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A federal high court in Abuja has fixed July 21 for the arraignment of Stella Oduah, former minister of aviation. Inyang Ekwo, the presiding judge, fixed the date after the court session on Monday. Oduah, senator representing Anambra north, is to stand trial alongside eight others on a 25-count charge...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Monday said it intercepted a 40-foot container load of guns at Ports & Terminal Multi-Services Ltd (PTML) and Tin-Can Island Port destined for the South-East region of the country. Recalled that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has heightened the call for the Monday...

The suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has spent 33 days in the custody of the Department of State Services. The secret police arrested Bawa on June 14, hours after his suspension by President Bola Tinubu. The Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to...

Mele Kyari, the group chief executive officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, has blamed market forces for the increase in petrol pump price from N540 to N617 per litre.⁣ Speaking with state house correspondents on Tuesday after a meeting with Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Aso...

…as Governor commends security agencies for arresting notorious kidnapper Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has convened an expanded security meeting with a view to addressing some emerging security threats that are capable of disrupting the relative peace in the state if left unchecked. The expanded security meeting, which had...

An Enugu State lawmaker, Nelson Sylvester has been shot dead by suspected assassins. Mr. Sylvester who’s popularly known as Ofunwa, represented Eha-Ulo ward, in Nsukka Local Government Area Legislative Council, until his death. He was killed by gunmen on Sunday night at his residence in Eha-Alumonah. A close friend of...

The Council of the Methodist Church of Nigeria Bishops has advised the federal government to establish a state policing system to defeat the insecurity in the south-east geopolitical zone. In a communique issued at the end of its 40th annual council of bishops held at the Wesley Cathedral, in Enugu,...

Prominent human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has condemned the National Assembly’s decision to allocate N70 billion as palliatives for its members, labeling it as illegal and contemptuous. In a press statement issued today, Falana called attention to the blatant breach of the relevant provisions of the Nigerian Constitution and urged...

Over six weeks after assuming office, president bola tinubu has yet to occupy his official residence at the aso rock presidential villa, abuja. while the president has been actively using his private conference room, office space, and aso chambers for crucial meetings with local and international guests, his official residence...

The President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu participated in the 5th Mid-Year Coordination meeting between the African Union, Regional Economic Communities, and Regional Mechanisms in Kenya. Recall that Tinubu was elected as the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States....