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Unauthorized spending of ₦880bn of public funds by 367 MDAs: SERAP tells Buhari to investigate

    President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr. Abubakar Malami...

Extradition: Ex-President Obasanjo, Yoruba monarchs in Benin Republic rally support for beleaguered Yoruba Nation activist, Igboho

  In what looks like rallying Yoruba leaders to support embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Igboho Oosa, former President Olusegun...

28 years after, IBB unseals his mouth, rationalizes annulment of June 12,1993 presidential poll

    “It didn’t happen, thank God for the Maradonic way we handled you guys in the society”   Twenty-eight solid years after,...

Ex-Pres. Yar’Adua’s son, Aminu, crushes four pedestrians in Yola, narrowly escapes mob lynching

“Relatives of the deceased — Aisha Umar, Suleiman Abubakar and Jummai Abubakar — demand the sum of N15 million from the defendant as...

Suspected ritualists rob, gang-rape, kill 50-year-old woman in Delta

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   A 50-year-old woman, Mrs Patience Komore, from Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, has been...

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Ese Brume loses $3,000 as PUMA terminates four-year contract with Athletics Federation of Nigeria

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   A Nigerian athlete, Ese Brume, who recently won Nigeria’s first medal at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics,...

Twitter ban: Nigeria count loses, over $366m gone in two months

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   Nigeria is estimated to have lost approximately N132.8 billion following the ban or suspension of micro-blogging...

Students kidnappings: Ransom payments escalating insecurity, says FG

    The Federal Government says ransom payment is escalating insecurity in the country as kidnappers use the ransom to equip and rearm...

FEC approves $11.17 bn rail projects to connect Nigeria’s coastal cities in six years

    The Federal Executive Council (FEC) at its Wednesday meeting in Abuja approved $11.17 billion rail projects to connect Nigeria’s coastal cities...

Just in: Igboho’s 12 associates detained by DSS granted bails

    The 12 arrested and detained associates of Yoruba nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, by the Department...

Buhari’s London medical check up: Vice-President Osinbajo presides over virtual FEC meeting

  Aftermath of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to London for a medical check-up, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) on Wednesday presided over the virtual...

DCP Abba Kyari: U.S Government sends formal request for arrest

The United States of America has requested for the arrest and detention of DCP Abba Kyari. The U.S in court papers obtained by...

Supreme Court ruling on APC leadership: Osinbajo, governors, others swing into action to save party’s soul

    ….Cancelation of July 31 nationwide Congresses being mooted good in Following a Supreme Court ruling, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo...

Shell exit from Nigeria: NNPC to unveil a Comprehensive Divestment Policy (CDP) to guide divestment process

  As Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and other oil majors begin divestment of their investments in Nigeria following a growing appetite for...

Just in: At last, DSS produces 8 of Igboho’s 12 detained aides in court

After a month-long arrests and incarceration without trial, the Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday bowed to court orders and produced eight...

Hushpuppi scandal: IGP recommends immediate suspension of Abba Kyari

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has recommended the immediate suspension of the Head of the...