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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested 136 drug traffickers in Anambra in the last six months. Speaking during an event to mark the 2023 United Nations Drug Day on Saturday in Awka, the state capital, Daniel Onyishi, the state NDLEA commander, said the agency has convicted about 79 […]

A federal high court sitting in Kano has restrained the state government from further demolition of some structures located along BUK road in the state. S.A. Amobeda, the presiding judge, on Friday, granted the ex-parte motion instituted by Saminu Muhammadu, a Kano resident, through his lawyer. Amobeda restrained Abba Yusuf, governor […]

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, says Aliko Dangote has been an “invaluable partner” for many years. In a note posted on his blog, the Microsoft co-founder said his non-profit and Dangote Foundation have worked together “on issues like malnutrition, food fortification, and polio” in Nigeria. Gates was […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Tinubu will next week open their defence in the petition challenging the outcome of the presidential election. Tinubu secured 8,794,726 votes in the election to defeat Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who had 6,984,520, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued guidelines requiring banks to collect and verify social media handles as part of their know your customer (KYC) procedures. The apex bank issued the directive in its recently gazetted legislation titled ‘Customer Due Diligence Regulations 2023’.  The bank said the objective of the regulation […]

Yunusa Dahiru, the man convicted and sentenced to 26 years in prison for kidnapping Ese Oruru, a teenager, has regained his freedom. The ex-convict had kidnapped Oruru — who was 14 years old at the time — from Bayelsa in August 2015. He took her to Kano state where she was converted to […]

Richard Montgomery, British high commissioner to Nigeria, says the UK is awaiting the appointment of ministers by President Bola Tinubu before taking necessary steps toward strengthening collaboration. Montgomery spoke on Saturday during an interview with NAN in Abuja. He said the UK government has identified six areas in which both countries could […]

Five persons have reportedly died after a speed boat capsized in Calabar, Cross River state. The accident took place on Saturday while the boat was en route to Oron in Akwa Ibom state. According to NAN, 20 persons boarded the boat at Marina Resort in Calabar. NAN quoted a senior naval […]

Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner militia, has asked his troops to stand down from an insurrection that threatened Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authority. Dmitry Peskov, presidential spokesoerson, said an agreement brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was struck with Prigozhin. Earlier, the Wagner leader and his troops were advancing towards Moscow, […]