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A High Court in Minna, the Niger State, has issued a warrant of arrest on the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Faruk Yahaya. He was arrested for contempt. The court also ordered the arrest of Olugbenga Olabanji,…
The Federal Government said state governors were partly responsible for the rising rate of poverty in the country. The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba said this on Wednesday after the…
A top commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province, Muhammad Malik, has been killed by troops of the air task force in the Lake Chad region. Malik was a member of the Shura Council in Marte before going for a…
Former Chinese President, Jiang Zemin is dead. He died in his home town in Shanghai, at the age of 96 on Wednesday. Zemin who led the country for a decade of rapid economic growth after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989,…
The newly elected Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has tasked the members of the panels and committees to track all looted public assets belonging to the state. This is contained in a statement issued by…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has explained the reason for the simplicity of the naira redesign. Last week, President Muhammadu Buhariunveiled the redesigned naira notes. However, many Nigerians expressed…
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, reacted to the assassination of Mrs Victoria Chintex, the women leader of the party in Kaura Area Council of Kaduna State. TalkGlitz had reported that…
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, says N206 billion captured in the ministry of humanitarian affairs’ 2023 budget proposal was wrongly coded by the Budget Office. She stated this…
The women leader of the Labour Party (LP) in Kaura LGA of Kaduna state, Victoria Chintex, was shot dead by gunmen. she died on Monday after gunmen invaded her residence in Kaura and shot her. Her husband was also said…
A federal high court in Abuja sentenced the inspector-general of police, Usman Baba to three months in prison for disobeying a court order. The presiding judge, Mobolaji Olajuwon, issued the ruling on Tuesday, following…
The National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu visited the burnt INEC office in Ogun State. While addressing newsmen at the scene of the burnt INEC office in Abeokuta Ogun…
The Kano State Government has banned tricycle riders on major roads within the Kano metropolis in the state. Tricycle is popularly known as “Adaidaita Sahu” in Kano State. The ban is to start on Wednesday, November 30,…
A Lawmaker representing the Obokun State Constituency in Osun State House of Assembly, Adewumi Adeyemi, has said the lawmakers did not at any of its sittings review Governor Ademola Adeleke’s inaugural address. Adeyemi…
American multinational technology company, Amazon, will shut down its wholesale distribution business in India. The online retail giant is said to have shifted its focus to core retail business operations amid…
The Federal Government has approved the commencement of 14-working-day paternity leave for federal male civil servants. The paternity leave, which is for serving male officers whose spouse delivers a baby, is said not…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says the recent attacks on its facilities will not stop the conduct of the 2023 general election. The INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Monday when he…
A small museum in south-east London has begun the official process of returning looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria. The Horniman Museum, which houses a collection of 72 treasured items that were taken by force from Benin…
The Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has sacked over 12,000 workers, suspended the chairperson of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) and ordered the dethronement of three monarchs. Adeleke also…
A court in Comoros on Monday handed down a life sentence to ex-president Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, for high treason, who was convicted of selling passports to stateless people living in the Gulf. He was sentenced by the…
The Abuja court of appeal has affirmed Bashir Machina as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Yobe north senatorial district. There has been a controversy over the senatorial ticket of the APC in…
