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Nigerian Senate President Opposes Scrapping of Senate or House of Reps
…says bicameral legislature suits nation’s peculiarity The Nigerian Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan, has reacted to calls for the scrapping...
Fake news, hate speech: FG has no intention of stifling press freedom
In a bid to curtail hate speech and fake news in Nigeria, the federal government on Tuesday revealed that it is set...
How drunk police inspector killed himself, his prisons inspector-wife in Lagos barracks
More details have emerged about the killer-cop, who shot dead his wife and himself following an unresolved marital issue. The policeman...
Nigeria’s border will remain closed until neighboring countries meet conditions for reopening – Emefiele
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on Monday stressed that the nation’s borders will remain closed until neighboring...
BREAKING: Barracks’ rage: Policeman kills self, wife in Lagos
Tragedy struck early Monday morning in Lagos as a policeman, in a fit of rage, killed his wife and then proceeded to...
Nigeria’s First Republic PM’s wife, Jummai Tafawa-Balewa is dead
The widow of first republic Nigeria’s Prime Minister, Jummai Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa, has passed on after returning from an Indian hospital. Jummai died...
Integrity, talent, hard work, vital for success, Osinbajo to young Nigerian graduates
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has stated that integrity, talent, hard work, innovation and being trustworthy citizens are vital for success. ...
Ambode’s probe: Lagos lawmakers adamant, summon ex-gov through dailies
Kunle Akinsola Again, the Lagos State House of Assembly has “invited” the immediate past governor of the state, Mr Akinwunmi...
Tony “Mr Fix It” Anenih: One Year After
By Sufuyan Ojeifo “So say it loud and let it ring; we are all a part of everything; the future, present and the past; fly...
Aisha Buhari urges women to get annual breast cancer screenings
First Lady Aisha Buhari has advised Nigerian women to visit their primary care physician annually for breast cancer screenings. ” I...
Maina pleads innocence, remanded
Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of Pension Reform Task Team, has been remanded in Abuja Correctional Centre (prison) on the orders of a...
African countries are not united on regulation issues, says Obasanjo and key quotes from leaders in Sochi
Following are key quotes from leaders and participants at the Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum in Sochi. African countries are not...
FG renames ministry as Fed. Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy
FG renames ministry as Fed. Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy The Federal Government has changed the Federal Ministry of Communications to the...
Nigerian military targeted journalists’ phones, computers with “forensic search” for sources -CPJ
By Jonathan Rozen/CPJ Senior Africa Researcher Hamza Idris, an editor with the Nigerian Daily Trust, was at the newspaper’s central office...
Kano Senator blasts Junaid Mohammed says attack on VP Osinbajo ‘unfounded’ .
Senator Kabir Gaya (APC-Kano South) on Tuesday said it was unfortunate that Second Republic lawmaker, Dr Junaid Mohammed, is unfairly criticizing Vice...
Migratory herders: Enforce border closure to shut out foreign herders, Ortom tells FG
Outraged by the incessancy of violent attacks on Benue communities by herdsmen, Gov. Samuel Ortom, has urged the Federal Government to...
