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Timi Dakolo has responded to critics of his performance at the Atiku Abubakar presidential ambition declaration earlier today. The singer was bashed by many on social media for identifying with the former Vice…
Wema Bank Plc at the weekend ended its third SME Business School in Abuja. In partnership with Abuja Enterprise Agency, The SME Business School began on March 14, this year. The platform was aimed at equipping owners…
An Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada, Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced a 19-year-old student, Hillary Yunana to four months imprisonment for stealing spaghetti and indomie from a shop. The convict, a resident of Bassa…
The Deputy Inspector-General (DIG) of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), Mr Joseph Egbunike is dead. Until his death, Egbunike was in charge of the highest investigating arm of the…
A fire incident has been recovered at the Federal Ministry of Finance in the early hours of today. According to eyewitnesses, the fire was caused by an explosion of expired inverter batteries in the basement of the…
Nigeria's vice president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has left the country on Thursday for a meeting with leaders of the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) over the recent military takeover in Mali, Burkina…
The citizens told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday that the annual commemoration would draw local and international attention to the welfare of the nation’s senior citizens. One of the respondents, Philomina Eze,…
The Federal High Court Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to pay a fine of an aggregate sum of N200,000 to the four members of Indigenous People of Biafra, who…
Suspected political thugs on Tuesday invaded the campaign office of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar at the Investment Quarters, eight kilometres away from the Gombe metropolis destroying properties The hoodlums…
Unknown gunmen have again stormed the Utako, Abuja office of the THISDAY newspaper in the early hours of yesterday. The armed men, according to an eyewitness came in through the back fence of the company’s premises just…
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday approved the sum of N215,811,290,243 as budget for the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) for the 2022 fiscal year. The approval followed the consideration of a report by the…
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited yesterday said there is sufficient stock of petrol to meet local demand, calling on the public to desist from panic buying of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), or…
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Monday, ordered prisons officers to shoot dead anybody who attempts to attack any correctional centre in the country. The minister gave this order while inspecting the…
The Federal Government yesterday dispelled rumours that there are fresh outbreaks of a new polio virus across the country. It stated that while there is no outbreak of the wild polio virus (WPV), there have however been…
Ahead of the Abuja municipal area council (AMAC) elections scheduled for 12th of February 2022, the chairmanship candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), Hon Michael Odoh has promised to cut down AMAC taxes and…
Wizkid has kicked off his Wizkid Live In Concert in Nigeria with the Abuja edition last night and it might just be one of the memorable moments for the Starboy. While performing on stage, some overzealous fans got…
Senate President Ahmad Lawan yesterday spoke on the controversy over salaries and allowances of members of the National Assembly. He said contrary to allegations of “jumbo pay,” the National Assembly is grossly…
Fisayo Soyombo, Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) founder, is being detained at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Abuja. Soyombo had on November 23, 2021, received a text message from the security…
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an application by former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to overturn the forfeiture of her $40 million worth of jewellery seized by the Nigerian government. The Lagos…
The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday disclosed that one fake Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Lawrence Ajojo and 14 others have been arrested for allegedly invading Justice Mary Odili’s residence in the Federal…
