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Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says despite achieving democracy, Nigeria is still “unstable” and needs “serious change”. Speaking on Thursday during a consultation with members of the Ekiti traditional council in Ado-Ekiti, Tinubu said he is in the 2023 presidential race to bring hope to the people and […]

Chris Ngige, minister of labour, says the federal government does not have the funds to meet some of the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). On February 14, ASUU declared a one-month strike. While declaring the strike, the union said the decision was taken over the federal government’s delay on […]

Mohammed Bello Adoke, former attorney-general of the federation (AGF), has written a letter of complaint to Abubakar Malami over Nigeria’s depositions before a UK court in its case against JP Morgan Chase. Nigeria is claiming more than $1.7 billion in compensation for the bank’s role in the controversial Malabu/OPL 245 transaction of 2011. […]

President Vladimir Putin of Russia says his country will continue the fight against those he described as “militants of nationalists armed groups” in Ukraine. In a phone conversation with President Emmanuel Macron of France on Thursday, Putin reportedly said any attempt to slow down the conflict talks would “only lead to additional demands […]

Babagana Bulama, the director of the Department of State Security Service (DSS) in Adamawa, says the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), is training its members to attack security agencies in the north-east. According to NAN, he said this on Thursday at the 2022 first zonal quarterly conference of state directors of […]

The federal government has blamed the low water levels in the hydro dams for the erratic power supply in the country.  Abubakar Aliyu, minister of power, said the dry season resulted in the reduced hydro capacity of the dams. The minister spoke on Thursday in Abuja during the state house ministerial briefing. […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has preferred an eight-count criminal charge against Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP), and six others over allegations of drug trafficking. The other defendants in the charge marked FHC/ABJ/57/2022 include Sunday J. Ubia, Bawa James, Simon Agirigba and John Nuhu. The three defendants are […]

An Osun state high court sitting in Osogbo has remanded Rahman Adedoyin and six other suspects in prison over the death of Timothy Adegoke. Source: Top Stories

Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), has explained why it took time for the federal government to approve the extradition of Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police. The AGF on Tuesday filed an application before the chief judge of the federal high court in Abuja for Kyari’s extradition. The application […]