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The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brigadier-General Buba Marwa, Rtd, says plans are underway to seek government approval to conduct drug tests on matriculating students ... Read More

I Will Soon Visit All Southwest States To Issue Quit Notices To Fulani Herdsmen – Sunday Igboho

Yoruba cultural activist and a freedom fighter, Mr Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho on Monday said that he will soon visit all the Southwest states to ... Read More

Kano Confirms Death Of Three Doctors, Says 53 Others Tested Positive For COVID-19

The Chairman, Kano State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Dr Usman Ali has confirmed that the association has lost three doctors to COVID-19. READ ALSO; 1,430 new COVID-19 infections ... Read More

1,430 new COVID-19 infections take Nigeria’s total caseload to 122,996. Deaths, recoveries updated

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FG threatens to shut down NYSC camps over COVID-19

The Federal Government on Monday threatened to shut down any National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp where the state government does not comply with ... Read More

FG promises to rebuild Sokoto market

The Federal Government on Monday promised to help the Sokoto State government to rebuild the burnt market in the state. An early morning inferno had ... Read More

PTF confirms discovery of UK COVID-19 strain in Nigeria

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday confirmed the discovery of the United Kingdom COVID-19 strain in Nigeria. The Chairman of PTF, Boss Mustapha, ... Read More

Ayade demands inclusion of Bakassi Force members in Amnesty programme

The Cross River governor, Ben Ayade, on Monday called for the inclusion of members of the Bakassi Strike Force in the Federal Government’s Amnesty Programme ... Read More

South-West governors ban open grazing

Governors of the six South-West states on Monday agreed to ban all forms of open grazing in the region. The Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, who ... Read More

Nnamdi Kanu releases names of prominent Nigerians ‘responsible for Nigeria’s current woes’

Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has released a list of 62 prominent Nigerians to be blamed for the current ... Read More

2023 presidency: Gov Wike distances self from campaign posters

Governor Nyesom Wike has blamed mischief makers for viral 2023 presidential campaign posters spotted in some parts of Abuja. Wike disassociated himself from the campaign ... Read More

EFCC Arraigns Man over N6.2m Forex Deal in Uyo

The Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, January 25, 2021 arraigned one Inibehe Ndarake Eden before Justice F. ... Read More

“I am so proud of this achievement” – 36-year-old carpenter becomes father of 13 children within 3 weeks in Bauchi

A 36-year-old carpenter from Zango ward, Bauchi State, Nura Walwala Magaji, is over the moon after his four wives gave birth within three weeks, making the total ... Read More

Court drops case against four EndSARS protesters

A court in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, on Monday discharged four out of six protesters arrested in November for demonstrating outside the National Assembly. Last year, Africa’s most ... Read More

EFCC Nabs 16 Alleged Internet Fraudsters in Lagos

The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has effected the arrest of 16 young men in Lekki, a cosmopolitan area ... Read More

Delay In PIB Passage Will Cost More Colossal losses to Nigeria’s Economy — Lawan

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has said that any further delay in the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) will cost more colossal losses to Nigeria’s economy. ... Read More

Nigeria’s security situation better than in 2015- FG

The Federal Government on Monday said although the country was facing security challenges, the current situation is better than what the present regime met at its inception in 2015. ... Read More

EFCC loses money laundering case against Atiku Abubakar’s lawyer

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has lost its money laundering case against Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, a lawyer to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and his ... Read More

Drug war: Marwa reads riot act to NDLEA Commanders

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa, (Retd) has ordered commanders and special commands of the agency to mop ... Read More

Man Jailed Ten Years over Farming Scam in Kaduna