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 The National Dr¥g Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a Qatar-based businessman, Agu Evidence Amobi, and one other, Uchegbu Onyebuchi Obi, with consignments of psychoactive substances at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos.

  A prominent Lagos-based cleric, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has said Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers state, is “crossing to” the APCAmbaJay reports that Primate Ayodele said the purpoted ‘defection’ is “part of a grand plan to run the PDP out”

Sterling Bank Limited has announced a strategic change on its Board of Directors, with Olatunji Mayaki as the new Chairman effective January 1, 2024.

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, says the repeated and unending killings on the Plateau is beyond herder-farmer clashes, adding that the murderers “want their own kind of Nigeria according to their ideology”.

Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State, has approved the appointment of 36 persons to lead and manage various government offices and positions in his government.

  Following his promise to cut the cost of governance, Argentina’s President, Javier Milei, has begun flying commercial airlines as part of his move to dig the nation out of its worst economic crisis.

The Lagos State Police Command has taken into custody a 23-year-old suspected cultist, Rafiu Odeyemi.

Renowned Nigerian actor, Zack Orji,  has reportedly slipped into critical condition at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the National Hospital in Abuja.

The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle and the service chiefs on Sunday visited Plateau State shortly after a fresh attack by gunmen.

  The Federal Government through the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) granted three years of tax exemption to 34 companies in 2023.

The Office of the Accountant General on Saturday said the salaries of Federal Civil Servants have been paid.

  Nigerian billionaire, Chief Arthur Eze, has made peace with his two nephews whom he accused of diverting his business money for their personal use.

Villagers are still scared Army will retaliate the killing of 4 soldiers who died securing the Korean

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has expressed concerns over the activities of individuals who are linking a viral video of some soldiers assaulting women to the recent crisis in Plateau.

A member of the Iranian parliament’s national security commission has asserted that Russia cannot treat Iran as a mere “trump card or playing card.”

Residents of Lagos Island and traders at the popular Idumota market have decried the increasing hunger and desperation inflicted on them by the President Bola Tinubu-led administration.

 The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, on Saturday visited internally displaced persons in Bokkos and Barkin-ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State where armed men attacked on Christmas Eve.

The Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to borrow $7.8billion and €100 million as part of the 2022 – 2024 borrowing plan of the Federal Government.

 Tasiu Waziri Alkaleri married the two wives in Bauchi State.

  Villagers are still scared Army will retaliate the killing of 4 soldiers who died securing the Korean

Despite his disagreement with Fubara and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the general elections of 2023, the Ijaw nationalist declared that he would not back the acts of Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), against the governor of Rivers.

The 2023 presidential election was a great leap forward for Nigeria. For the first time, either by design or coincidence, we had three industrialists, namely, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP; Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC; and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led in the race. 

The Flagbearer of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 and 2023 presidential elections, Omoyele Sowore, has described as lies all that had been said earlier by the wife and children of late Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu

The chairperson of the Rivers State Labour Party, Hilda Dokubo, has expressed her views on the recent political developments in Rivers State, particularly the decision of 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to switch from the ruling PDP to the APC. 

There have been several reactions from social media users after photos of former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo, Peter Obi, Oby Ezekwesili and many other prominent Nigerians at an event surfaced online

The 25-year-old traditional ruler of Ubulu Uku in Delta State, Obi Chukwuka Noah Akaeze, has returned home after completing his studies in abroad.

 The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has called for the resignation of Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, citing his alleged inability to address the state’s security challenges.

Drama as bridegroom walks out of engagement ceremony in Imo State due to extortion.

 First Lady Remi Tinubu has mourned the unfortunate death of former Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu.

  Emmanuel Ijewere, an ally to Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi is dead..

Ayokunle Odekunle, a legal practitioner with extensive milieu in social commentary, has died in Canada.

Manchester United manager, Erik Ten Hag has listed five players who are set to return from injury in January.

 No fewer than seven stolen children from Bauchi State were reunited with their parents by Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State on Friday.

A 23-year-old girl, Amanda Ugo has allegedly confessed killing her police boyfriend last Tuesday in Imo, Nation reported.

  The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has urged Igbo leaders to seek ways of interfacing with the Federal Government to address their legitimate grievances.

 The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has announced the passing away of its former president, Mr. Emmanuel Ijewere.

 It is Pollyannaish daydreaming to expect that two aggressively competing, proselytizing faiths such as Christianity and Islam can ever cohabit in perfect harmony, but in the Nigeria I grew up in, interpersonal relations between Christians and Muslims used to be reasonably cordial and respectful— for the most part.

The UN and the World Food Programme on Friday warned that a lack of funding could lead to the imminent suspension of humanitarian flight 

Nigerian musician, Afeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley on Friday released two new tracks titled “Wahala” and “OMO” amid unresolved controversies surrounding the death of his former signee, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad.

The Ondo State governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Friday, signed the 2024 Appropriation bill, shortly after it was passed into law by the state House of Assembly.

 The federal government Friday finally received $2.25 billion out of the $3.3 billion foreign exchange loan facility from the Afreximbank.

Kano State Governor,  Abba Yusuf, has laid the foundation of three-layer interchange bridge at Dan’agundi junction, and a clover leaf Overpass bridge at Tal’udu roundabout,all in Kano metropolis, worth N27 billion.

The identity of a personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) who was killed by Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) has been revealed.

Seyi Tinubu, Nigeria’s president’s son, on Thursday posted a video featuring his father, Bola Tinubu, along with him, his wife Layal, and their children.

Afrobeats musician, Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has reportedly spent over a billion naira on a brand-new Ferrari SF90.

The convoy of a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chris Uba was Thursday night in Uga, Aguata local government area of Anambra state attacked by gunmen, the Nation has reported.

  Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has demanded the immediate release from an alleged military incarceration of one Mr. Peter Agwu reportedly picked up from inside a church during his white wedding.

 The Nigerian Exchange Group has announced the appointment of Temi Popoola as the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer-designate of the group ahead of the retirement of the current GMD, Oscar Onyema, next year.

The Federal Government has listed more motor parks where Nigerians can benefit from the administration’s 50 per cent waiver on transport fares for return trips during the festive season.

Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State has approved the suspension from service of Usman Aliyu, a staff of Malumfashi Local Government Area over alleged land racketeering.