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There is a COVID-19 infections surge in Nigeria after the country recorded more than 500 COVID-19 cases in daily figures for the third time on Friday. The government is struggling to deal with a new and more infectious variant of the virus, the Delta Variant. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said figures on […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday questioned former Senate President Bukola Saraki over alleged misappropriation of public funds and money laundering. According to sources who confirmed the news to Channels Television, Saraki arrived the EFCC office around 2pm. According to sources, Mr Saraki is alleged to have hired suspected proxies, who executed […]

Some state governments and police commands in the South-East have kicked against an order by the Indigenous People of Biafra declaring every Monday a sit-at-home day from August 9 until its leader Nnamdi Kanu is released from the detention of the Department of State Services. The police and state governments asked the people to go […]

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered an “internal review of the allegations” against a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, by a United States Court. Force spokesman, Frank Mba made this known in a statement on Thursday. Earlier, the United States District Court for the Central District of California said alleged international fraudster, […]

There are strong indications that Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, may be deported to Nigeria. Upon his deportation, operatives of the Nigeria Police Force would arrest him, a security source confided in Punch correspondent. However, the activist’s lawyers have kicked against the move, saying that it was against international law. […]

Athletes and officials of Team Nigeria at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are reportedly at loggerheads over phones given to athletes from each participating country by Samsung. Samsung, who is one of the sponsors of the Olympics, gave a phone – Samsung S20+ 5G Olympics Games Athlete Edition – which costs over $1,000, to […]

United States lawmakers are holding the proposed sale of attack helicopters to Nigeria. They are alleging concerns about alleged human rights violations. Top Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have delayed clearing a proposed sale of 12 AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters and accompanying defence systems to the military. This has paused a […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra has asked the Federal Government to release its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, on or before Sunday, August 8, 2021, threatening to enforce a total lockdown in the South-East geopolitical zone from Monday, August 9, 2021, if the ultimatum is not heeded. The group also maintained that self determination had never been […]

The Kaduna State High Court, on Wednesday, discharged and acquitted the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, also known as Shi’ites, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, who had been standing trial since December 2015. Their detention and subsequent trial followed a clash between the convoy of the then Chief of Army […]

The Beninese  authorities have filed fresh charges against Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Igboho, who was arrested in the country last Monday but no date has been fixed for hearing the case. One of Igboho’s lawyers, Ibrahim Salami, who disclosed the new charges after late Monday night’s hearing, said Igboho was confronted […]

Seven officers of the Nigerian Navy have been abducted in Edo State. The security personnel were abducted while travelling to Delta from Kaduna. Daily Trust gathered that five of the Naval officers have been rescued by the police. The officers from a Naval Base in Kaduna state were said to have abducted on Sapele-Warri road. […]

The Presidency has warned State House staff against the disclosure of classified information to the public. The Permanent Secretary, State House, Tijjani Umar, gave the warning when 42 staff of the presidency were administered with oath of secrecy. Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court administered the oath at the State […]

A total of 479 people have been killed in the current outbreak of Cholera in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in it latest situation report. It said since the beginning of this year, a total of 19,305 suspected cases have been recorded and that the disease has spread to […]

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu will remain in the custody of the Department of State Services despite a request to transfer him to Kuje correctional centre. Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court gave the order on Monday during the resumption of Kanu’s trial in Abuja. In an application to […]

The Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for the National Identification Number (NIN)-SIM data verification to October 31. This was disclosed in a statement jointly signed by the Head, Corporate Communications, Nigeria Identity Management, Mr Kayode Adegoke and Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde of the Nigerian Communications Commission, on Saturday. They said the decision […]

The legal team and supporters of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a. Igboho, will prefer that he dies in Benin Republic than allow him to be handed over to the Nigerian government, his lawyer, Ibrahim David Salami, declared on Saturday. Salami vowed that everything would be done to ensure that Igboho is not extradited to […]

Bandits have released six from a group of 28 people they had been holding for 67 days, saying they released four of them as Sallah gifts to their community in Katsina State. Premium Times reported how the outlaws in May killed a local businessman, kidnapped 28 residents and rustled several cattle in Batsari town. But local […]

A man in Katsina, Yahuza Ibrahim, who named his daughter Buhariyya, presumably after President Muhammadu Buhari, has changed her name to Kauthar. He said this is because the president has failed to fulfil his campaign promises. In a video clip seen by Premium Times, Mr Ibrahim, who is from Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina, said his […]