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Soludo coasts to victory in Anambra APGA governorship primary
…Gov. Obiano excited by Soludo’s victory A one-time Central Bank Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has emerged the Anambra governorship candidate of the...
Insecurity: Zamfara Gov. assures farmers of safety, urges a return to cultivate their farmlands
With a promise of improved security situation in the North, Zamfara Governor Bello Matawalle, says farmers could return to their farms this raining...
NDDC final forensic audit report ready in July, says Akpabio
After several years of agitation, the final forensic audit report of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) will be ready and presented to...
Controversial NBC/NPC Acts amendment: Presidency disowns it, saying it’s FG’s initiative
The Presidency has disclaimed interest in the ongoing attempts at the National Assembly to amend the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) Act and the...
Ex-Gov. Kalu’s N7bn fraud case retrial: Court fixes July 2 for ruling
Barely two days after the EFCC Chairman indicated plans to retry ex-Abia Governor and currently, senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, a...
Buhari names Mohammed, Fashola, Malami, others to interface with Twitter over suspension
The Federal Government has named a high-powered team to engage with Twitter over the recent suspension of the operations of the microblogging and...
$500,000 Bribe: Court Sentences Farouk Lawan To Seven Years In Jail After 10-Year Trial
The former Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Petroleum Subsidy, Farouk Lawan, has been sentenced to seven years in jail...
Breaking: Twitter: Buhari, Lai Mohammed, others get ECOWAS Court restraining order, slammed for inference with human rights
“FG, its agents restrained from imposing sanctions or doing anything whatsoever to harass, intimidate, arrest or prosecute Twitter and/or any other social media...
Mobil to pay out N81.9bn to settle Ibeno oil spill claims in 14 days
A Federal High Court in Abuja, has ordered Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited to pay N81.9 billion as cumulative damages to the oil communities...
UK Court to 64-year-old Nigerian serial rapist: You are guilty as charged
Guilt-racked 64 year-old Nigerian and serial rapist, Adeyinka Oluwaseyi Ajose, is to spend 18 years behind the bars, a United Kingdom court...
Buhari’s anti-restructuring comment distasteful, “unpresidential’’, says PANDEF
“Nigeria is in distress but the federal government has maintained the ostrich policy; refusing to accept the obvious, rather choosing to, un-presidentially,...
Twitter suspension directive to electronic media: SERAP slams, drags FG, Lai Mohammed to court
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a suit at a Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order...
Osinbajo to corporate companies: Show drive for improved services, confidence-building in customers
Nigeria’s Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has urged corporate organisations operating in the country to show commitment to improving services and building confidence...
Press Council Act amendment: Real threat to media freedom in Nigeria – Stakeholders
Facing the crucible of Nigeria’s federal lawmakers, critical stakeholders in the media industry have spurned the proposed amendment of the Nigerian Press Council Act....
Three die in gas tanker explosion in Lagos
At least, three people were roasted in Thursday night’s gas tanker explosion in front of OPIC Plaza on Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja...
‘Babies were ripped from wombs’: Boko Haram survivor testifies before U.S Commission
A Muslim woman from NorthEast Nigeria who claimed to have witnessed persecution firsthand criticized the Nigerian government’s response to the rampant violence impacting...
