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Osinbajo lobbies APC Senators’ support for presidential bid

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has met with the Senate APC caucus over his presidential ambition and solicited their support. The briefing was part...

Breaking: lnsecurity: Northern elders to Buhari : Resign now

For allegedly failing to provide security for Nigerians across the country, the Northern Elders Forum has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign...

Benue people now endangered species, says Gov. Ortom, as Fulani herdsmen kill 23

Grief-stricken Benue Gov. Samuel Ortom has lamented that the people of the state have become endangered species. Orton’s statement came against the backdrop...

Just in: APC National Chairman, Sen. Adamu, Deputy, Sen. Kyari, resign from Senate

About 28 days after their election, the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, and the Deputy National...

APC Governors turn down Tinubu’s invitation to residence, give their own condition for meeting

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s meeting with the All Progressives Congress Governors under the aegis of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) held today in Abuja...

Apprehension, fear, disquiet as Buhari’s ministers, other appointees mull resignation ahead of APC primaries

…commissioners, chief of staff and other political appointees in states are complying by resigning at least 30 days before the primaries

Education: Nigeria facing a staggering learning crisis- UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed that Nigeria is facing a staggering learning crisis with learning outcomes being one of the...

Ahead of party primaries, Ogun Commissioner resigns, indicates interest in House of Rep.

In conformity with the nation’s Electoral law, Ogun Commissioner for Rural Development, Mr Taiwo Oludotun, has resigned his job and joined the race...

NNPC GMD, Kyari, seeks special court for oil theives

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd, Malam Mele Kyari, has called for a special court to try...

BREAKING: Reprieve for Kanu as court strikes out 8 charges against him

Reprieve came the way of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (lPOB),  Nnamdi Kanu, on Friday as a Federal High...

Oil prices fall below $100 a barrel after IEA release

Oil prices dropped on Friday, falling below $100 a barrel, as China, the International Energy Agency IEA. co-ordinated a second release from its emergency...

No decision yet on mode of selecting, electing APC Presidential candidate – Adamu

Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said on Thursday that the party had not decided on the...

After six years on its fleet, Nigeria’s Max Air dispatches its oldest Boeing 747-400 to the “desert’’

``The aircraft spent almost 20 years with the airline as HL7472 before leaving in February 2016. During this time, it amassed an impressive...

Kano court remands elderly woman, teenager for plucking boy’s eyeball for “juju” (charms)

A woman believed to be in her 70s, Furera Abubakar, and a teenage boy are to cool their heels behind bars for allegedly...

Just In: Buhari names Mohammed Abdullahi as new Minister of Environment

Mr Mohammed H. Abdullahi has been named the new Minister of Environment. A statement by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation,...

Just in: Nigeria and Ghana lift COVID-19 restrictions, limitations on gatherings

Nigeria and Ghana have lifted COVID-19 restrictions following a declining number of cases and reduced risk of importation of new variants. In Nigeria,...