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The Federal Government has declared bandits as terrorists, The PUNCH has learnt. After weeks of footdragging, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), gazetted a court judgement that ordered the […]

The Lagos State Government has debunked the speculation that the late 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Sylvester Oromoni Junior, was beaten and forced to drink a poisonous substance by his seniors which allegedly led […]

Governors of Nigeria’s southwest states have condemned the alleged role of the attorney-general Abubakar Malami in deploying security operatives to evict residents of Magodo Estate in Lagos State. The governors said it was ‘disgraceful’ for […]

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has ruled out the suggestions to strengthen the country’s security architecture with a state police system. Buhari in an interview scheduled to air on Channels Television at 7:00 pm Wednesday, January […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said he would not release leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu from prison. The president, in an interview with Channels Television, said he would not interfere […]

Hakeem Odumosu, the Lagos state commissioner of police, on Saturday, ordered the arrest of four security guards for their “refusal to allow” him into Brooks Estate, Magodo. Adekunle Ajisebutu, the state police spokesman, confirmed the […]

Bashir Tofa, a former presidential candidate, is dead. Mr Tofa died in the early hours of Monday at the age of 74 after a protracted illness. A close associate of the deceased, Magaji Galadima (Kachallan […]

The federal government has extended the deadline for the ongoing national identification number (NIN) and subscriber identity module (SIM) integration exercise by three months. The new deadline is March 31, 2022. Isa Pantami, minister of […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that his principal, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), made “tremendous progress” in the fight against banditry and insurgency in 2021. He stated this in Lagos […]

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain and former Delta State gubernatorial aspirant, Sunny Onuesoke has said that Nigeria had a better economy under PDP. According to him, “Under PDP, you had a government that listened, had […]

Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says the agency is working with international partners to ensure Nigeria gets vaccines with long expiration date. Adeyeye spoke […]

The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, António Guterres, has called on countries of the world to prepare for the next pandemic as COVID-19 will not be the last. Guterres said this in his message late on […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission’s plan to transmit election results electronically in 2023 is currently doubtful as the Federal Government has revealed that only 473 out of 774 local government areas in the country have […]

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) says the joint committee tackling violation of consumer rights in the money lending industry will shut down illegal businesses. Babatunde Irukera, the chief executive officer of FCCPC, […]

The Integrated Resources Limited, IRL, a leading metering company, weekend, disclosed that it has provided prepaid meters to over 33,000 customers in Lagos, Ibadan and Kaduna since its inception. The company said while it has […]

Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, says he is optimistic that high-profile insurgents will be “taken out” before the end of the current administration. Speaking on Sunday Politics, a Channels Television programme, Adesina said with the current […]

Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), says the electoral amendment bill was rejected by President Muhammadu Buhari because of its tendency to worsen insecurity in the country. The president had declined assent to the […]