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The Federal Government plans to spend a total sum of N14.6tn on debt servicing between 2022 and 2024, an analysis of official data have shown. Projections in the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper for 2022 to 2024 show that the government intends to spend N3.6tn on debt servicing in 2022, N4.9tn in 2023 […]

Investment announcements in Nigeria fell to $1.69bn in the second quarter of this year from $8.41bn in Q1, indicating a decline of about 80 per cent, a new report by the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission has said. The report said the total value of investments interests in the first half of this year fell by […]

The police command in Niger has arrested a man, Mohammed Mohammed, and his wife, Sadiya, for alleged conspiracy and self-kidnapping. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement in Minna on Friday. He said that the couple who are residents of Chanchaga Local Government Area of the state were […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on historians and intellectuals to be fair in documenting  the achievements of his administration. According to a statement by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesperson, Buhari spoke when he received some governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at his country home in Daura, Katsina state. Buhari was quoted as saying it […]

The Federal Government has told a Federal High Court in Lagos that it has not stopped Nigerians from using social media platform, Twitter, adding that many Nigerians are still using it every day. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the Federal Government said this in a counter-affidavit they deposed to in response to […]

The trial involving the publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, and Olawale Bakare has suffered a setback at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The presiding Judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, has been transferred to Calabar and has informed the Chief Justice, Justice Tsoho, that although she would continue with other cases, she would no longer preside […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that more efforts would be made to fish out those troubling the peace of the nation and citizens. He gave the assurance hours after the arrest of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho. The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) arrested Igboho in Cotonou, Benin Republic. Buhari, who […]

The Presidency Tuesday told the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to stop dreaming of winning the 2023 general elections, because the masses will still reckon with President Muhammadu Buhari and will never abandon him. The PDP has been accused of giving false hopes to Nigerians that because of the alleged poor performance of the […]

The Department of State Services (DSS) stopped the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu from seeking consular assistance from the United Kingdom, his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, alleged on Monday. Ejimakor said the Service stopped Kanu from signing two forms to give consent to consular and diplomatic interventions by the United Kingdom […]

Gunmen broke into General Hospital, Ugwolawo, Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State, on Monday, and abducted Solomon Nidiamaka, a medical doctor. Nidiamaka was said to have been forced to an unknown destination by the invaders. Confirming the incident, Dr Omakoji Simeon Oyiguh, and the association secretary, Dr Famotele Talorunju, appealed for the intervention of […]

Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho, has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic, The Punch has learnt. He was arrested at an airport in Cotonou on Monday night, a top source familiar with the matter told Punch correspondent. Igboho was arrested by the security forces in Benin Republic about three weeks after the […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said bullets and other forces of arms alone cannot stop armed robbery, banditry and other forms of criminality in the country. He said this on Sunday in Abuja at the 50th birthday reception of a former Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) and Minister of Aviation, Chief […]

The Nigerian passport is ranked 101st out of 199 countries, according to the ranking done by the Henley Passport Index, described as the original, authoritative ranking of all the world’s passports. The index ranks passports, according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a visa. A London, United Kingdom-based global citizenship and […]

Nigeria has recorded additional 123 new COVID-19 cases, as total infections from the deadly virus rose to 169,329 as of July 17. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official website on Sunday morning. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new infections indicate a decrease from the […]

A human rights activist, Chief Malcolm Emokiniovo Omirhobo, has threatened to file a legal action against President Muhammadu Buhari over the issuance of licence to own an assault rifle for self-defence. Omirhobo had in a letter dated July 8, 2021, with the caption, “Application for licence to possess and own a 6.147 Premium AK47 Assault […]

The former governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari led administration over failure to tackle security challenges rocking Nigeria. Mr Oyinlola served as governor in Osun between 2003 and 2010 under the umbrella of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He later defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) shortly before the 2014 governorship election […]