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Senate passes bill banning payment of ransom to kidnappers

The Senate on Wednesday passed the amendment of the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2013, prohibiting the payment of ransom to kidnappers in the country....

2023: Group gives Jonathan 7-day ultimatum to obtain APC card

The Youths Network for Nigeria Union (YNNU) has given former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan a seven-day ultimatum to obtain the membership card of...

2023: I won’t resign, Presidential aspirant, Ngige, dares APC

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said he will not resign despite the new guidelines released by the leadership of...

2023: NDLEA boss suggests drug integrity test for politicians before primaries

The Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen Buba Marwa , has requested that officials of...

Vice-President Osinbajo in Ogun, gets Gov. Abiodun, foremost monarchs’ endorsement

...the vice president has paid his dues and is eminently qualified to succeed as President - Alake of Egbaland

2023 Presidential race: Consult widely before joining the fray, Pres. Buhari tells Gov. Ayade

Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, has declared  his intention to join the 2023 presidential race under the All Progressives Congress...

Ramadan: 8 women and men nabbed in Kano by Hisbah police for snatching phones inside mosque

At least, eight young people including women who sauntered into a mosque in Kano during the ongoing Ramadan and snatched worshippers phones have...

Just in: World’s richest man, Elon Musk, buys Twitter for $44bn

The Chief Executive Officer/Co-Founder Tesla Inc and U.S. billionaire, Elon Musk, has acquired Twitter, the former owners confirmed on Monday, the deal is...

Just in: Billionaire drug baron, Afam Ukatu, linked to Abba Kyari’s seized N3bn Tramadol, busted

After months of surveillance and evading arrest, the drug baron behind the N3 billion Tramadol deal involving the embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police,...

‘The pandemic killed us’: Church running since 1848 to hold final service Sunday

The First Presbyterian Church of Des Moines in Iowa, which has been in operation since 1848, will gather for its final collective service...

Breaking: Oyo monarch, Adeyemi a.k.a “Iku Baba Yeye”, joins ancestors

  After a 52-year reign on the throne, a first class monarch in Yoruba land, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi...

Buhari to inaugurate Lekki Refinery before end of tenure, says Dangote

The Chairman of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has assured that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery would be ready for inauguration before President...

Ex-Speaker Yakubu Dogara sacked from House of Reps

Former Speaker and current member of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, was on Friday sacked from the lower chamber of the...

25 days after, Buhari orders safe rescue of 100 kidnapped Kaduna-Abuja train passengers, others

About 25 days after the Kaduna-Abuja train was attacked by terrorists and over 100 passengers kidnapped, 

Non-deployment of technology: LASTMA official crushed trying to arrest erring motorist

More than two years that the Lagos State Government promised to deploy technology to track traffic violations as a state road traffic manager,...

Height of political insensitivity, open invitation to thievery, Afenifere reacts to cost of APC, PDP forms

The Pan Yoruba Socio-political group, Afenifere, has reacted to the exorbitant cost of expression of interest and nomination forms fixed by both the...