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President Muhammadu Buhari Friday declared that he could travel to his hometown, Daura, every two weeks if he likes and nobody can stop him but there are constraints of cost and exposing security to weather. […]

A total of 50,992 out of 68,747 inmates in Nigerian prisons are awaiting trial. Minister of Interior and immediate past governor of Osun State, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this on Friday at the inauguration of […]

The federal government has received 470,000 doses of COVID vaccine donated by the Chinese government. CUI Jianchun, Chinese ambassador to Nigeria, made the donation to Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, in Abuja on Friday. Jianchun […]

Umar Faruk Umar, the Emir of Daura, says Nigeria is “lucky” to have Muhammadu Buhari as president at this point in time. The monarch said things “would have been very difficult” if Buhari was not […]

Julius Berger Nigeria PLC says it will close sections of the Lagos-Shagamu expressway to facilitate repairs. In a statement issued on Friday, the construction firm said repairs would be done around the Eldorado and Lotto […]

The Federal Government says it has commenced the payment of death benefits of deceased doctors and other health workers under the Group Life Insurance. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said this at […]

Barely one week after the police in Adamawa apprehended a man for beating his wife to death, a similar incident has re-occurred in the state. Hammawa Usman, 41, of Jada Ward, Ganye town in Ganye […]

The Alara of Ilara Kingdom, in Epe Division of Lagos State, Olufolarin Ogunsanwo, on Friday urged the federal government to grant constitutional sovereignty to traditional institutions. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]

The prices of protein and carbohydrate-rich foods in Nigeria rose at an average of 58 per cent in the last year, as the country continues to face insecurity, attacks on farmers, and economic problems aggravated […]

Barring any upset from opposition parties, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) may be set for another landslide win in Saturday’s local government elections in Lagos State. Four years ago, the ruling party in the […]

The Emir of Muri Empire, Abbas Tafida, has issued a 30-day ultimatum to herdsmen in the state to vacate the forest. The Emir’s order has caused palpable fear in some parts of Taraba State after […]

Nseobong Okon-Ekong writes that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo understands the challenges and demands of the office of President of Nigeria and has acquired the depth of on-the-job-training and preparedness to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari Yemi […]

It used to be so easy. A reporter brings a story and the excited editor goes through it and simply publishes it, confident that the claims are correct. Very often, impressed editors offered some morale […]

Journalists could be hit with lengthy prison sentences if their stories upset the Government under ‘sweeping reforms’ to the Official Secrets Act, the newspaper industry warned yesterday. Reporters given leaked documents would be treated similarly […]

DUE to the intractable traffic challenges confronting most Nigerian cities, the advent of commercial motorcycles as a means of transport was hailed as a welcome necessity. This was particularly the case in traffic jam-prone Lagos […]

Sequel to the alleged abduction of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu in Kenya and his alleged rendition to Nigeria and continued detention by the Department of State Service, DSS, the United […]

Kaduna State is under siege, its government and estimated 9.48 million people terrorised by hordes of bandits and militias operating with impunity. The seeming helplessness of the state was demonstrated anew when bandits recently stormed […]

Britain has asked Nigeria to explain where and how its citizen, Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra was kidnapped. The diplomatic query followed the statement by Kanu’s lawyer that the IPOB leader […]