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JUST IN: FG breaks silence on Twitter’s deletion of Buhari’s sensitive tweet

The Federal Government has attacked Twitter for deleting an offensive tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari on Nigerian civil war in…
Buhari

JUST IN: Twitter deletes Buhari’s tweet on ‘Nigerian Civil War’

Social media giant, Twitter has deleted President Muhammadu Buhari's tweets on Biafra Civil War, seen by people as disparaging the…

Buhari presides over virtual FEC Meeting (Photos)

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over a virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House, Abuja, Nigeria.
Senate sets up committee to probe NNPCL’s subsidy regime

JUST IN: Senate passes bill to end discrimination between first degree, HND holders

The Senate has passed a bill that prohibits employers in the country from discriminating between first degree and Higher National…
Retired AIG Christopher Dega killed in Jos

Plateau Police arrest suspects in AIG Dega’s murder

The Plateau State Police Command said it has arrested some suspects in connection with the murder of AIG Christopher Dega…
Shoprite sold to Persianas

Tayo Amusan completes Shoprite takeover

Ketron Investment Limited, a subsidiary of Persianas Investment Limited, has completed the acquisition of Shoprite operations in Nigeria.
Police foil kidnap in Plateau, seize AK 47,

Anyone with AK 47, bandits to be shot on sight

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has ordered security agents to carry out a presidential order, by shooting bandits and AK…
Retired AIG Christopher Dega killed in Jos

Gunmen kill AIG Dega, Gov. Ortom’s security aide

Retired AIG Christopher Dega (Rtd), Senior Special Assistant on security to Benue Governor Samuel Ortom has been shot dead.
Naira crunch: Nigerians beg banks to dispense N100, N50 bills

Naira battered by US Dollar, Euro, pounds

The Naira lost ground on Tuesday to all the major currencies, depreciating between 0.2 to 0.6 per cent in various…
Families of deceased Plateau civil servants cry out

Plateau govt sacks 534 workers for forgeries

Gov Simon Lalong of Plateau, said the state has sacked 532 workers, over falsified documents, after a verification exercise
COVID-19 cases in Lagos jump to 181

Nigeria’s active covid-19 cases plunge to 5638, first time since 2020

Active COVID-19 cases in Nigeria plunged to 5,638 for the first time since last year. This followed the discharge of…
COVID-19 testing in Nigeria

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases plunge to all-time low, no new death reported

Nigeria's COVID-19 cases plunge to an all-time low on Tuesday, with no new death reported in the last 24 hours…
Nyesom Wike: paints APC ugly

Wike paints ugly portrait of APC to make people unfollow it

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has told Nigerians to reject the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 because…
Governor Nyesom Wike on Port Harcourt refinery

Why Nigerians must reject APC in 2023 – Wike

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has told Nigerians to reject the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 because it…
Buhari dragged to court to explain N9.7T loan from CBN

Buhari: Rude shock awaits insurrectionists

President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday a rude shock awaits those fanning the embers of insurrection and those burning down critical…
Lai Mohammed

Lai: Security problems will go, Buhari’s legacy intact [Video]

Federal Government spokesman Lai Mohammed said the security challenges facing the country are ephemeral and will not define the legacy…
Cultists kill 150 people in Edo, as Obaseki vows action against cultism

You are tricksters: Obaseki mocks Oshiomhole, Ize-Iyamu

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has mocked former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole and…
Drug trafficking suspects arrested in Abuja, Kano

Drugs in crayfish, Golden Morn: Europe-based Nigerian, BUK graduate arrested

A 23-year-old secondary school leaver and a Europe-based Nigerian have been arrested with various illicit drugs at the Nnamdi Azikiwe…
Professor Godswill Obioma: assassinated

JUST IN: Godswill Obioma NECO registrar in sudden death

Professor Godswill Obioma, the registrar of the National Examinations Council (NECO) has been assassinated by masked hoodlums.
Professor Godswill Obioma: assassinated

Updated: It’s sudden death, Godswill Obioma not assassinated

Reports that Professor Godswill Obioma, registrar of the National Examination Council (NECO)was assassinated have been debunked by competent sources in…
Covid-19: Nigeria removes India from restricted countries’ list. Above image is PSC Chairman Boss Mustapha.

PSC to deactivate passports of COVID-19 violators

The Presidential Steering Committee, (PSC) on COVID-19 has announced that it would deactivate the international passports of Nigerians who flouted…
COVID-19

COVID-19 strikes 28 Nigerians dead in 24-hours, cases soar again

The dreaded COVID-19 pandemic has killed 28 Nigerians in the last 24 hours, with new cases soaring again to send…
I'll restore peace in South East two minutes if released from prison - Nnamdi Kanu

Nnamdi Kanu: UK-based Igbo lawyers give Buhari ultimatum, mull ICC action

A group of UK-based Igbo lawyers has described as illegal the arrest and detention of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of Indigenous…
President Muhammadu Buhari

Buhari makes urgent pronouncement on abducted 200 Islamiyya schoolchildren

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security and intelligence agencies to move very fast in ensuring that abducted 200 students of…
Babagana Kingibe special envoy to Chad Basin region

Buhari names Kingibe special envoy to Chad, Chad Basin

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Amb. Babagana Kingibe as his Special Envoy with Cabinet Rank Status to Chad and the…
Governor Nyesom Wike

Wike: IPOB cannot give sit-at-home order in Rivers

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Monday said the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) cannot give a sit-at-home order in…

Oshiomhole bows to Obaseki, says ‘our differences unfortunate’

Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has congratulated Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State,…
Uzodimma

Uzodinma breaks silence on Gulak’s murder, attack on his convoy

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma has broken his silence on the murder of a former presidential aide, Ahmed Gulak and…

Biafra: How Southeast stood still at Nnamdi Kanu’s command

The entire Southeast Nigeria stood still on Monday in compliance with the order of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)…
NDLEA arrests 198 suspects, dismantles 21 illicit drug joints in Kano

NDLEA seizes N90bn worth of drugs in four months – Marwa

Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) on Monday disclosed that…