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The Civil Society Forum has been inundated with calls and messages regarding the devious, blackmailing and political plots ongoing to oust the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Sheik Isa Pantami over religious views he…

President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed door with acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday. The acting I-G was officially presented to President Buhari by the Minister of Police…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cautioned political parties against acrimonious and violent congresses and primaries, threatening to boycott the exercises if its staff continues to be exposed to harm. The…

Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Monday signed bills to establish the Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission and two other agencies into law. Sanwo-Olu also assented to the Lagos State Lotteries & Gaming Authority…

Senate on Monday urged the 36 Governors to grant autonomy to judiciary. It insisted autonomy for judiciary is non-negotiable. Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, made the…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday hosted his Nigerien counterpart, Mohamed Bazoum, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the visiting Nigerien leader, who is on a two-day official visit to…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday received briefing from Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the State House in Abuja. The President returned last Thursday evening after spending 16 days in London, the United Kingdom (UK) for medical…

The Zamfara state government has announced that it has spent 2.9 billion on essential commodities which will be distributed to various categories of people as Ramadan welfare. This was contained in a statement released by the state…

Interim administrator of presidency amnesty programme (PAP), Milland Dikio 1has stated that the era of violence amd armed struggle in the Niger Delta region is over. This was stated by Dikio at the graduation of 200 delegates of PAP at…

The Executive Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has stated that the state will spend over N100 billion to construct the 37-kilometre rail mass transit red line project. This statement was made by the state governor when he…

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged the Minister of Communications and Digital Planning, Dr. Isa Pantami, not to be distracted and that he should ignore calls by some people demanding his resignation. There have been calls for…

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said claims by his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki that Federal the Government printed about N60 Billion to share to the federating units in March cannot be regarded as spurious. The governor…

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB has condemned plans by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria to deploy 5,000 vigilantes to the South-East region. The Miyetti Allah group had recently announced it will…

The Executive Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has disclosed that the yellow buses popularly known as 'danfo' will not be scrapped but would rather be remodeled to meet modern standards. Recall that the state Commissioner for…

The Executive Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has refuted reports accusing him of diverting funds allocated to local governments (LGs). This was contained in a statement released on Sunday by the special adviser to the…

Dr. Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu, former Governor of Niger State has acccused the Federal Government under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari of being clueless on how to turn the economy of the country around. This statement was made…

Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture has appealed to Nigerians to shun promoters of secession. The information minister also stated that those who support separation and secession would be the first to run away when any…

Bashir Magashi, the Minister of Defence has dared Nigerian soldiers to step up the fight against terrorists by becoming more daring and should not be afraid of “the bullet.” The defence minister who is a retired Brig.-General also stated…

President Muhammadu Buhari has been requested by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to probe the "missing N106 billion" in 149 ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). In a letter dated April 17, SERAP urged…

Deputy Governor of Lagos state, Obafemi Hazmat stated that tribalism has contributed to the state of insecurity in the country. According to Hazmat, irrespective of tribe or religion, Nigerians must come together in other to survive as a…

The Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday called on the Department of State Service to immediately invite the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, for questioning over his alleged affiliations with the Taliban and…

Names of 112 school girls who were abducted and still held captive by Boko Haram insurgents when they invaded Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok on April 14, 2014 have released by the Lagos arm of Bring Back Our Girls movement.…

A bill seeking to scrap the local government (LG) system in the country has been kicked against by the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE). Recall that a member of the house of representatives, Solomon Bob had in December…

Governors of South-east states have been acccused by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of compiling the names of its members to hand over to the federal government. This was disclosed in a statement released by the IPOB spokeperson,…

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye has condemned the recent attacks by bandits on traditional institutions in Ekiti State. The cleric, spoke against the backdrop of separate…