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Lagos businessman, Akindele, denies charges of offering Police N150m bribe, secures N500m bail

By Yemi Oyeyemi, Abuja A Lagos businessman, Akintoye Akindele accused of offering a bribe of N150 million to the Police to escape justice in an...

Wike, Mahmoud assume office as 17TH and 12TH FCT Minister and Minister of State

Barrister Nyesom Wike and Dr. Mariya Mahmud (on) 21st August, 2023 assumed office as the 17th Minister and the 12th Minister of state of...

Video: Wike promises demolition in Abuja, warns land racketeers

Barely hours after been sworn-in as the Minister in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), former Rivers State governor, Barrister Nyesom Wike, is...

No way for 3-year transition, ECOWAS tells junta in Niger

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said that it wiuld not agree to a 3-year transition programme for the military junta...

Buhari grieves over 36 officers, soldiers killed in Niger ambush, helicopter crash

Former President, Muhammadu Buhari, has joined the company of Nigerians grieving over the killing of 36 officers and soldiers in Niger State. On his X...

Niger junta gives 3-year transition, backers halt census of volunteering youths as ECOWAS delegation meets Bazoum

Supporters of Niger junta were at the weekend forced to suspend the census of willing youths seeking to volunteer to perform non-military roles in...

Bra-less women: Treat those arresting them as rapists, says Anambra govt

This is a public service announcement by Mrs Ify Obinabo, the Anambra State Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare: “I want to tell all...

Emefiele’s arraignment on fresh 20-count criminal charges suffers setback

By Yemi Oyeyemi, Abuja. The planned arraignment of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Godwin Emefiele suffered a setback at the...

Saving the Naira: NNPC Ltd gets $3 billion emergency crude repayment loan

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) and Afreximbank have jointly signed a commitment letter and term sheet for an emergency three billion...

Abuja’s ‘Governor’ is former Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, as Tinubu assigns ministers portfolios

Abuja's residents are in for drama as former, colourful governor of Rivers State, Barrister Nyesom Wike, has been named the Minister of the Federal...

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