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FG orders implementation of new 5 years visa reciprocity between US and Nigerian citizens
The Federal Government on Friday directed the full implementation of a new visa reciprocity policy for citizens of the United States of...
Just in: Presidential poll: EFCC intercepts N32.4m vote-buying funds in Lagos
Barely 48 hours after deploying officers for election monitoring duties as part of effort to curb vote fraud and ensure integrity of the...
Breaking: CBN appoints new spokesman, Isa Abdulmumin as Osita Nwanisobi retires
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday has appointed Mr Isa Abdulmumin as the Acting Director of Corporate Communications Department of...
Caught in the act! $500,000 election money found on PDP’s Rep. Igwe, in Rivers
The Police in Rivers on Friday said they have apprehended a member of House of Representatives and loyalist of PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji...
Grief-stricken Peter Obi mourns as Enugu LP senatorial candidate is murdered on eve of Saturday’s polls
Grief-stricken Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has condemned the gruesome murder of the party’s senatorial candidate for Enugu East Senatorial...
US Pres. Biden urges Nigerians to be peaceful, patient before, during and after Saturday’s polls
"I encourage voters to remain peaceful, patient as their ballots are tallied, and urge the political parties and candidates to live up to...
el-Rufai, Oshiomhole’s treasonable comments on Naira swap policy left for relevant security agencies to investigate — AGF Malami
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN) disclosed on Thursday that Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir...
Presidential/NASS polls: IGP orders restriction of vehicular movements
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, who gave the order, said only those on essential services such as INEC officials, electoral observers, ambulances...
Buhari urges Obi, Tinubu, Atiku, to accept outcome of presidential poll
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged presidential candidates and others contesting the 2023 polls to accept the result of the exercise as may be...
Breaking: Naira swap crisis: Supreme Court fixes judgment for March 3
Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned judgment in the consolidated suits filed by ten states on the implementation of the naira redesign policy...
Breaking: Naira crisis: Supreme Court orders consolidation of 16 suits against FG, insists on hearing suit
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the consolidation of the 16 state governments’ suits against the Federal Government challenging the implementation of the...
Saturday’s polls: NRC suspends train services nationwide
In preparation for the Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced the suspension train services nationwide as...
Nigeria’s crude output to hit OPEC’s 1.8m barrels per day — Kyari, says NNPC is winning oil theft war, combating crude losses
Nigeria’s crude oil production output is steadily growing and it is expected to hit the 1.8 million barrels per day OPEC quota, according...
Police arrest Robert Mugabe’s son over property destruction
Robert Tinotenda Mugabe junior has been arrested on charges of causing $12,000 worth of damage to cars and property at a party in...
Naira crisis: Violent protests rock Ogun again, two banks torched, 27 suspects nabbed
Violent protest over new Naira notes scarcity which swept Abeokuta, Ogun State capital about two weeks ago has spread to Sagamu area of...
Commonwealth Observer Group calls for peaceful elections in Nigeria
The Chairperson of the Commonwealth Observer Group to Nigeria, H.E. Thabo Mbeki, has urged the country’s political parties, candidates and their supporters to...
