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Restore democracy, release detained President, others, Buhari, ECOWAS leaders urge Mali junta

  President Muhammadu Buhari and other ECOWAS leaders have called for the immediate release of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of Mali, who was...

FEC approves N5.48bn contract variation for federal secretariat in five states,  Usuma Dam rehabilitation

The Federal Government on Wednesday  approved N5.48 billion for the construction of federal secretariat in five states and the rehabilitation of Lower Usuma...

Breaking : Detained Malian President, Keita, resigns amid coup

  Trapped in the quicksand of month-long political turmoil and coup which ousted him, Malian President, Ibrahim Keita, on Wednesday indicating he was...

Bandits dislodged from states in the north found safe haven in Nasarawa state – Governor

  Bandits dislodged from the North West and some North East states has found safe haven in Nasarawa state, said Governor Abdullahi Sule...

NNPC scores another first, joins 65 extractives companies as EITI partner company

The profiled of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) soared on Tuesday  as it joined a group of over 65 extractives companies, state-owned enterprises...

2021-2023 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework: FG introduces fiscal measures, interventions

  In a bid to cushon the financial crisis occasioned by the global COVID-19 pandemic and reflate the economy, the Federal Government says...

Withdraw NBC ‘insult code’ in 7 days, SERAP urges Buhari

  Irked by the new National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Code and memo threatening to sanction any broadcast that denigrates, disrespects, insults, and abuses...

FG commences operation on new Lagos-Ibadan standard guage rail line mid-September

  With effect from mid-September this  year, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says it will commence skeletal operations on the new Lagos-Ibadan Standard...

President Trump’s brother Robert Trump dies in New York hospital at 72

  Robert S. Trump, the younger brother of President Trump, died on Saturday night at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan. He was 72. The...

How my immigrant parents shaped my politics – Kamala Harris

    Rolling out her historic candidacy as America’s first Indian American African vice presidential candidate, Kamala Harris has revealed that her immigrant...

Tinubu extols Carrington, says he fought repressive government in Nigeria

  All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described the late former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, as a...

Jurgen Klopp named Premier League’s manager of the season

Liverpool football club manager Juergen Klopp was named the Premier League’s manager of the season on Saturday after leading the club to their...

PDP to Embattled Lagos Speaker: Show your law degree certificate to authenticate claim as lawyer

  The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, has been asked to show proof of his qualification as...

Digital ID card to replace plastic National Identity card, says FG

After about 17 years the plastic national identity cards printed by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) was introduced ,  the Federal Government...

Amendment of NB Code By Lai Mohammed is illegal – NBC Board declares

  The Board of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has raised the red flag over the purported amendment to the 6th edition of...

Another unrepentant paedophile bags  25 years in Nigerian jail for deflowering underage

    …You are guilty as charged, judge tells convict For deflowering an 11-year-old girl, a paedophile, a 36-year-old Ugochukwu Obiakor, was on Wednesday sent to...