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The family of Sani Gyadi-Gyadi, divisional police officer (DPO) of Birnin Gwari division in Kaduna, has appealed to the federal government to help secure his release from captivity. In June, Gyadi-Gyadi was kidnapped along the Birnin Gwari road on his way to report as the new DPO in the division in Kaduna. […]

Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, says the federal government has suspended a five percent excise duty on telecommunications services in Nigeria. According to The Punch, Pantami announced this on Monday during the inaugural meeting of the presidential committee on excise duty for the digital economy sector in Abuja. The […]

The campaign team of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), is currently making moves to raise funds from Nigerians in the diaspora in order to execute the February 25, 2023, presidential election.  Last Monday, Julius Abure, LP national chairman, inaugurated an 11-member committee to organise the party’s diaspora activities in […]

Oil prices jumped 3 percent as the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, known as OPEC+, agreed to cut the production quota by 100,000 barrels per day (bpd). The group made the decision at the end of the 32nd OPEC and non-OPEC ministerial meeting on Monday. The drop in […]

The government of Qatar has requested for a change in dates for the planned visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the country in September. According to a note dated August 19 from the embassy of Qatar in Abuja to the ministry of foreign affairs, the dates of the proposed visitation “are not suitable”. […]

Idris Salako, Lagos commissioner for physical planning and urban development, has resigned his appointment amid the recurring collapse of structures in the state. The Lagos state government announced the commissioner’s resignation in a statement on Monday. Gbenga Omotoso, commissioner for information and strategy, said the resignation is a “prelude” to the restructuring […]

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the worst of the security challenges facing the country is over. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Monday, Mohammed said bandits and terrorists would never “hold sway in our country”. The minister said the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has been able to […]

Liz Truss, UK foreign secretary, has been named leader of the governing Conservative Party and next prime minister (PM). This was announced on Monday by Graham Brady, returning officer of the 1922 committee of conservative backbench MPs. Truss won after a closely-contested race with Rishi Sunak, former UK chancellor. “I declare […]