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New US visa rule makes it easier to reject applicants for being poor

The United States Supreme court issued an order on Monday to temporarily allow a new visa rule that would deny certain visa applicants...

Insurgency : Pres. Buhari orders aerial bombardment of bandits 

Rising to the occasion as the Commander-in-Chief, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Nigerian Air Force to deploy its fighter aircraft and rout bandits...

Rerun election: Victory party gone bad as Imo senatorial candidate mistakenly shot dead by aide

  The senatorial candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), for Imo North Senatorial District in the 2019 general election, Chief Ndubuisi Emenike, was...

Coronavirus:Death toll rises to 41; more than 1,000 cases of infection confirmed in China

  Deaths caused by the coronavirus infection that began in China’s Hubei province rose to 41, while the number of confirmed cases in...

Lagos boy plunges into death-well to retrieve phone

    Love of prized possession more than one’s life consumed a 26-year-old Lagos boy, who took a dive into a “death-well” to...

NNPC, PETAN Collaborate to upscale  Oil, Gas activities 

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) say they are partnering on bolstering up production...

Amotekun ‘illegal and unconstitutional’, Malami to Falana

  The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said Thursday that the South West security outfit ‘Amotekun’ remains illegal regardless of rhetorics...

News Flash: FG, Southwest Governors agree on Amotekun

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday met with the governors of the six western states of Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo and...

Boko Haram kills Abducted CAN Chairman

  The chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Michika local government area of Adamawa State, Rev Lawan Andimi, has been killed...

Amotekun: The Politics of Protection by Reuben Abati 

        Virtually everything in Nigeria no matter how well-meaning ends up getting ethnicized, or politicized, or religionized.  So it is with Operation...

Adamawa Governor Fintri cleared by Supreme Court

Still dishing out judgments on the dispute March 9, 2019 governorship poll, the Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed Mr Ahmadu Fintri of the...

PDP’s Benue Governor, Ortom, gets Supreme Court’s endorsement 

    Again, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, in continuation of its rounds judgment on governorship polls, has upheld the election of Samuel...

$1.1bn Malabu Oil fraud: FG files charges against Adoke, Etete, Shell, others

  A former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Adoke has been charged to court over alleged $1.1 billion fraud in the...

Lagos pipeline fire : Death toll rises to 5 as 39 vehicles consumed

  Causality figure in Sunday’s  Abule Egba, Lagos  pipeline fire has increased from two to five. The fire followed an explosion from a...

Supreme Court upholds Gov Ganduje’s election

  The Supreme court on Monday morning affirmed the election of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state and member of the ruling All...