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Botched tenure elongation: Senegalese intercede for peaceful, transparent, successful March 24 presidential poll

Ahead of the 24th March crucial presidential election, Christian and Muslim faithful have held congregational prayers for peaceful and transparent electoral process during...

Delta Okuama military killings: Houses razed in the deserted community

In Okuama, a town in Delta State’s Ughelli South Local Government Area, where 16 military officers and troops were murdered on Thursday, many...

Editor of FirstNews, online platform, abducted from Lagos home by gunmen in military uniforms

Segun Olatunji, the Editor of FirstNews and the former Chief of the PUNCH’s Kaduna Bureau, was kidnapped by gunmen on Friday who appeared...

DMO: Wale Edun’s Chapel Hill’s “lucrative contract” to secure $1bln Eurobond for FG, false, inaccurate

The Debt Management Office (DMO) has clarified that recent news reports suggesting the appointment of transaction advisers for a potential Eurobond issuance are...

Ex-Rep. Oyebamiji bags 16-month prison sentence

A former member of the House of Representatives, Folaranmi Oyebamiji, was sentenced to one year and four months in prison by an Oyo...

NACA gets first female DG, Dr. Temitope Ilori

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday appointed Dr. Temitope Ilori as the new Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS...

Aig-Imoukhuede, co-founder, returns to Access Holdings as Chairman

Access Holdings PIc has announced the return of Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede as its Non-Executive Chairman. Aig-Imoukhuede, co-founder of Access Bank with the late...

Just in: Tinubu orders immediate re-opening of Nigeria’s land, air borders with Niger

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate re-opening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with the neighbouring Niger Republic. President Tinubu also directed...

13th All  African Games: IWF restates zero tolerance for doping

Mohammed Jalood, the President, International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), says the body has zero tolerance to doping in the sport as the weightlifting events...

Nigeria’s Prof. Gambari leads 120 ECOWAS observers to Senegal’s presidential poll

Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, the Chief of Staff to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari and former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, has been designated to head...

S4C blasts LASG over demolition of houses of the vulnerable at Jakande Estate, Lekki, says it’s callous

Spaces for Change (S4C) has condemned in totality the demolition and burning of homes, a school, and a church in an underserved community...

Pres. Tinubu appoints Dr. Dayo Mobereola DG of NIMASA

President Bola Tinubu has named Dr. Dayo Mobereola as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA. He is to...

Ningi steps down as head of the Northern Senators Forum

Suspended Sen. Abdul Ningi, the senator from Bauchi Central, has announced his resignation as the Northern Senators Forum Chairman. Following his accusations that...

Power outages: FG orders NERC to revoke non-performing DISCOs’ licences

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has been given a marching order by the Federal Government to revoke the licences of non-performing electricity...

13th All African Games: Nigeria’s Falconets advance to semi-final after stunning Senegal 4-0

The Falconets, Nigeria’s Under-20 women’s football team, thrashed their Senegalese opponents 4-0 on Monday in the second Group B match of the 13th...

Pres. Tinubu inaugurates remodelled international airport, Minna, renamed after him

The President on Monday inaugurated the remodeled domestic terminal of the Dr. Abubakar Imam International Airport in Minna, Niger State, which is now...