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Abuja comedian, Valentine, nabbed for posting fake news on Facebook
A popular comedian, Augustine Valentine, a.k.a MC Fine, has been apprehended by the police in the FCT for allegedly spreading fake news. According...
Update: Sowore, Bakare get N150m bail
Falana hopeful of early bail perfection By Kunle Akinsola Another Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday granted bails to the...
Minimum wage: FG gets 2-week ultimatum as unions threaten strike
The Federal Government has been given two weeks to implement the new minimum wage of N30, 000 or risk a nationwide strike....
2020 budget: Buhari to preside over extra-ordinary FEC Saturday
Ahead of next week’s presentation of the 2020 budget to the National Assembly, President Muhammadu Buhari will preside over an emergency Federal...
Nigeria At 59: Full text of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Independence Day Speech
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday addressed the nation to mark Nigeria’s 59th Independence Day anniversary. Below is his full speech: INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH...
Sowore, co-defendant remanded again in DSS custody
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, remanded the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr Omoyele Sowore in custody of the Department of...
Sowore: NBA Tells DSS, You Are Notorious For Disobeying Court Orders
By Kunle Akinsola Outraged by the continued disobedience of court order by the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigeria Bar Association...
Over 420 hostages freed from bandits without ransom – Mutawalle
The Governor of Zamfara State, Dr Bello Mutawalle, Wednesday in New York disclosed that his administration has freed over 420 hostages abducted by bandits...
Security agencies foils attempted coup in Ghana
A joint security operation of personnel drawn from the Defence Intelligence, Criminal Investigations Department and Bureau of National Investigations on Friday, September 20,...
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...
