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APC’s Muslim-muslim ticket: U.S Congress wants Nigeria relisted among countries with egregious violations of religious freedom
"The House finds the Department of State’s decision to delist Nigeria ‘‘inexplicable’’, and a result of ‘‘turning a blind eye’’ to that country’s...
Queues: CBN directs banks to start cash payment across the counters
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed deposit money banks (DMBs) to commence the payment of the redesigned Naira notes over the...
Old Naira notes swap: Pres. Buhari unhappy about Nigerians’ sufferings, passing phase — Minister
...CBN directs banks to commence the payment of the new Naira notes over the counter, subject to a maximum daily payout limi of...
Lagos records another container-laden articulated vehicle mishap, the eighth in five days
Lagos metropolis and emerging mega city again on Wednesday recorded another accident involving a containerised truck at the ever busy Oshodi, the state’s...
Teenager killed, another in critical condition as hoodlums petrol bombed INEC office in Anambra
With 24 days to the general elections, another office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and a Police station have been attacked...
Buhari urges new Ministry of Finance Incorporated board to raise current value from N18tn to N100tn
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday inaugurated the Board of Directors, Governing Council and Executive Management Team of the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI)...
Just in: Some forces in Aso Rock trying to scuttle Tinubu’s presidential ambition – el-Rufai
Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai on Wednesday, disclosed that some powerful elements in Aso Rock are working assiduously to jeopardize the chances...
At least 100 killed in Pakistani Mosque bombing – Officials
The death toll in a bomb attack on a Pakistani Mosque rose to 100 as local officials acknowledged a security lapse led to one...
Three days after the container tragedy in Lagos, petrol tanker rams into four tricycles, two dead
Three days after a container fell off and crushed eight passengers in Lagos, an accident involving a petrol-laden truck and four tricycles (Keke...
Is this what I should get for serving Nigeria? Corps member laments as robbers gang-rape his mother
A Twitter user known as KingAhmed26 and a National Youth Service Corps member (name withheld) has narrated how robbers attacked and raped his...
Protesting youths hurl stones, dangerous objects at Buhari’s convoy in Kano
Ignoring warning from Kano Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje, President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Kano State yesterday was marred by violent protest by youths as...
Just in: DSS smashes syndicate selling new naira notes, indicts commercial banks
The Department of State Service (DSS) said on Monday that it has intercepted an undisclosed number of persons caught in the racketeering of...
Ahead of Buhari’s visit to Kano on Monday, security agents placed on red alert
As President Muhammadu Buhari pays a two-day visit to Kano State today, security has been beefed up in the state especially Kano metropolis,...
Just in: Reps in standoff with Buhari, Emefiele over Feb.10 naira swap extension, threaten Emefiele
The extension of the old Naira notes swap until February 10 has been rejected by the Ad-hoc Committee on New Naira Re-Design and...
Two Nigerians busted in $500,000 racket scheme in Canada
Two Nigerians — Gbemisola Akinrinade and Adebowale Adiatu — have been arrested in Canada for allegedly enriching themselves with the proceeds from the...
Tragedy in Lagos as container falls off, flattens passenger bus, 9 fatalities recorded
A traffic accident was recorded on Sunday in Lagos as a container-laden articulated vehicle fell on a commercial bus at Ojuelegba on Ikorodu...
