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Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the agency will go after persons and organisations hoarding foreign currencies, especially dollars, across the country. According to a statement by Wilson Uwujaren, […]

Governors of Nigerian states under the umbrella of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have again resisted attempts to commence the deduction of $418 million Paris Club refund allegedly owed four contractors from the federation account. The […]

The police have mobilised to foil plans by terrorists to attack the southern part of the country sequel to the infiltration of the region by suspected Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province terrorists. […]

Yusuf Ahmed-Baba, the running mate of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said that both himself and Obi have solutions to end insecurity in Nigeria. Yusuf, however, failed to say what […]

The Federal Government says it will sanction the BBC and Trust Tv for airing respective documentaries glorifying and fueling terrorism, and banditry in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this […]

The Kano State High Court has sentenced Abdulmalik Tanko, a teacher who murdered his pupil, Hanifa Abubakar, last December to death Mr Tanko, the proprietor of Noble Kids College, was sentenced to death by hanging. […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN raised the interest rate to 14 per cent from 13.5 per cent. This is the second raise in interest this year. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced this today […]

Senators on Wednesday threatened to impeach the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over the worsening insecurity in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and the country at large. The angry senator, who are in the […]

Amid glaring danger lurking in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Senate, yesterday, turned deaf ears to the recent threats by terrorists to abduct President Muhammadu Buhari, Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai and lawmakers in […]

Electricity workers, under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), say they will join the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in its solidarity protest over the lingering Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) […]

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday called on members and civil society groups in Lagos State to come out en-masse on Tuesday morning to begin the two-day protest in solidarity with striking lecturers. Mrs […]

The House committee investigating the storming of the US Capitol by Donald Trump supporters wraps up its gripping public hearings on Thursday with a televised primetime finale dissecting the former president’s actions on the day. […]

The internationally respected 74-year-old formally handed his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella, whose role it is to now guide the country out of the crisis. Mattarella is likely to dissolve parliament and call early elections […]

Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, says he will be surprised if the National Labour Congress (NLC) goes ahead with the planned protest. The NLC had threatened to go on a two-day protest on […]

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, is in robust good health, says his Media Aide, Paul Ibe. Mr Ibe, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said that the video […]