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Serve diligently, eschew corruption, Buhari tells new ministers

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday charged the seven newly appointed ministers to serve the nation diligently, maintain unalloyed loyalty and office of...

Seven new ministers take oath

Seven ministers who were screened and confirmed by the Senate last week, were on Wednesday in Abeokuta took oath of office. President Muhammadu...

Just in: OPEC Secretary-General, Nigeria’s Muhammad Barkindo is dead

Barely 12 hours after paying a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, the Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries...

Prowling gunmen attack Abuja prison hours after Pres. Buhari’s convoy was ambushed, shot

Few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari’s convoy was attacked in his home state, Kastina, gunmen have launched a violent attack on the Nigerian...

Buhari’s convoy attacked in home state, Kastina

  President Muhammadu Buhari’s convoy of the Advance Team of security guards, protocol and media officers was on Tuesday attacked by yet-to-be apprehended...

N1.8bn recovered by ICPC: Recall, prosecute retired Chief of Army Staff, Buratai now — PDP

For allegedly being linked to the N1.8 billion allegedly recovered by an anti-graft body, a former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), retired Lt.-Gen....

Coup: ECOWAS eases sanctions on Mali, rejects 36-month transition by Guinea’s military junta

By Paul Ejime   ECOWAS leaders have lifted the controversial economic and financial sanctions imposed in January on Mali following two military coups...

Carbon reduction: Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority seals $50m joint venture deal with Vitol

As part of the country’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions, the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority has sealed a deal with Vitol on a...

Corruption allegation: FG drops Anamekwe as Acting Accountant-General, names Sylvis as replacement

The acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Chukwuyere Nwabuoku Anamekwe has been fired and another acting holder of the office has been...

140-day-old ASUU strike: Civil Society groups, others berate FG

For its apparent incapacity and failure to end the 140-day-old strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Federal Government has...

85th birthday: Ex-President Obasanjo drives three-wheeler in Abeokuta, picks passengers free

Ceremonial Keke Napep “operator”, former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday in Abeokuta, Ogun capital took many residents by storm as he drove the...

Terror attacks on churches: Adeboye spits fire, says self-defence is legitimate, scriptural

According to Adeboye, who pastors one of the largest church in the world, perpetrators of recent attacks and killings targeting churches and worshippers...

N322m laundering charge: Nigerian Senator jailed

After defecting from PDP to APC in 2021 ostensibly for a safe haven, serving Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, is to spend the next seven...

NPA committed to ports automation, placing Nigeria on global list of countries with Deep Seaports — MD Koko

The Managing Director/CEO of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mr Mohammed Koko, said on Friday that automation remains the most veritable tool for ensuring...

Prolonged ASUU strike: NLC mobilizes for national warning strike

After about five months of federal government’s inability to resolve the dispute between it and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the...