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Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s request for more time to produce a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, to face her money laundering charges. The judge had on July 24, 2020, issued criminal summons against the ex-minster to appear […]

Nigerians are now at the mercy of criminals with nowhere safe, Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, said on Wednesday. He described Saturday’s killing of no fewer than 43 rice farmers in Borno as “a senseless act”. The senate put the death toll at 67. According to him, bandits now control many northern […]

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, says some people are scared that restructuring would affect their political viability. He said this in a press statement by his Special Adviser to the Governor (Media and Communication), Muyiwa Adekeye. The statement was titled, ‘Restructuring is a national endeavour, let’s realise it together’, and shared by the governor on […]

  The United Kingdom (UK) has launched a number of immigration routes under its new points-based immigration system, including the skilled worker route (formerly known as the Tier 2 Visa). Applications for the new skilled worker visa by the UK, according to the Senior Press and Public Affairs Officer, British High Commission, Abuja, Christopher Ogunmodede, […]

Ahmed Zakari, special adviser to the president on infrastructure, says the federal government will sanction any official of electricity distribution companies (DisCos) who sell prepaid meters to customers. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting on Wednesday, Zakari said the prepaid meters are meant to be provided to customers at no cost. He added that there is […]

The Northern Elders Forum on Wednesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign. According to the group, the President has failed in the two critical areas of security and economy and as such has ‘nothing new to offer’ Nigerians. NEF Spokesman, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, stated this tonight on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme monitored by Punch. He […]

Lionel Messi and Barcelona have been fined a combined £706 after the player was shown a yellow card for lifting his shirt to pay tribute to the late Diego Maradona following his goal in Sunday’s 4-0 win over Osasuna. Messi, who was fined £543 while his club were fined £162, paid homage to his late […]

The Senate has, again, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately initiate a way to phase out the current Service Chiefs and replace them with new ones with fresh ideas and solutions. This was one of the many resolutions that the lawmakers adopted in a nearly hour-long deliberation on insecurity across the country and the recent killing of […]

A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has started an online campaign calling for an independent medical examination to ascertain the physical and mental health of President Muhammadu Buhari. Ezekwesili hinged her decision to start the #MedicalPanelOnBuhari on the fact that the country’s conditions had become too grave for Nigerians to sit still and watch “a train […]

A Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Prof. Ikeoluwa Lagunju, has blamed home deliveries, prolonged labour in the absence of skilled medical personnel and injury at birth for some of the causes of epilepsy in babies. Lagunju, who said infections could also cause the condition in babies and said injuries to the […]

The House of Representatives has passed a resolution to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to brief the house on the true state of the security situation in the country. The decision to summon President Buhari was taken at Tuesday’s plenary when the House considered a motion moved by members from Borno State on the recent massacre […]

Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been named Forbes Africa Person of the Year 2020. “The 2020 #AfricanOftheYear Award honoree is…Congratulations to Dr. @NOlweala! Board Chair @Gavi; Board Chair @ARCapicity, gracing the cover of @forbesafrica,” the world’s leading voice for entrepreneurial success and free enterprise tweeted on Tuesday. Reacting to the development, Okonjo-Iweala, who […]

Security agencies in Niger Republic have arrested the former Chairman of the defunct  Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina. A top security officer confided in Punch that Maina was arrested by Nigerian Security agencies on Monday. Maina, who is being prosecuted on 12 counts of money laundering to the tune of N2bn by the  Economic […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Monday released its end-of-year travel advisory on COVID-19 for the Christmas and New Year period, warning that necessary measures should be taken to limit the spread of coronavirus. The organisation advised Nigerians to limit their festivities to members of their immediate families. The NCDC said that while remaining […]

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has urged Nigerians to be weary of festivities such as Christmas carols as the year winds down. It also warned against non-essential travels just as it asked Nigerians abroad to remain wherever they are or stand the risk of being stranded in the country in the event that the […]

A majority of the personnel of the Nigeria Police Force are not engaged in police duty, despite the shortage of manpower in the force. This is the position of Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State who is worried about the rate of insecurity in the country. Speaking during his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, […]

No fewer than 86 persons were killed in violent attacks across Nigeria last week, according to various newspaper reports and available records. Also, at least nine persons were kidnapped as Nigeria continues to battle violent acts carried out by various armed groups and individuals. Apart from the resurgent Boko Haram attacks in the North East, […]

Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), said the corps will introduce the National Identity Number (NIN) information for vehicle registration by the first quarter of 2021. Mr Oyeyemi revealed this when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Friday. The corps marshall said the essence of the […]