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Again, bandits attack Zamfara community, abduct 40 people, kill two policemen

Bandits have reportedly attacked a community in Zamfara State, killing four people, including two policemen. The bandits who invaded Kasuwa-Daji Town in the...

Emefiele’s trial: Buhari’s signature forged to withdraw $6.2m from CBN for Election Observers – ex-SGF, Boss Mustapha

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, testified on Tuesday in the ongoing trial of former Central Bank...

Escalating food prices: FG to inaugurate commodity board soon

With the steady rise in the prices of staple foods in Nigeria, the Federal Government says it will soon establish a National Commodity...

UK set to sign deal for British lawyers to practice in Nigeria

The United Kingdom and Nigeria are set to sign a partnership agreement that will permit British legal practitioners to operate businesses and render...

Tinubu writes Senate, seeks confirmation of five CBN board directors

President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to screen and confirm the five people appointed as directors of the board of the Central...

Lagos Assembly worries about Naira value, urges FG, CBN to take bold steps to shore up its value

The Lagos State House of Assembly has decried the continued downward slide in the value of the naira against the dollar. As at...

Nigeria’s population becoming a demographic nightmare, say TI, CISLAC

Transparency International (TI) and the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) have stated that Nigeria’s population is on the verge of becoming a...

Amid presidential poll postponement protest: Authorities ban mobile internet in Senegal

Mobile internet access in Senegal was suspended on Tuesday for the second time this month, the communications ministry said, after authorities banned a...

Horrific! After two months honeymoon, spouse fatally stabs hubby, slits his throat

In a fit of rage, a 20-year-old newlywed, Aisha Aliyu, has allegedly killed her husband, Idris Ahmadu, in the Nasarawa community in the...

Stop bullying Iwobi, focus on your failed music career, Asisat Oshoala blasts Tunde Ednut

In the aftermath of Nigeria’s loss in the just-concluded African Cup of Nations (AFCON) to Ivory Coast, social media has become a battleground...

AFCON: FG condemns cyber-bullying against Super Eagles star Alex Iwobi

The Federal Government has condemned the cyberbullying attacks targeted at Super Eagles midfielder Alex Iwobi in the aftermath of their loss to Ivory...

Tinubu, NASS, should make kidnapping, banditry, insurgency capital offences – retired Army General, DIG

Worried by the parlous security situation in the country with existential threats, two security experts—a retired Army general and a Police Deputy Inspector-General—have...

Renewed Weehours Attack on Plateau Villages Leaves Four People Dead

Four people have been reportedly killed by suspected herdsmen in renewed attacks on two villages in the Miango district of the Bassa Local...

Wigwe: U.S., Nigeria to partner in unravelling cause of helicopter crash

With the investigation ongoing on the helicopter that claimed Dr. Herbert Wigwe and five others, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) says it...

Emefiele: Witness confirms $6.2m unlawful payment for foreign election observers

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Deputy Director in Charge of Branch Operations, Mr. Onyeaka Ogbu, has revealed that he is aware of...