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Dino Melaye, former senator representing Kogi west, says some aggrieved governors in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will work in favour of the party in the 2023 presidential election. Melaye spoke on Tuesday during an interview on Channels Television. Presently, the PDP is enmeshed in internal wranglings over the insistence of Nyesom […]

A federal capital territory (FCT) high court in Maitama has ordered the remand of Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for contempt. Chizoba Oji, the presiding judge, ordered the inspector-general of police (IGP) to ensure the committal order is executed. The judge gave the order in the […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has uncovered plans by some drug cartels to introduce fentanyl into the Nigerian market. Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid anaesthesia that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent. Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s spokesperson, on Tuesday said the illicit […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has criticised the federal government over the payment of half salaries to lecturers for the month of October. TheCable had reported how the lecturers were paid “half” of one month salary. The federal government had justified its action, explaining that the lecturers were paid based […]

The United Kingdom says Nigeria will get a £95 million investment fund to support climate-resilient agriculture (CRA) in the country. CRA uses existing natural resources through crop and livestock production systems to achieve long-term higher productivity and farm incomes under climate variabilities. The UK government made the new commitment while announcing an […]

Bandits have released the abducted daughters of Abubakar Furfuri, a former accountant-general in Zamfara state. The five girls were reportedly abducted from their home in Furfuri, a community in Bungudu LGA in March. In October, their kidnappers were said to have released a video showing the girls carrying firearms and threatened to […]

Hushpuppi has finally been sentenced to 11 years and three months imprisonment in the United States for money laundering. Source: Top Stories