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Other candidates on the US presidential ballot

  Republican Donald Trump and his rival Democrat Joe Biden are not the only two candidates on the US presidential election ballot, although...

Digitalised assets declaration forms ready soon, says Code of Conduct Bureau

  As part of efforts to digitalise its operations, the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) says assets declaration forms will be available online...

Restructure now or we perish, say Govs. El-Rufai, Fayemi

      For Governors Kayode Fayemi and Nasir El-Rufai, anything short of restructuring of Nigeria to cement the unity of Nigeria and engender a...

Post-#EndSARS protest: IGP Adamu to policemen: Defend yourselves against attacks

  By Boye Ajayi In what looks like reinstalling confidence in policemen after the #EndSARS protests, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu,...

Okonjo-Iweala: Buhari holds video conference with European Council President 

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday held a video conference with Mr Charles Michel, President of the European Council, reiterating Europe’s support for...

Ndoma-Egba (SAN) breaks silence, says destruction of his Calabar home will not cow him

  …says Cross River State is moving from the global stage to the dark recesses of a gangland   Former Senate Leader, Mr...

United Nations bestows award on Nigerian policewoman for stellar peacekeeping efforts

  A Chief Superintendent of Police, Catherine Ugorji, currently serving with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), has been selected...

Two months after gang-raping school girl to death, two jobless youths nabbed

  About two months after, two of the four gang-rapists, who fatally raped 11-year-old Favour Okechukwu in Ejigbo area of Lagos State have...

Oil price tumbles below $40 as Europe imposes second COVID-19 lockdown 

  Still reeling from the pains of #EndSARS protests and massive infrastructure destruction by hoodlums, Nigeria’s financial projection may have run into another hitch as...

FG hits back at Amnesty International, rejects it’s report on Lekki shootings

  The Presidency has accused Amnesty International of “skewing report” on the Lekki shootings, insisting it could not have more facts about the...

Breaking: Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala elected World Trade Organization DG

  Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, has emerged the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Okonjo-Iweala polled 104 votes from 164 member-countries...

Buhari unveils 2021 Armed Forces remembrance emblem, donates N10m to Appeal Fund

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday launched the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Emblem and donated N10 million to the Appeal Fund. The brief unveiling took...

FG doles out N30,000 one-off grant to 333,000 artisans

  The Federal Government said on Tuesday that it has commenced  payment of N30,000 one-off grant to each of the 333,000 artisans across...

INEC Chair reappointed for another 4-year term

    The tenure of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been extended by another four...

Hoodlums attacks, looting: Army says it is deploying troops across Nigeria

  In a bid to restore law and order after the wave of hoodlums attack following #EndSARS protests,  the Nigerian Army says it...

Adegboruwa faults Fashola’s ‘discovery’ of camera at Lekki toll plaza as it may tamper with evidence

  Adegboruwa faults Fashola’s ‘discovery’ of camera at Lekki toll plaza as it may tamper with evidence Lagos human rights lawyer, Mr Ebun-Olu...