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Breaking: Court grants application by DSS to detain Sowore for 45 days
A Federal High Court in Abuja as granted the request by the Department of State Services (DSS) to detain the convener of #RevolutionNow...
‘RevolutionNow’: SERAP seeks UN Human Rights Council Special Session over attacks on journalists, protesters
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to all member and observer states of the United Nations Human Rights...
#RevolutionNow: Sowore desperate to oust Buhari’s government, says Oshiomhole
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has condemned the #RevolutionNow protests, describing it as ironic. He further added...
Buhari, Ramaphosa to meet over Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to meet with South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa over the continuous xenophobic attack on Nigerians living in South...
El-Zakzaky set for release from detention.
The leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky will be released from detention to travel to India for medical attention. The...
EDHA crisis: Can Obaseki run the gauntlet?
By Sufuyan Ojeifo The aphorism by the Yoruba that “whoever does something that is unusual will experience a consequence that is unusual” perfectly...
Update: El-Zakzaky, wife granted permission to travel abroad for medical treatment
A Kaduna High Court has granted the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat, bail...
Buhari approves induction retreat for ministers designate after Sallah break
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an induction retreat for Ministers Designate to be held at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja from August...
Atiku challenges Buhari over alleged ‘secret burial’ of 1,000 soldiers
The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari, over...
Why disaster readiness is critical for Africa – and what the Commonwealth is doing about it
By Commonwealth Five months ago, Cyclone Idai ripped through the Southern African region, causing a massive humanitarian disaster that affected three million people....
NNPC Not Competing with Dangote Refinery – Kyari
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, on Wednesday declared that the national oil company was...
FG to deploy drones, CCTVs to boost security in South-West Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari, has assured traditional rulers from the South West geopolitical zone of the country that the security architecture will be...
FG sets up task force to recover N5trn AMCON debts
The federal government has set up a task force to recover the over N5 trillion outstanding debt owed the Asset Management Corporation...
Crisis: Senate threatens to takeover Edo Assembly if Obaseki fails to meet ultimatum
•’This illegality will not stand,’ Obaseki reacts The Senate has given the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, an ultimatum of one week to...
Group Fingers Otu in conspiracy to Halt Senate Confirmation of Agba
A group known as the Niger Delta Renaissance has identified Senator Bassey Edet Otu, erstwhile representative of the Cross River South Senatorial District as...
NIMC Expands Enrolment to Saudi Arabia and other African Countries
With the successful deployment of enrollment Centers in South Africa, US, UK, etc., the National Identification Management Commission (NIMC) has concluded plans to...
