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Nineteen persons have been rescued from the rubble of a collapsed three-storey building under construction in Abuja. Earlier on Thursday, after the building collapse, Ikharo Attah, the senior special assistant to the federal capital territory (FCT) minister on monitoring, inspection, and enforcement, said seven persons were rescued. Attah had, however, said many […]

Olagunju Olatunji, an investigating police officer, and Sunday Akaju, an officer attached to the Ajah police division in Lagos state, have testified in the trial of Drambi Vandi. Olatunji and Akaju appeared before Ibironke Harrison, the presiding judge of a Lagos high court, on Thursday. Raheem, a lawyer, was shot dead on […]

Kachalla Baleri, a bandit kingpin, terrorising Kaduna communities has released a video clip showing off the redesigned naira notes. In the video, Baleri could be seen alongside some armed men displaying N1000 and N200 notes. The bandit kingpin who claimed to have used some of the new notes to buy ammunition said […]

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says President Muhammadu Buhari is in total support of Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The minister said the president’s campaign for the APC flagbearer is an indication of his support. Mohammed made the remark following a statement credited to Nasir […]

United States lawmakers have asked President Joe Biden to re-designate Nigeria as a country of particular concern (CPC) for violations of religious freedom. Nigeria was first designated as a CPC in December 2020 by the US department of state due to frequent religious conflicts and attacks by the Boko Haram sect. But […]

The supreme court has affirmed the candidature of Gboyega Oyetola in the Osun state governorship election held on July 16, 2022. A five-member panel of the apex court led by Centus Nweze, on Thursday, held that the appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacked merit and directed Kehinde Ogunwumiju, the counsel to […]

The Rivers state government has revoked its approval of Adokiye Amiesimaka stadium for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to use for its presidential campaign rally. The Rivers government had approved the venue for Atiku Abubakar, standard-bearer of the PDP, to use for his campaign rally scheduled to hold on February 11. But […]

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) says Atiku Abubakar, standard bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), should shelve his presidential bid for Rabiu Kwankwaso. At a media briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, Rufa’i Alkali, NNPP national chairperson, said the claim that Abubakar is in talks with his party so he could be […]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded Nigeria’s economic growth projection to 3.2 percent in 2023. The latest forecast is 0.1 percentage point higher than the 3.0 percent earlier projected in its October 2022 report. The Washington-based institution, in its recently released January 2023 world economic outlook (WEO), explained that the small […]

Aisha, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, has shared a video clip of an interview featuring Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, on her Instagram page. Earlier on Wednesday, el-Rufai, in an interview on Channels Television, said there are persons in Buhari’s administration working to ensure the All Progressives Congress (APC) loses the presidential election. […]