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Cabinet reshuffle: Keyamo swaps ministerial position with Alasoadura

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, approved the immediate redeployment of two Ministers of State; Festus Keyamo and Senator Tayo Alasoadura. According to a...

Breaking: Court orders immediate release of Sowore from DSS custody

  The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday ordered the immediate release of the convener of #RevolutionNow protest and publisher of Sahara...

$9.6bn judgment against Nigeria: Justice Minister, CBN Gov. others head for UK court

By Kunle Akinsola   Nigeria’s legal team headed by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami and...

Charges against Sowore a mockery of Nigeria justice system, SERAP to Malami

    Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has described the charges filed against the detained Convener of #RevolutionNow Protest, Omoyele Sowore, as...

Ezekwesili, Amnesty International spit fire over Sowore

  Its Ploy To Silent Voices of Dissent -Amnesty International   Amnesty International and a former Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, have...

Dialogue with bandits not new- IGP

  The Inspector General of Police, (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has reacted to the Katsina State’s amnesty programme put in place for repentant bandits,...

Suspend cashless policy, Reps orders CBN

  The House of Representatives on Thursday directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to suspend the directive mandating financial institutions to levy...

Governors demand audit for N614bn bailout deductions

  Nigeria governors have demanded an audit of money owed to states by the Federal Government as a condition for repayment of the...

Dr. Mrs. Folashade Yemi-Esan Appointed Acting Head of the Civil Service

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr. Mrs. Folashade Yemi-Esan as the Acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation with immediate effect....

Lift the siege to offices of Sahara Reporters and CDHR—SERAP

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged “Nigeria’s authorities to immediately lift the siege to the offices of Sahara Reporters and Committee...

Fashola blames communities for uncompleted road projects

  The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola on Wednesday blamed host communities for “frustrating government efforts”  by demanding payment for compensation...

Fayose’s unpaid workers’ N57bn salary arrears my albatross, says Gov. Fayemi

  By Kunle Akinsola A mind-boggling revelation came from Ekiti Governor Kayode Fayemi on Tuesday almost a year after he took power said...

26-year-old spinster, serving NYSC member makes Kwara State cabinet

  By Kunle Akinsola   In demonstration of the age-long slogan that youths are the future leaders, Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has offered...

Put the police in order, Buhari charges commission

  President Muhammadu Buhari, has charged members of the Police Service Commission to redouble their efforts in ensuring that the Nigeria Police Force...

FG receives report on community policing

…Promises speedy implementation   The Federal Government on Friday received the report of the committee on recommendations for the establishment of State Policing, and...