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  Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has launched a scathing critique of former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, declaring it the worst in Nigeria’s democratic history. Obasanjo, however, said the current government of President Bola Tinubu appears to be following the same ...

  President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudasiru Obasa, and other lawmakers from the state.   The lawmakers arrived in a Coaster bus a few minutes past 2:00 pm (local ...

  The Supreme Court of Nigeria has dismissed appeals filed by the Rivers State Attorney General and the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, effectively paving the way for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate the tenure ...

  Technology workers in Kenya held a vigil Tuesday for a colleague who d!ed in unclear circumstances after she was unable to travel to her home in Nigeria for two years Ladi Anzaki Olubunmi, a content moderator for TikTok employed ...

  Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, has confidently declared that Peter Obi will soon defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Speaking in an interview on TVC, Bwala asserted that the ruling party is ...

  A Sharia Court in Kano State on Wednesday ordered that a 29 year-old man, Abduljabar Nura, should be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly sta-bbing his neighbour over electricity bill The police charged Nura, who lives in Fagge ...

  The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, declined to legalise prostitution in the country, even as it dismissed a suit that sought to enforce fundamental rights of commercial s3x workers in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja ...

  A woman, Loveth Aluu, who was involved in an alleged N500 million fake miracle scandal, has been arraigned before a magistrate court in Enugu State, South-east Nigeria Recall that Ms Aluu, in February, testified at the Zion Prayer Movement ...

  The Nigerian Women Crusade for Good Governance (NWCGG), an umbrella body for 100 women’s groups, has apologized to Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Senate over allegations made by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. During a press briefing in Abuja on ...

  Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State was denied access to the Rivers State House of Assembly Quarters in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The governor had arrived at the quarters to present the 2025 budget, but he ...

  Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has stated that Rivers State will not descend into chaos if the Rivers State House of Assembly moves forward with impeaching Governor Siminalayi Fubara amid the ongoing political crisis Speaking at a ...

Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis, Abdulrahman Zakariyau, Stephen Angbulu, Wale Akinselure and Godwin Isenyo The Presidency and the ruling All Progressives Congress, on Monday, dismissed moves by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to galvanise opposition figures towards unseating President Bola Tinubu in ...

  The family of late Head of State, General Sani Abacha has formally reacted to a claim by his predecessor, General Ibrahim Babangida that their late patriarch was responsible for the annulment of the June 12 Presidential Election which was ...

  In a controversial decision, the Supreme Court of Nigeria has upheld the death sentence of Sunday Jackson, a farmer convicted of ki!lling a Fulani herdsman in what he claims was an act of self-defense The ruling, delivered today, comes ...

  Lalit Patidar of India took home a world record for hairiest face on a man after it was determined he had a shocking 201.72 hairs per square centimeter of skin — meaning over 95% of his face is covered in hair, ...

  The Ogun State Police Command has apprehended three suspects involved in a robbery incident near the Egba/Odeda High School, in Odeda local government area of the state. The suspects are 23-year-old Femi Adesina of Lagos State, 19-year-old Lawal Olasunkanmi ...

  A 40-year-old farmer, Abdullahi Rasaki, has died after a palm tree fell on him in Bogije Village, Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State. The incident occurred around 3:30 pm on Sunday and was reported to the police later that evening by ...

  A yet-to-be-identified boyfriend of a graduate of Lagos State University identified simply as Adija has absconded after his girlfriend was found dead in his apartment located in the Meiran area of the state. The incident occurred on February 26 ...

  The Federal High Court in Lagos, on Thursday, ordered the final forfeiture of $1.4m alleged fraud proceeds linked to former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele Justice Ayokunle Faji, in his ruling, held that the funds ...

  Former Kaduna State Governor and founding member of the All Progressives Congress, Nasir El-Rufai, has dumped the ruling party for the Social Democratic Party. The prominent politician cited a growing misalignment between his personal values and the current direction ...

  The Federal Government has converted the Gombe State government-owned General Hospital, Kumo, into a Federal Medical Centre. This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, Mr Bayo ...

  Despite litigation challenging the emergence of Akeem Owoade as the 45th Alaafin of Oyo, Governor Seyi Makinde has said the April 5 coronation of Owoade will go on as scheduled Speaking with The Punch, on Thursday, through his Special ...

  Suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has once again spoken out against her 180-day suspension from the Senate, insisting that the decision was unjust and would not stand. She emphasized that her suspension was not an expulsion, asserting ...

  Dr. Doyin Okupe, a former presidential aide and prominent Nigerian politician, has reportedly passed away at the age of 72. Okupe was said to have d!ed on Friday morning after battling a prolonged illness, suspected to be cancer. According ...

  Former Kaduna senator, Shehu Sani, has revealed that he narrowly escaped a six-month suspension from the Senate in 2018 for disclosing the salaries and allowances of federal lawmakers Sani, in a post on X on Thursday, said he would ...