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Bandits yesterday attacked some communities in Katsina State, killing no fewer than 26 persons, mostly farmers, and leaving scores with varying degrees of injuries. Eye-witness accounts said the bandits invaded Mara Zamfarawa village in Danmusa LGA, Sabon-layin Galadima community of Faskari LGA and Yar Gamji village of Batsari LGA of the state, shooting sporadically and […]

Due to funding issues, the federal government has closed four of its missions abroad. The missions, according to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, are Sri Lanka, Serbia, Ukraine and Czech Republic. The outgoing minister, who is an advocate of smart mission as means of ensuring of efficiency in the face of funding […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed that it is investigating the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha. The anti-graft commission also explained that it froze N5 billion funds belonging to the state government because Okorocha was spending too much money in a suspicious manner on the eve the general elections. The Acting Chairman of […]

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has admitted in evidence, the final account tendered by Olisa Metuh, former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Metuh tendered the document on Tuesday at the resumed hearing, detailing how the sum of the N400 million for which he is standing trial, was spent on a special […]

The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) says there will be diversion of traffic today, Wednesday, at the Goodluck Ebele and Shehu Shagari Way leading to the Court of Appeal, venue of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. “In view of this development, members of the public are advised to use alternative routes to […]

The federal government has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s comments imputing ethno-religious motive to Boko Haram and ISWAP as deeply offensive and patently divisive, saying such indiscreet comments are far below the status of an elder statesman. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Information  and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said it […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has withdrawn 25 Certificates-of-Return issued to some candidates that won during the 2019 General Elections, following court orders.The Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Mr Festus Okoye, said this at a `Forum on Media Coverage of 2019 General Elections’ held in Enugu on Monday. Okoye […]

The two main contenders for the position of president of the 9th Senate, Senators Ahmad Lawan and Ali Ndume, at the weekend met again with Senators-elect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja as part of their efforts to woo the lawmakers. This came after the PDP restated that its leadership is yet to […]

Documents detailing the distribution of political appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari from the 36 states of the federation, show appointees from Adamawa, Kano, Ogun and Oyo States dominated the list of presidential aides approved by the President to work with his administration since he took office on May 29, 2015. The list obtained ahead […]

Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate slowed to 2.01 per cent (year-on- year) in the first quarter of 2019 (Q1, 2019), compared to the 2.38 per cent growth posted in the fourth quarter of 2018 (Q4, 2018), according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The NBS attributed the performance to the general elections, […]

Presidential aide Lauretta Onochie Monday said the demand for a public apology by the presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar shows he is “depressed.” “This is in no way responding to the depressed Alhaji Atiku Abubakar whose aides are constantly cooking up disgrace for him, for the sake of their […]

The nation’s 36 governors have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to caution the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) against dabbling into a matter that is beyond its mandate. In a letter signed by the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar, the state chief executives expressed “dismay and […]