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Just in: OPEC Secretary-General, Nigeria’s Muhammad Barkindo is dead
Barely 12 hours after paying a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, the Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries...
Prowling gunmen attack Abuja prison hours after Pres. Buhari’s convoy was ambushed, shot
Few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari’s convoy was attacked in his home state, Kastina, gunmen have launched a violent attack on the Nigerian...
Corruption allegation: FG drops Anamekwe as Acting Accountant-General, names Sylvis as replacement
The acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Chukwuyere Nwabuoku Anamekwe has been fired and another acting holder of the office has been...
140-day-old ASUU strike: Civil Society groups, others berate FG
For its apparent incapacity and failure to end the 140-day-old strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Federal Government has...
Africa Cup of Nations moved to January 2024
With the World Cup in Qatar taking place in November and December this year, the decision has been taken to postpone the finals...
85th birthday: Ex-President Obasanjo drives three-wheeler in Abeokuta, picks passengers free
Ceremonial Keke Napep “operator”, former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday in Abeokuta, Ogun capital took many residents by storm as he drove the...
Terror attacks on churches: Adeboye spits fire, says self-defence is legitimate, scriptural
According to Adeboye, who pastors one of the largest church in the world, perpetrators of recent attacks and killings targeting churches and worshippers...
N322m laundering charge: Nigerian Senator jailed
After defecting from PDP to APC in 2021 ostensibly for a safe haven, serving Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, is to spend the next seven...
NPA committed to ports automation, placing Nigeria on global list of countries with Deep Seaports — MD Koko
The Managing Director/CEO of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mr Mohammed Koko, said on Friday that automation remains the most veritable tool for ensuring...
Prolonged ASUU strike: NLC mobilizes for national warning strike
After about five months of federal government’s inability to resolve the dispute between it and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the...
Just in: Senate confirms Buhari’s seven ministerial nominees
The seven ministerial nominees sent last week by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Senate was on Wednesday confirmed. The nominees were screened from...
Over 200 illegal refineries operating in Nigeria, says Mele Kyari
The Group Managing Director and CEO of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd, Malam Mele Kyari, has disclosed that over 200 illegal...
Scandal as Masari, Tinubu’s running mate declares certificates missing
Just like the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, his running mate or “placeholder”, Alhaji Kabiru Masari, has notified the...
3m Nigerians suffer from drug use disorder, NDLEA boss raises alarm
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has disclosed that approximately three million Nigerians are suffering from Drug Use Disorder (DUD) as a...
Just in: New Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode takes oath of office
Justice Olukayode Ariwoola of the Supreme Court on Monday took the oath of office as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The...
Update: Nigeria’s Apex Court Chief Justice, Muhammad, quits, aide confirms
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad, has resigned, citing health reasons, it was confirmed on Monday afternoon. Confirming the Chief...
