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The United States has placed Nigeria on its Special Watch-List (SWL) for governments that have engaged in or tolerated severe violations of religious freedom. This was announced in a statement by Mike Pompeo, US secretary of state, on Friday. Other countries added to the list besides Nigeria are Cuba, Nicaragua and Sudan. The US secretary of state did […]

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has called on the universities in Nigeria to be more proactive in ensuring that their graduates are employable. He said many Nigerian graduates were being described as unemployable by some employers of labour, saying this was worrisome to his regime. Buhari stated this at the 31st Convocation of […]

U.S. President Donald Trump said that he wanted the Senate to launch the impeachment trial immediately. Trump made this known on his Twitter page late on Thursday. “So after the Democrats gave me no Due Process in the House, no lawyers, no witnesses, no nothing, they now want to tell the Senate how to run […]

The Minister of Women Affairs in Nigeria, Mrs. Pauline Tallen, says the Sex Offender Register will be fully implemented to protect girls and women from sexual abuse. Tallen gave this assurance when she took a tour of the The National Centre for Women Development (NCWD), on Friday, in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), […]

President of Dangote Group, Mr. Aliko Dangote, has expressed the readiness of his company to increase its investment in Nigeria. He made this known on Friday when he led some state governors on a visit to the site of the Dangote Refinery, Petrochemicals and Fertiliser projects at Ibeju Lekki, Lagos. News Agency of Nigeria reports that […]

At least 22 former governors are either being investigated by the Federal Government or already standing trial in various courts. The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami, announced this on Thursday at a press conference in Abuja. “We have three former governors convicted and serving various jail terms for corruption-related […]

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have ended the year with their highest world ranking in the last decade, FIFA rankings reveal. According to data released by the football governing body on Thursday, the Eagles ended the year in the 31st position. The last time Nigeria finished a year higher was in 2009, when the team […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says it is important to have “Orderly, disciplined and modern police officers” because the Nigeria Police Force remains the critical pillar of Nigeria’s domestic security agenda. President Buhari said this in Kano while commissioning 624 Cadets of the Regular Course Two of the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, where he served as the […]

The Igbo Youth Assembly (IYA) worldwide has asked leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu to apologise to President Muhammadu Buhari for consistently abusing his personality and administration. The assembly also urged all Nigerians to key in and support “the laudable initiatives” of the present administration on home grown economy, food […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has picked up a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke ( SAN) upon arrival from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Adoke is being probed alongside others over $1.06billion Malabu Oil Block ( OPL 245) deal. The ex-AGF was arrested in Abu Dhabi on […]

Toyota Corolla has emerged the Nigerian car of the Year (COTY) for year 2109. The award was handed to the managing Director of Toyota Nigeria Limited (TNL), Mr. Adekunle Ade-Ojo, at this year’s Annual award organized by the Nigerian Automotive Journalists Association (NAJA). Also in contest for the COTY crown, were Hyundai Tucson and GAC […]

The Senator representing Imo North Senatorial District, Benjamin Uwajumogu, is dead. Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, Rochas Okorocha confirmed the death of Uwajumogu to reporters at the Senate on Wednesday. He was said to have slumped in the toilet while taking his bath and rushed to a private hospital in Apo, Abuja where he […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has administered oath of office on nine federal permanent secretaries, including the wife of Chris Ngige, minister of labour. The permanent secretaries were sworn in in two batches of five and four before the commencement of the federal executive council (FEC) meeting at the presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. The nine permanent […]

The Federal High Court in Warri, Delta State, has awarded N50m damages against the Nigerian Army for the murder of Ajayi Oladele, who was said to have died as a result of a spinal cord injury he sustained when he was arrested and beaten by some soldiers in Warri in 2017. Oladele was said to […]

President Trump has become the third president in U.S. history to be impeached. The House passed both articles of impeachment: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The historic votes charged the president with “high crimes and misdemeanors” in connection with a Ukraine pressure campaign. For the third time in the nation’s history, the House of […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to explain why the #RevolutionNow protests convener, Omoyele Sowore, was still being detained despite the bail granted by the court. Justice Inyang Ekwo made […]

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed displeasure with the speed with which the six-year single term proposal for president and governors was rejected by the House of Representatives. Abubakar expressed the displeasure in a statement issued by his Media Adviser, Mr. Paul Ibe, on Tuesday in Abuja, while reacting to the rejection of the […]

A former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, who was on December 5 convicted of N7.1bn fraud and sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment, has urged the court to grant him a post-conviction bail. Kalu, who has since been taken to the prison after conviction, said in an application on Tuesday that he is battling serious […]