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The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed will be leading the Federal Government’s Team that will be engaging with Twitter concerning its suspension in Nigeria. Twitter had said that it was ready to enter into dialogue with the Federal ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it will resume its suspended industrial action in Kaduna State. The congress directed its State councils and affiliate unions to mobilise for the latest action. President of the NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba stated ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a medical doctor, Jane Chioma Ofoma, in Auchi, Edo State, for allegedly operating an online catering service, Omachi’s Kitchen, through which she sells drugged cookies and biscuits.   Also the agency ...

The Chief Magistrate Court 2, Iyaganku, Ibadan, in the Oyo State capital, has ordered the release of three members of the Oodua Peoples Congress, three months after their detention by the Oyo State Police Command. The OPC members – Awodele ...

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Apo, Abuja has convicted former member of House of Representatives from Kano State, Farouk Lawan for receiving $500,000 bribe from a businessman, Femi Otedola.   Justice Angella Otaluka convicted Lawan ...

Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has urged security agencies to be up and doing in apprehending and prosecuting criminals that attack communities in the State saying he no longer wants to hear of unknown gunmen in the State. The Governor ...

  Some suspected herdsmen have been sent packing from Babanla community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. Spokesman of NSCDC Kwara state command, Babawale Zaid Afolabi, disclosed this in a statement in Ilorin on Monday. Afolabi said “The ...

  The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has said the security challenges the state is facing at the moment is as a result of population increase in the state. The governor said this on Monday at the inauguration of ...

Islamic cleric Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, has said that the only way out of the bandit menace is for the government to negotiate with bandits as it is impossible to effectively guard schools. Gumi, speaking with The Punch on efforts to ...

  The Chairman of Gurara Local Government Council of Niger State, Hon. Yusuf Waili Gawu has been suspended by councillors for three months following allegations of financial impropriety and embezzlement.   The suspension takes effect from Monday, June 21, 2021, ...

  A yet-to-be-identified man was shot dead at the Water bus stop, along the University of Ibadan-Ojoo Road today June 21 shortly after he had made withdrawals from one of the Automated Teller Machines ATM in the area.   According ...

  The Department of State Services (DSS) has released an Islamic singer, Ahmad Abdul, taking into custody after releasing a blasphemous song.   DailyTrust reports that Abdul was picked by the security agents for releasing the uncensored song titled ‘Barhama ...

  The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, was in Jigawa state on Monday June 21, to commission an Integrated Agro-ALlied farm in Birnin Kudu local government area of Jigawa state.   During the visit, the Minister inspected what has ...

The police in Imo State have arrested a man, Kingsley Ehiedu, and his wife for allegedly stealing two siblings from Enugu State. Also arrested was a medical doctor, Innocent Onwudike, of Unity Hospital, Awomama, in the Oru East Local Government ...

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has said efforts are on to arrest the suspected killers of the Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in the Lekki area of the state. Odumosu also said Ataga’s account had ...

Private jet owners risk having their airplanes impounded by the Nigeria Customs Service if they fail to verify their documents before July 6, 2021 when a month grace period would have expired. The Public Relations Officer of NCS, Joseph Attah, ...

Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka alias Baba Ijesha is to be arraigned at an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday over allegations of sexual assault of a minor. Baba Ijesha who has been in custody since his arrest on April 22, ...

The family of the 18-year-old #EndSARS protester Kemisola Ogunniyi who gave birth in prison in Ondo state have pleaded that the naming ceremony of the newborn baby should not be allowed to take place in the prison. Their lawyer, Tope ...

  The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, has said the Federal Government has spent over $5bn since 2016 to fight poverty in the most populous black nation. Sadiya Farouq said President Buhari has since ...

  Tech entrepreneur, Jason Njoku has reacted after a group of Nigerians of mostly Igbo extraction saved his app Iroko TV from bad reviews from aggrieved Northerners. The Northern youths had stormed his app on Playstore with the bid to ...

  Prof Ifeolu Adewumi, a former President of the National Union of Voluntary Paramilitary Organisation, Man O’ War, in higher institutions of Nigeria, has opened up on his tribalistic encounter with President Muhammadu Buhari in 1981. He made the revelation ...

Retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, Chairman of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has said that couple intending to get married would have to do drug test. Speaking on Saturday at the yearly Ogidi-Ela Day cultural celebration in Ijumu Local ...

A mentally derailed man identified as Mr Denen has kept many in shock in the city of Makurdi, the Benue State capital as residents continue to troop to him at the JS Tarka Foundation where he offers medical services to ...

  Gunmen whose whereabouts are still unknown have killed an On Air Personality (OAP), Mr. Titus Badejo. Badejo formerly worked with Naija FM, Ibadan, Oyo State. A source said that the Ogbomoso indigene was killed around 11.30 pm at Oluyole ...

A mob reportedly set a truck belonging to Dangote Cement Factory, Ibese, Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, ablaze after it crushed two men to death. The driver of the truck is said to have narrowly escaped being ...