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The inspector-general of police(IGP), Usman Baba, says all constables recently recruited into the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) will be deployed to provide security during the 2023 elections. The IGP disclosed this said…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has registered 49 confirmed Monkeypox (Mpox) cases. The agency said no new death was recorded as of December 23, 2022. This was disclosed via the NCDC…
The President, Mohammadu Buhari says the governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello disobeyed him. The president made this revelation on Thursday at the commissioning of some legacy projects in Kogi State Buhari said he had…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the 2023 election will be the most credible election in Africa. INEC’s national commissioner for information and voter education, Festus Okoye said this on…
The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, has upheld Biodun Oyebanji’s victory at the governorship election held on June 18, 2022. Oyebanji who was the governorship candidate of the All…
A massive explosion rocked a community in Okene LGA of Kogi state on Thursday. The incident was said to have happened at the Oyinoyi’s Palace in the Okenne Local Government Area of the state. Police and other security…
The President, Mohammadu Buhari has expressed his condolences over the death of George Obiozor, the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation. George Obiozor, 80, died recently…
Akin Osuntokun, newly appointed Director General (DG) of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Labour Party (LP), says former president, Olusegun Obasanjo is in full support of the LP presidential candidate,…
The Senate has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the deadline for the withdrawal of old naira notes from circulation. The CBN was encouraged by the Senate to extend the deadline to June. CBN had on Oct.…
The Senate has suspended President Mohammadu's plea to approve N23.7 trillion spent without the approval of the national assembly. The decision was taken after a rowdy session on Wednesday by lawmakers who opposed the…
The House of Representatives has passed the N21.83 trillion budget for the 2023 fiscal year. The appropriation bill was passed by the lower legislative chamber on Wednesday after Muktar Betara, chairman of the committee…
The Senate is currently in a rowdy session over the request by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, to approve the N23.7 trillion spent by the federal government without approval by the National assembly. At the plenary on…
The Nigerian Senate has passed the N819 billion supplementary budget for the 2022 fiscal year. This development is coming after the senate extended the implementation of the 2022 budget till March 31, 2023. The…
Former Pope Benedict XVI, 95, who in 2013 became the first pontiff in 600 years to step down, is very sick. His successor Pope Francis disclosed this on Wednesday, asking the church to pray for him. The Vatican later…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says he never promised the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that their arrears salaries owed by the Federal government will be paid. The was…
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has described the country as an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp. Obi said as long as there were Nigerians, who are forced to leave their homes to…
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River, Bassey Otu, has announced the suspension of his campaign. The suspension was announced in a statement signed by the candidate on…
The Governor of Gombe State, Inuwa Yahaya, has assured of Bola Tinubu’s, capacity to deliver if elected president in 2023. He said Tinubu won’t disappoint Nigerians if elected as president, because he has the capacity…
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) says the accumulated debt from the unstructured supplementary service data (USSD), owed to them by banks, rose to N80 billion as of November…
The Federal government says it will soon make some pronouncements on salary increases for workers. The federal government said the Presidential Committee on Salaries was doing a review and expected to come up with…
