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Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has defended his remarks on Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, amid mounting backlash from human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), the African Democratic Congress and the Obidient Movement.‎‎The governor had stirred controversy after warning that Obi must obtain security clearance before visiting Edo State, a statement critics described […]

Amid rain, some retired police officers today staged a protest at the entrance gate of the National Assembly in Abuja, they were demanding their removal from the Contributory Pension Scheme.‎‎The demonstrators, comprising elderly ex-police personnel, held placards and chanting solidarity songs as they stood in the rain, insisting that their welfare and dignity had been […]

Justice A.I. Akobi of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has frozen bank accounts linked to TAK Logistics Limited, TAK Agro PLC, and their director, Thomas Etuh, over alleged debts totaling N24.9 billion.‎‎The court on Monday granted the interim order following an ex parte application filed by Mofesomo Tayo-Oyetibo, (SAN), on behalf of […]

A former Chief of Staff to the late President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, has described the former leader as a fulfilled man who served Nigeria to the best of his ability.‎The former Minister of Foreign Affairs stated this in a televised on Monday.‎‎Highlighting Buhari’s illustrious career in the military and politics, Gambari said,‎he rose […]

Former President Muhammdu Buhari is dead. His former aide, Bashir Ahmad, announced the passing of the former president on X adding that the former president, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, passed away this afternoon in a clinic in London. President Buhari, who served as Nigeria’s civilian president from 2015 to 2023 after previously leading the country as […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra has faulted the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, over his remarks allegedly attributing the spate of kidnappings in the South-East to Igbo youths. The group accused Soludo of making inflammatory and baseless statements that could endanger the lives of innocent people in the region. Soludo, while addressing Anambra indigenes in […]

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS has announced plans to convene the seventh National Council on AIDS, which will focus on Nigeria’s HIV response in the context of evolving global aid dynamics. The agency made this known in a statement signed by the Chairman, Planning Committee, Dr. Daniel Ndukwe, today. The event, which is […]

The Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, has called for a comprehensive review and implementation of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act so as to combat the rising problem of substance abuse among Nigerians. She made this call on Wednesday in Lagos while speaking at the Anti-Substance Abuse Programme Stakeholders […]

The Senate on Wednesday launched a sweeping probe into the rise of Ponzi schemes in the country, following the catastrophic collapse of Crypto Bridge Exchange, a digital investment platform that allegedly fleeced Nigerians of over N1.3tn. The Ponzi scheme has been described as one of the largest financial scams in the nation’s history.‎‎They blamed the […]