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Uganda’s Museveni signs law removing presidential age limit

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has signed a law that scraps a 75-year age cap for presidential candidates, a spokesman for…

Ghana’s Akufo-Addo signs special prosecutor bill against corruption

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday took a giant step toward the fight against corruption as he assented to a…

Kano to introduce special allowance for physically challenged

The Kano State Government is to introduce a programme that would take care of physically challenged persons in the state…

Treat files, memos within 72 hours, Obaseki orders civil servants

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has ordered all senior officials of the State civil service to ensure that all…

N400bn state fund: Masari government accused of misappropriation

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Katsina State Government of misusing over N400 billion generated by the state…

7th Day Fidau Prayer For Late LASIEC PS Holds Wednesday

The 7th day Fidau prayer in memory of the late Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (…

El-Rufai releases 10 prisoners

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has granted clemency to 10 prisoners in the state and approved their immediate release.…

Femi Adesina bags Chieftaincy title

Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, has been conferred with the traditional title of…

Fuel scarcity: FG, stakeholders to find long-term solution

The Federal Government and critical stakeholders in the nation’s oil and gas sector on Tuesday inaugurated a committee saddled with…

Buhari condoles with Katsina people, government over Kaita’s death

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family, the government and people of Katsina state on the demise of Alhaji…

Katsina governor mourns death of former state governor

Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has said that the former governor of the defunct Kaduna State, late Alhaji Lawal…

Terrorism: Egypt to extend state of emergency

Egypt is to extend its nationwide state of emergency for three months from Jan. 13 to help tackle “the dangers…

Lawal Kaita, ex-governor of Kaduna State, is dead.

The former governor of the defunct Kaduna State, Alhaji Muhammad Lawal Kaita is dead.

9 inmates abscond from Berlin prison

Nine inmates are now known to have absconded from Berlin’s Plotzensee prison between Christmas and New Year, Berlin’s Justice Senator…

Imo traditional rulers set to reform the institution

Traditional rulers in Imo State are set to reform and reposition the traditional institution in the state with the emergence…

Popular radio presenter crushed to death on New Year’s eve

Olufemi Oluwajobi, formerly Egunjobi, a popular presenter with Fresh FM, owned by a Nigerian popular gospel singer and music producer,…

Pen Cinema Flyover to be ready by November – Ambode

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Tuesday assured residents that the Pen Cinema Flyover project would be delivered in…

Treat files, memos within 72 hours, Obaseki orders civil servants

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has ordered all senior officials of the State civil service to ensure that all…

Benue police kill three armed robbers

The Police Command in Benue on Tuesday said it had killed three armed robbers and recovered one AK47 rifle with…
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French prisoners to get phones in their cells

French prisoners are to get landline phones in their cells, the ministry of justice confirmed on Tuesday. The move is…

Abuja airport: Aviation minister explains delay in completion

The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has explained that completion of the new terminal building at the…

Attack: Kwara governor expresses commitment to peace

Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has assured the people of the state of his readiness to deploy the law and…

Obaseki meets Edo civil servants

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Tuesday met with the state’s civil servants of directorate cadre, pledging to build their…

Omoku killings: Rivers police vows to bring down killers

The Police Command in Rivers says it is working hard to ensure that those that killed 14 worshippers in Omoku…

President Buhari vows to deal with perpetrators of uprising

President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will investigate and bring to book all perpetrators of mayhem across the country, reiterating…

Kano State Govt pays N1bn in liability from previous administration

The Kano State Government said it had paid N1 billion liability it inherited from the administration of former Gov. Rabi’u…

Commission to focus on completion of ongoing projects

Mr Williams Makinde, Managing Director, Delta Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), has said that the commission will focus on…

Ekiti State workers resume work after the holiday

Workers in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday resumed work after the public holiday declared by the Federal Government to mark the New…

Kidnap: College beefs up security to prevent recurrence

The Nigeria Tulip International College (NTIC) in Isheri, Ogun on Tuesday said it had re-engineered its security measures to ward…

Israel passes law to tighten control over East Jerusalem

Israel’s parliament passed an amendment on Tuesday that will make it more difficult for the government to cede parts of…