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Bashir Magashi, minister of defence, says security challenges in the country will soon become a thing of the past.  The minister spoke on Saturday at an event organised by the International Institute of Professional Security (IIPS) in Abuja. Represented by Adeyemi Yekini, chief of defence training and operations, Magashi said the strength […]

Uche Secondus, former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has reacted to a comment by Nyesom Wike, governor of  Rivers, in which the latter said he will “crush” party members associating with him.  While flagging off the construction of roads in Ikwerre LGA of Rivers on Saturday, Wike warned members of […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says his meeting with Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was brotherly rather than political. Tinubu and the former president met behind closed doors at the home of the latter in Abeokuta, Ogun state, on Thursday. In a statement on Saturday, Kehinde Akinyemi, media […]

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has extended the deadline to shut down broadcast stations whose licenses were revoked. On Friday, NBC revoked the licenses of African Independent Television (AIT), Silverbird Television (STV), and 50 other television and radio stations over mounting debt. According to Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, director-general of the commission, the […]

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) have suspended their nearly five-month strike. Source: Top Stories

Femi Fani-Kayode, former minister of aviation, says Nigerians, particularly Christians, do not have to worry about the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement on Saturday, Fani-Kayode said Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the APC, does not have any plan to Islamise the country and he would make “major […]

Garba Shehu, presidential spokesperson, says the federal government will soon reveal the identities of high-profile individuals behind crude oil theft in the country. Shehu said this in on Friday while speaking on ‘daily politics’, a Trust TV programme. He said as part of efforts to rid the country’s economy of sabotage, security […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says there is a need for an urgent salary review in the federal civil service owing to high inflation rate across the world. NAN quoted the president as saying this when a delegation of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) paid him a visit at the state […]

Saturday’s Ultimate Fighting Championship (UCF) blockbuster between Nigeria’s Kamaru Usman and England’s Leon Edwards is set to be a marquee bout. The UFC 278 which is a rematch between both fighters is slated to take place at the Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The “Nigerian nightmare” is gunning for […]