he was made the Chairman of…

The Federal Government has advised Nigerians to leave Lebanon following the attacks on Hezbollah and other areas in Lebanon by the Israeli forces. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) gave this advice on…

Israeli forces battled Hezbollah militants in Lebanon on Wednesday, with Israel announcing the first death of a soldier since it launched cross-border raids. Confirmation of the fighting in two border areas came…

The long-standing feud between Wizkid and Davido seems far from over with the former taunting the latter’s family…

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja today for the United Kingdom to commence a two-week vacation. Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, said in a statement that the vacation…

The house of representatives has rejected the planned conferment of the Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) on Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the green chamber. During plenary on Wednesday, the house…

The corpse of an unidentified female teenager was reportedly found at Modinat Street, Fomo Babalaje community, Adabbiyah Area of Ilorin West LGA of Kwara State. City & Crime gathered that the corpse was discovered…

Danish forward Chido Obi-Martin has been included in Manchester United’s first team as their third striker after Joshua Zirkzee and Rasmus Højlund. According to a post on Fabrizio Romano’s X handle on Wednesday, the…

Bandits have abducted three herders alongside four women while returning from SCC village market in Kachia LGA of Kaduna State. A community leader from the area, who confirmed the abduction to our reporter through…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has allegedly breached some of the provisions of the Act establishing the North West Development Commission in the appointment of its governing board. Daily Trust reports that the bill for…

The abducted chief of Ahinza community in Toto LGA of Nasarawa State, Abubakar Hussaini and two of his sons have regained their freedom after paying N4 million ransom to their abductors. City & Crime had reported…

The old saying that it is improper to keep repeating one thing over and over again but expecting a different result cannot be overemphasised in the case of Olayemi Cardoso, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, and…

The Kano State Hisbah Board has banned all forms of sports betting in the state. The Deputy Commander-General of the board, Dr Mujaheed Aminuddeen, made this known when he briefed journalists on the Hisbah’s renewed…

An Islamic human rights organisation, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has tasked Nigerians to beam their searchlights on state governors as they celebrate the 64th anniversary of the country’s independence. This was…

The Okun Ajah Community Development Association, the apex body of indigenes and residents of Okun Ajah in the Eti Osa Local Government area of Lagos State, has raised the alarm over an alleged diversion of the ongoing…

Troops of the 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army and Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke have  busted a Boko Haram sleeper cell in Taraba State, arrested eight suspected terrorists and two high-profile kidnappers’ informants. The…

Manchester City midfielder Matheus Nunes has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of stealing a mobile phone at a nightclub in Madrid. The 26-year-old Portuguese international was allegedly detained in the early hours…