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Sep 02, 2021

BREAKING: Buhari receives NDDC forensic audit report

President Muhamamadu Buhari has received the final report of the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from Niger Delta Affairs Minist...

Aug 18, 2021

JUST IN: List of new Senior Advocates out soon – LPPC

The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) has distanced itself from reports that the list of successful candidates for the rank of Senior Advocate of...

Aug 18, 2021

BREAKING: Buhari approves implementation framework for Petroleum Act

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the Implementation Framework for the newly signed Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), 2021. The President also named Minist...

Aug 18, 2021

BREAKING: UNILAG resumes for physical exams

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has recalled students to take their second semester examinations between August 26 and September 26, 2021. The students were s...

Aug 17, 2021

BREAKING: Former Deputy Senate President Mantu dies

Former Deputy Senate President Ibrahim Mantu is dead He died on Monday night in an Abuja hospital after a brief illness. He was 74. A family source confirmed...

Aug 16, 2021

BREAKING: Nollywood loses another star

Nollywood actress Doris Chima is dead. The Nation learnt Chima, who was a foundation member of Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) and former vice chairperson of Lag...

Aug 16, 2021

JAMB, heads of institutions to decide cut-off marks August 31

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and heads of tertiary institutions across the country will hold a policy meeting on August 31 where they wil...

Aug 16, 2021

BREAKING: House of Representatives member dies

The lawmaker representing Akure North and Akure South in the House of Representatives, Hon Omolafe Adedayo Isaac aka”Expensive”, is dead.

Aug 13, 2021

JUST IN: Buhari returns to Abuja today

There are indications that President Muhammadu Buhari will be back in Abuja on Friday after an 18-day sojourn in London, the United Kingdom (UK) capital. A pol...

Aug 13, 2021

JUST IN: Buhari returns to Abuja today

There are indications that President Muhammadu Buhari will be back in Abuja on Friday after an 18-day sojourn in London, the United Kingdom (UK) capital. A pol...

Aug 09, 2021

Senate panel to recommend breakup of police operations •IG to lose some powers over deployment, funding •Members fail to agree on state police

To make the police responsive, pro-active and effective in the face of a breakdown of internal security, the Senate Committee on Constitution Amendment is consi...

Aug 03, 2021

JAMB, NUC, UBEC, others get acting heads

Some former Chief Executives/Registrars of key agencies under the Federal Ministry of Education, whose tenure expired on July 31, have handed over to the most s...

Aug 03, 2021

Court unfreezes Dokpesi’s accounts, orders release of seized documents

The Court also ordered the release of his documents being held by the State. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had obtained court order fre...

Aug 03, 2021

BREAKING: Oborududu settles for silver at Tokyo Olympics

Nigeria’s Blessing Oborududu suffered a 1-4 loss to Tamyra Marianna Stock Mensah of the United States in the final of Tokyo Olympic women’s wrestling event to c...

Jul 30, 2021

UPDATED: Appeal Court declares Jarigbe Senator for C’River North, removes Odey

The Court of Appeal in Calabar has declared member representing Obudu/Yala Federal Constituency Hon. Jerigbe Jarigbe of the People’s Democratic Party(PDP) as th...

Jul 28, 2021

NCC: we lack power to deal with vandals

The Nigerian Communications Commission has lamented that it lacks the power to deal with criminals who vandalise telecoms infrastructure across the country.

Jul 27, 2021

BREAKING: Boko Haram/ISWAP releases pictures of abducted soldiers, Yobe protocol officers

Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists have released pictures of the two soldiers and Yobe Liaison officer they abducted on Damaturu/Maiduguri highway on Saturday.

Jul 26, 2021

BREAKING: Lagos Police charge 48 Yoruba Nation rally suspects for ‘unlawful assembly’

The police in Lagos have charged 48 suspects arrested during the Oodua Republic demonstration around the Gani Fawehimi Freedom park of the State few weeks ago.

Jul 26, 2021

BREAKING: Security agents arrest Sowore

Security agents have arrested Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, at the Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday. Sowore was arrested as the court res...

Jul 08, 2021

Haiti president assassinated in Port-au-Prince

Armed gunmen early Wednesday murdered Haiti President Jovenel Moïse and severely wounded First Lady Martine Moïse in a coordinated attack on their home, marking...