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The Senate has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits as terrorists. During the plenary on Wednesday, the federal lawmakers also asked President Buhari to declare all the known leaders of the bandits wanted and track them wherever they are for arrest and prosecution. The resolutions followed a motion moved by the Senator representing Sokoto […]

Dr. Chike Akunyili, widower of the late Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Dora Akunyili, has been killed by gunmen at Nkpor, in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. Seven other persons were also killed in the incident, yet-to-be-confirmed reports allege. The incident reportedly happened on […]

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved a 14-day paternity leave to make men properly bond with their newborn baby or adopted one. The paternity leave is for men in the federal civil service. The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan says the reason politicians run to the courts after elections is because they have no confidence in the electoral management body. He said this after delivering the inaugural lecture of the National Defence College in Abuja on Wednesday. Dr Jonathan told newsmen that politicians will only accept election results when they […]

Hon Shina Peller, who represents Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Iwajowa/Kajola Federal Constituency in Oyo State has urged youths to reignite their energies for the BBNaija show in the 2023 polls. He advised youths to accord the 2023 general polls the same energy and devotion to the reality show. The Ayedero of Yorubaland said the 2023 general elections will mark […]

The iPhone 13 which Apple released earlier this month will hinder users from using the Face ID feature if the screen is replaced by a third-party, such as a phone repairer. This means that if an iPhone 13 user damages their screen, they must go to an Apple store to have it replaced if they […]

Convicted fraudster, Obinwanne Okeke, better known as Invictus, who is currently serving a 10-year sentence in a United States prison for $11m fraud, says it is insulting comparing him with self professed fraudster, Ramon Abass, aka Hushpuppi, Yahoo News reports. Invictus said while he took to fraud in order to empower the less fortunate in Nigeria, Hushpuppi […]

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, says the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic had shown that ”COVID-19 is a disease, which we will have to learn to live safely with”. Mr Ihekweazu said this on Monday in Abuja at the national briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, while […]

The naira exchanged to the dollar at 580 on Friday, while the Pound Sterling traded for 780 at the parallel market. According to some Bureau de Change operators, dollar was bought and sold at 575 and 580, while the Pound Sterling was bought and sold at 775 and 780. At the I&E forex window, the […]

The United States government has gathered over 2,700 electronic files as part of evidence for trial in the $1.1million fraud case involving a top Nigerian police officer, Abba Kyari, a court filing has shown. Other sets of investigative reports and “new discoveries” including documents obtained from foreign law enforcement agencies with over 6,700 pages are being […]

Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, the widow of the late leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has explained why she boycotted the party’s campaign inauguration on Saturday in Awka, Anambra State. She said she had to stay away from the party’s campaign inauguration because Obiano once described Ojukwu   as a “dead man who was […]

No fewer than 3,964 Nigerians are currently on the watch list of the Nigeria Immigration Service. The names of the affected individuals, it was gathered, have been placed with security agencies at the nation’s international airports where they will be arrested on sight. According to the 2020 NIS annual report suspect index, 308 persons were […]

Barbers in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province are now prohibited from shaving men’s beards and playing music in their shops. In a statement on Sunday, the Taliban-led Department of Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice in the province, ordered barbers to comply with the new regulation. “From today, shaving beards and playing music in barbershops and public baths […]