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Madeleine Albright, 1st female US secretary of state, dies at 84

Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday. She was 84.   “She was...

Deletion of Section 84 (12) of 2022 Electoral Act: It’s work in progress, says Malami

Following the judgment of the Federal High Court, Umuahia, Abia State, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar...

FEC approves N92.12bn contract for Abuja second runway project

Barely 24 hours after the inauguration of the new terminal at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) in lkeja Lagos, the Federal Executive...

ICTN contract: Amaechi in trouble as Abuja Court orders contempt proceedings against him  

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has incurred the wrath of the law as a Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered...

After a year-long trial, woman sentenced in Ogun for hiring thugs to beat son’s school principal, teacher

For her unruliness and causing a breach of peace at her son’s school, a parent has been convicted by a magistrates’ court in...

Buhari inaugurates Dangote Fertiliser Plant in Lagos, hails intervention in cement, fertilizer manufacturing

  President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism that the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, will replicate the successes recorded in the cement...

Ukraine-Russia war: 193 Nigerians of the 2,357 evacuees test positive for COVID-19 – SGF Mustapha

No fewer than 193 Nigerians out of the 2,357 evacuated from the war-torn Ukraine tested positive for COVID-19, the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC)...

Buhari’s March 22 visit to Lagos airport: FAAN advises air travelers to report early 

All airport users especially travelers in Lagos have been advised by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to report at the airport...

Two weeks after evacuation from Ukraine, Nigerian final year medical student dies

Two weeks after returning to Nigeria from war-torn Ukraine, one of the 40 students evacuated to Sokoto, has died. The late Uzaifa Halilu...

NNPC frowns at Auditor General’s report of “missing” 22,929.84 litres of petrol, says lost to pipeline vandals

Following the queries by the Auditor General of the Federation (AuGF), Mr Adolphus Aghughu, that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) had...

After four gruelling days in EFCC custody, fleeing ex-Anambra Governor, Obiano, gets reprieve

After cooling his heels in the cell of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for four days, the immediate past governor of...

No plan to increase ex-depot price of petrol, say FG, NNPC

In a bid to address the high prices of diesel in the country and transportation challenges in distributing petroleum products, the Minister of...

N11trn electricity fund down the drain: SERAP urges probe by Buhari

With a staggering N11 trillion gone down the drain to provide electricity supply in the country since 1999 without an improvement, the Socio-Economic...

Closing, restricting civic space in Nigeria: Real threat to democracy, says Spaces for Change

The Executive Director, Spaces for Change (S4C), Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri, has cautioned against closing and restricting the civic space in Nigeria, describing such a...

Fraudulent court injunction: Punish Ogunba (SAN), CSO tells Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Kunle Ogunba, is now under fire for allegedly deposing to false information in an affidavit for the...