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Imo Local Government Sole Administrator Shot, Abducted

Barely 37 days to the national elections, gunmen may have renewed their offensives in the beleaguered Imo State with the shooting of the...

Father, mother, four children, others slaughtered in fresh attacks in Benue

Ceaseless attacks on Benue State by people suspected to be bandits have claimed the lives of a man, his wife and their four...

Makinde’s rift with PDP appears settled as Presidential team canvasses for his re-election at Ibadan rally

Indications emerged on Thursday that Oyo State Gov. Seyi Makinde may have quietly settled his differences with the leadership of the People’s Democratic...

CBN Gov. Emefiele, meets Pres. Buhari at the State House

Details of the meeting have not been made public but it is believed to have centered on the reactions trailing cash withdrawal limits...

Breaking: Twin explosion rocks APC rally in Port Harcourt

A twin explosion has ripped through a rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, leaving several...

Gambian Vice-President dies at 65

Gambia’s Vice-President Badara Alieu Joof has died of illness in India. President Adama Barrow announced this on Tuesday. Joof, who was appointed vice...

Osinbajo presides over first FEC meeting of the Year

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is currently presiding over the first Federal Executive Council meeting for the year 2023. President Muhammadu Buhari traveled to...

Police High Command not aware of its operatives laying siege to CBN governor’s Abuja residence — spokesman

The Nigeria Police High Command said in Abuja that it is not aware of deployment of its operatives at the Abuja residence of...

Chatham House, London: INEC boss, Yakubu, promises Nigeria, friends of Nigeria free, fair, inclusive 2023 polls

``On the use of Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the polls, Yakubu assured that it would work perfectly during the elections as...

Protest erupts in Niger community over terrorists’ killing of Catholic priest

Pandemonium broke out on Tuesday in Kaffinkoro town in Paikoro council area of Niger State where a Catholic priest was shot and burnt...

Murdered Lagos lawyer, Mrs Bolanle Raheem, interred in Lagos

Twenty-three days after she was shot dead by the police, Lagos lawyer, Mrs Bolanle Raheem, was on Tuesday buried in Ikoyi, Lagos. Raheem’s...

China’s Population Falls For First Time Since 1961

By Tosin Deba China’s population has fallen for the first time in 60 years with the national birth rate hitting a record low...

Breaking: Murder of Lagos female lawyer: ASP Vandi pleads not guilty

The Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Drambi Vandi, who allegedly shot dead Lagos lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, on Christmas Day in Ajah area...

Osinbajo visits Liberia ahead of Buhari’s trip to Mauritania

Ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s trip to Mauritania later today, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) is departing Abuja for Monrovia, Liberia, to attend...

Buhari’s ally, Pastor Bakare spits fire, urges Nigerians to reject Tinubu’s politics of entitlement at the polls

"This is the moment for a new breed of leaders to emerge; a new breed of leaders that can situate themselves between polarising...

Just in: NDLEA busts drug kingpins escorted by “fake security agents”, impounds N5bn tramadol

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives, in a covert operation in Lagos at the weekend, busted a warehouse at Amuwo Odofin,...