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President Muhammadu Buhari has said that terrorists who go about killing innocent people with bombs and knives while shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ don’t know God and are lying. President Buhari also said that those people perpetrating such evil acts are lying because “Islam did not give individuals the right to kill others without following due process […]

The implementation of the ‘no forex for food import’ directive could save $20 billion for the economy, a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) data has shown. President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday ordered the CBN to exclude importers of food items from accessing forex from official windows. According to a CBN source, Nigeria saved around $21 […]

The Ministry Of Interior says that marriages conducted at unlicensed places of worship are a breach of the Marriage Act. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Mrs Georgina Ehuriah, stated this during the South-South/southeast stakeholders’ conference on conduct of statutory marriage in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Ehuriah said that only 4,725 licensed places of worship […]

Authorities in Tanzania are considering publishing the identities of all married men on a website run by a state agency as part of efforts to curb cheating and protect young women from “unnecessary heartbreaks.” Dar es Salaam regional commissioner, Paul Makonda, who disclosed this on Monday, August 12, said: “I have received a lot of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Daura, Katsina State, disclosed that he has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria to stop providing foreign exchange for importation of food into the country, based on “the steady improvement in agricultural production, and attainment of full food security.” The President, who hosted All Progressives Congress governors to Eid-el-Kabir […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has lamented that Nigerian youths are making the fight against drug abuse increasingly difficult by continually improving otherwise harmless substances which they take in substitution of banned drugs to get intoxicated. The Head of Drug Reduction of the NDLEA in Adamawa State, Shehu Dankolo, made the point during […]

US President Donald Trump’s administration is to make it more difficult for poorer legal migrants to extend their visas or gain permanent resident status (a green card). The rule targets migrants who rely on public benefits, such as food aid or public housing, for more than a year. Their applications will be rejected if the […]

An Indian man apparently angered at getting a BMW for his birthday – instead of a Jaguar – pushed the new vehicle into a river. The young man, only known as Akash, from Haryana in northern India, was given a BMW M3 car by his mother and father. Video posted on social media shows it […]

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 52-year-old man, Emmanuel Ikhine, for allegedly raping his 18 years old biological daughter (name withheld), who is currently pregnant for her father. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed this to Premium Times on Sunday. He said the suspect, who resides at number six, Iyaniwura street, […]

After spending over three years in custody, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, on Monday evening departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, for India for medical treatment. This was sequel to the order of Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court granting El-Zakzaky […]

Governor Nyesom Wike lied about the arrest of River’s most wanted criminal, Bobrisky. Contrary to the statement credited to the governor, Nigerian Army has denied reports that its soldiers arrested the notorious cult leader in Gokana local government area. It means the governor’s N30million bounty is still available as the gang leader is on the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concerns that violent extremist ideas sometimes shown by some Muslims give Islam a wrong name. He, therefore, urged Muslims to distance themselves from those who preach violence. Buhari spoke on Sunday during his Eid-el-Kabir message to the nation, as made available by his Special Assistant On New Media, Bashir Ahmad, via […]