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Just in: NBA leadership bows to pressure, rescinds Gov. el-Rufai’ s IV as conference speaker
Outraged by members reactions, the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) says it has withdrawn its invitation to Kaduna State Gov....
Restore democracy, release detained President, others, Buhari, ECOWAS leaders urge Mali junta
President Muhammadu Buhari and other ECOWAS leaders have called for the immediate release of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of Mali, who was...
NBA 60TH Conference: Lawyers spurn El-Rufai as key speaker
Ahead of the 60th Annual Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Conference, a group of lawyers have kicked the nomination of Kaduna State Gov. Nasir...
FEC approves N5.48bn contract variation for federal secretariat in five states, Usuma Dam rehabilitation
The Federal Government on Wednesday approved N5.48 billion for the construction of federal secretariat in five states and the rehabilitation of Lower Usuma...
Oil deal: Nigerian mogul, Abdulrahman Bashir, to cool his heels in UK prison
For breaching multiple orders of the court in a pending suit instituted by Sahara Energy Resources Ltd, Abdulrahman Bashir, the CEO of...
Breaking : Detained Malian President, Keita, resigns amid coup
Trapped in the quicksand of month-long political turmoil and coup which ousted him, Malian President, Ibrahim Keita, on Wednesday indicating he was...
Information Minister mourns Buhari’s ex-spokesman, NAN ex-MD, Board Chairman, Editor-in-Chief, Wada Maida
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has expressed profound shock and sadness over the death of President Muhammadu Buhari’s...
COVID-19: FG to NANS: Varsities will reopen when nation is on safe mode
The Federal Government says schools including tertiary institutions will reopen as soon as it is safe to stave off the spread...
Plan to scrap Amnesty Programme: Don’t wake sleeping lion, Clark cautions FG
Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has cautioned the Federal Government not to scrap the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), for ex-militants, saying it rupture...
Withdraw NBC ‘insult code’ in 7 days, SERAP urges Buhari
Irked by the new National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Code and memo threatening to sanction any broadcast that denigrates, disrespects, insults, and abuses...
FG commences operation on new Lagos-Ibadan standard guage rail line mid-September
With effect from mid-September this year, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says it will commence skeletal operations on the new Lagos-Ibadan Standard...
Foreign loans: FG says we borrow for Infrastructure development
The Federal Government said on Saturday assured Nigerians that the loans it borrowed from China and other sources were being effectively utilised...
Tinubu extols Carrington, says he fought repressive government in Nigeria
All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described the late former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, as a...
Just in: Crisis rocks the nation’s “university of first choice’’, Unilag, over “sack’’ of VC
As the Senate of the University of Lagos meets to discuss the abrupt removal of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, security officials...
Pedophilic rape: Sexagenarian gets multiple stoning judgment
Caught on the wrong side of the law for ravishing an underage girl, 60-year-old Mati Abdu is to die by multiple stoning,...
FG approves N8.49bn for COVID-19 items to strengthen NCDC testing and diagnostic capacities
The Federal Government on Wednesday approved N8.49 billion for the procurement of 12 items to enhance the testing and diaégnostic capacities of...
