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Update: Hanifa Abubakar: In a clampdown, Kano State Govt withdraws operational licences of all private schools

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh     Following the abduction and killing of a five-year-old pupil, Hanifa Abubakar, by the proprietor of...

Claudio Ranieri sacked by Watford after three-and-a-half months in charge

Watford have sacked boss Claudio Ranieri after 14 games and less than four months in charge. A club statement said a change was...

Just in: Uprising: Burkina Faso President arrested

  Soldiers at several army bases across the West African country rebelled on Sunday, demanding the sacking of the military top brass and...

SSS 2 student slits 11-year-old junior student’s throat with a razor blade

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   A Senior Secondary School 2 (SSS 2) student of Elkanemi College of Islamic Theology in Maiduguri,...

Decision on petrol subsidy removal to come in June – NEC

  The National Economic Council (NEC), has disclosed that a decision on the removal of the subsidy on petroleum will be made in...

Expired PVCs: Tinubu apologizes for his embarrassing gaffe

…feels sorry for the incorrect statement and any confusion it may have caused Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a Presidential aspirant and National leader of...

NASS passes amended 2021 Electoral Act Amendment Bill, to send copy to Buhari for assent

        By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   Barely a month after President Muhammadu Buhari rejected the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment Bill,...

Alleged unremitted funds into FG’s accounts by NPA: It’s untrue, phony, fallacious, says ex-MD Bala-Usman

  Contrary to a story making the rounds that the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) failed to remit some funds into the Federal Government’s...

Breaking: Nnamdi Kanu pleads not guilty to amended charges  

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   The embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has pleaded not guilty...

Trump ally Rudy Giuliani subpoenaed over January 6 US Capitol attack

The U.S congressional committee probing the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol issued subpoenas on Tuesday to three lawyers who joined...

Just in: APC holds national  convention February 26, says Gov. Buni 

  February 26 has been fixed as the date for the All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention, Yobe Gov. and Chairman of the...

Again, Nnamdi Kanu’s trial adjourned till Jan. 19

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   The court is expected to sit tomorrow for Kanu to take his plea, after complaining that...

China warns international community against ‘slamming brakes on monetary policies’

Chinese President Xi Jinping Monday urged the international community to work together to drive economic growth as the world recovers from the Covid-19...

Breaking: Toppled Malian President, 76-year-old Keita, exits

    Former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who was toppled in the August 2020 military coup led by Col Assimi Goita has...

Why Bola Tinubu must never be Nigeria’s president, By Festus Adedayo

I was at the Alausa Governor’s Office in Lagos. Accessing the governor was like seeking a needle in a haystack. His Press Secretary...

Just in: Omicron COVID-19 variant cases flattening in Africa, says WHO

    The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Africa’s fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic called Omicron variant is flattening.   The variant...