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Rage, condemnation trail I-G, Presidency’s Arrest Order Of Sunday Igboho

  The Presidency’s directive to the nation’s Police Chief, I-G Mohammed Adamu to arrest of Yoruba self-styled people’s liberator, Sunday Igboho, for giving...

Just In: Abia State Executive Council Dissolved, Suspended Chief of Staff Recalled

  The 31-member Abia State Executive Council, the highest governmental body in the Southeast state, has been dissolved. No reason was given for...

Self-styled liberator, Sunday Igboho, vows to quit herders from Oyo

  In defiance to Oyo Gov. Seyi Makinde’s directive, a self-styled Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Igboho, on Friday made good his threat to...

Nasarawa State now under Boko Haram siege, says governor

  Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has raised an alarm that Boko Haram insurgents have regrouped at the Nasarawa/Benue border after they...

Nigerian Governors Forum disowns governor over ill-fated comment on COVID-19 vaccine

  The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) has distanced itself from a statement credited to a state governor on COVID-19 vaccine, saying the NGF...

Joe Biden to appointees: be respectful or you’re fired

President Joe Biden gave a warning to the nearly 1,000 federal employees and staff he appointed on day one in office. Be respectful...

Buhari reappoints NPA MD Hadiza Bala Usman for second term

  The Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) Hadiza Bala Usman, has been reappointed for a five-year tenure by President Muhammadu...

U S. President Biden annuls Trump’s travel ban on Nigeria, other countries

  U.S. President Joe Biden, on assumption of office on Wednesday, signed an Executive Order repealing the travel ban slammed on citizens from...

Cristiano Ronaldo is world’s top goal scorer in football history

  By Boye Ajayi   Cristiano Ronaldo has etched his name in the annals of world football by emerging as the all-time top...

Buhari, other world leaders excited, give new U.S. President Biden warm welcome

  …British PM Johnson: look forward to a close relationship …Trump a tyrant, says Iran’s President President Muhammadu Buhari and other world leaders...

Kyari mourns, extols late Festus Marinho, pioneer NNPC MD

  The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has expressed grief on the death of the...

We will live up to our billing, mandate in anti-graft war – newly-inaugurated Code of Conduct Bureau members

  The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has vowed to live up to its billing by being tactical, honest and sincere in the...

Buhari/Akeredolu faceoff over quit order to herders: Ondo govt. raps Presidency

  Less than 10 hours after the Presidency purportedly rejected the seven-day vacation order issued by Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu to herders to leave...

Presidency, Gov. Akeredolu on war path over order to herders to quit Ondo forests

  There is a face-off between the Presidency and Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, on the seven-day ultimatum given to herders to vacate forests...

Ogun records first petrol tanker tragedy on its flyovers

    Ogun State recorded its first petrol tanker fire on Tuesday since the flyovers were constructed by the immediate past administration of...

Bishop Kukah’s comment on Buhari did not denigrate Islam, says Soyinka

  Prof. Wole Soyinka on Monday clarified that he had flipped through the Catholic Bishop of the Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah’s New...