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COVID-19: India donates 100, 000 doses of vaccines to Nigeria

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   The government of India has donated 100,000 doses of Made-in-India Covishield vaccines, to Nigeria. The vaccines which...

Youth restiveness, a ticking time bomb, says Elumelu

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Africa’s leading investor, philanthropist founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony Elumelu, has called for multi-level and aggressive...

Breaking: Buhari appoints Usman Alkali Baba as Ag. IGP

  President Muhammadu Buhari has announced the Deputy Inspector-General (DIG), Usman Alkali Baba, as the Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), with immediate effect....

49 year old man arrested for defiling 12 year old daughter in ogun state

My Father Has Been Sleeping With Me Since Age Seven, Teenage Girl Tells Police

By Boye Ajayi A 12-year-old girl (name withheld) has stormed a police station to report her defilement by her biological father since age...

Gunmen ravage Owerri prisons, state police headquarters,

Gunmen ravage Owerri prisons, state police headquarters, free hundreds of prisoners

Unidentified gunmen have launched a devastating attack on a correctional facility (prisons) in Owerri, Imo State Capital, torching it and freeing about 1,...

Buhari sued for his inaction over missing or theft of N3.8bn Health Ministry funds

“Corruption in the health sector exacerbates inequality in already unequal and unfair political, social, and economic environments, and produces a ‘cash and carry’...

Fulani herdsmen on a farmland

Probe terrorist activities diguised as farmers/herders conflict, ECWA tells Buhari

  The Federal Government has been told to expeditiously treat Fulani killer-herdsmen as terrorists in a bid to clear itself of any complicity...

Mele M Kyari, GMD NNPC

Pipeline Vandalism: Kyari calms the storm

A powerful vision pulls in ideas, people and other resources. It creates the energy and will to make change happen. It inspires individuals,...

Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami

Any Nigerian without National Identity Number (NIN) risks 7 or 14 years imprisonment, says Minister

  Any Nigerian who fails to obtain his or her National Identity Number (NIN) risks seven or 14 years imprisonment, the Minister of...

Breaking: Nigerian Air Force combat aircraft missing

  A Nigerian Air Force aircraft is missing in action, the authorities announced on Thursday. Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet said in a terse...

Just in: Gunmen Attack Ex-CBN Gov. Soludo, two cops feared dead

  A former Central Bank Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, on Wednesday escaped death by hairsbreadth as unknown gunmen attacked the technocrat-politician at his...

Niger Republic botched coup: Dissidents arrested, calm returns

  Following a botched attempt at seizing power in Niger Republic on Wednesday morning, report said some dissident soldiers have been arrested. After...

Mallam Garba Shehu, Snr Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity

Buhari’s London medical trip: Transmitting power to Vice-President unnecessary, says Presidency

Tongues have been wagging as to why President Muhammadu Buhari left the country yesterday on a 14-day medical vacation without transmitting power to...

BREAKING: Coup in Niger Republic ahead of President-elect’s inauguration on Friday

    Heavy gunfire has been reported near Niger Republic Presidential Palace on Wednesday morning, signalling another coup ahead of President-Elect Mohamed Bazoum’s...

President Muhammadu Buhari with Service Chiefs' at the Villa

Buhari excited by service chiefs’ resolve to forge durable cooperation to rout out bandits

President Muhammadu Buhari says he is delighted that the newly appointed service chiefs have agreed to forge a durable relationship and cooperation in...