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Breaking: Eight months after, Kano school proprietor, Tanko, to face hangman for killing pupil
Abdulmalik Tanko, a Kano school proprietor, kidnapper and killer of five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar, his pupil, has been sent to the hangman. A Kano...
North Korea is ready to use nuclear weapons – Kim Jong-un
Speaking to war veterans on the 69th anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War, Mr Kim emphasised the country's "thorough readiness"...
Insecurity: Over 6,000 Nigerians killed from January to June 2022 – Security expert
Amid rising scourging insecurity in the country, a security expert and Managing Director of Beacon Consulting Nigeria, Dr. Kabir Adamu, has disclosed that...
FEC approves N707m for AIB’s accident investigation tool
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has allocated a sum of €1,506,285.7 (N707.96 million) for the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) for the deployment of...
ASUU strike: NLC, ASUU, others storm National Assembly, threaten to commence national strike
The organized labour on Wednesday held a mega rally in Abuja where it threatened to resume another protest match and indefinite strike if...
Impeachment threat: Buhari to senators: We are working round the clock to bring security situation under control
ln an apparent reaction to the threat to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari by some senators over the parlous and deteriorating security situation in...
Insecurity: Senators give Pres. Buhari six-week ultimatum, threaten impeachment
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Senators on Wednesday gave President Muhammadu Buhari a six-week deadline to curtail the country’s deteriorating security situation or...
ASUU-NLC nationwide protest march: Falana, others join action, slam FG’s refusal to end strike
Human rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, and other Nigerians on Tuesday in Lagos joined the nationwide protest...
U.S. signs $280m with Access Bank for boosting SMEs in Nigeria
A commitment letter for $280 million in financing for Access Bank Plc in Nigeria has been signed by Access Bank and the U.S....
Terrorists strike in FCT, ambush Guards Brigade, FG shuts college
Hours after daring terrorists allegedly threatened to attack President Muhammadu Buhari, Kaduna Gov. Nasir el-Rufai and other government officials, they struck in Abuja...
Macron in Cameroon for first leg of three-country Africa trip
Mr Macron is due to hold talks on Tuesday morning with his counterpart Paul Biya, 89, who has ruled Cameroon with an iron...
FG’s motorcycle ban will throw 40m Nigerians out of jobs — ACOMORAN
The ban of commercial motorcycles nationwide being contemplated by the Federal Government will throw out at least 40 million Nigerians into the...
Court bars collection of import duties on non-commercial personal effects
A Federal High Court in Abuja has declared the collection of import duties and other levies on non-commercial personal effects contained in passengers’...
Week after Elumelu urges U.S. strategic intervention in Africa, Biden says it’s ready to be counted among Africa’s partners
Following a gauntlet thrown at the U.S. administration by Africa’s leading investor and philanthropist, Tony Elumelu, President Joe Biden has reacted, saying U.S....
BREAKING: NPA MD, Bello-Koko intervenes, planned MWUN, NARTO strike suspended
The planned strike by the leadership of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN)and the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) has...
Muslim-Muslim ticket made me to part ways with Tinubu in 2007, Atiku says
The vexed issue of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket which he also solicited in 2007 was the fundamental issue that caused...
