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The Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has ordered troops to seize control of areas where the Indigenous People of Biafra enforce their sit-at-home order throughout the South-East states. The order came after a Finland-based pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, announced that there would be a two-week sit-at-home in...

The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Environment has called on the Processed Wood Exporters to establish forestplantations of their own and show proof of commitment to continue to plant trees. The Permanent Secretary of the Environment Ministry, Ibrahim Yusufu, said the Ministry will not consider applications of Exporter...

By Augustine Aminu Justice Hamza  Muazu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory FCT has issued a one week ultimatum to the Department of the State Security Service DSS to either charge the detained suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN  Godwin Emefiele to Court or...

In what is seen as a bold move towards replacing petrol with gas, Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule has performed the groundbreaking for a two million dollars LNG and L-CNG facility in Shabu area of Lafia, the state capital. Engineer Sule performed the groundbreaking breaking ceremony for Greenville LNG...

The Asset Recovery Committee set up by Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State, on Tuesday, raided an automobile shop owned by ex-Governor Samuel Ortom in Makurdi, the state capital. Some vehicles were seized during the operation. The committee reportedly used towing vans to pull out some vehicles after attempts to...

The House of Representatives has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop the implementation of its directive that banks should add customers’ social media handles as means of identification. This was the resolution of the House following a motion sponsored by nine members. The CBN had released its...

Four police officers have reportedly been killed by bandits on Gusau -Sokoto road in the Bungudu Local Government area of Zamfara. An indigene of the area who gave his name as Haruna Musa said the bandits who were in large numbers ambushed and shot the police officers who were on...

…As NGO writes AGF, Head of Service, FCSC alleges Bola Audu’s unlawful reinstatement move The Federal government has appealed Abuja High Court ruling that discharged and acquitted the suspended employee of government by the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Innocent Bola Audu, over his involvement in a...

Suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Adamawa State, Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari, will be brought in to testify for Aishatu Dairu (Binani), the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Adamawa in the 2023 general election, our correspondent has gathered. Recall that on Monday 10th July 2023, a Federal High...

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has been told that the immediate past attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, cannot use the office he occupied for about eight years to pursue personal interest.  An international businessman and property developer, Mr Cecil Osakwe, through his...