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Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday, presided over the Senate Session for the first time. The former governor of Akwa Ibom State revealed this in a post on his Facebook page on Wednesday. He said, “After our inauguration yesterday, where my colleagues elected me as the President of the 10th...

Abdullahi Ganduje, immediate past governor of Kano, has asked a high court in the state to perpetually restrain the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from inviting or investigating him over video clips allegedly showing him receiving dollars from a contractor. The clips trended on social media in 2018. Published...

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons says no fewer than 25,000 trafficked Nigerian women and girls are trapped in Mali. The Commander of the Benin Zone of NAPTIP, Mr Nduka Nwanwenne, gave the figure on Tuesday at a workshop organised for media professionals in Lagos. The...

Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff, has mandated the troops of Operation Udoka to redouble their efforts and flush out criminal elements destabilising peace and businesses in the south-east states. Irabor spoke on Tuesday while addressing the troops at the headquarters of the Nigerian army 82 division in Enugu. The...

The Coalition for Protection of Democracy has urged the National Judicial Council to review all decisions taken by the former President of Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, following the confession of her husband, Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa. Bulkachuwa, who was the Senator representing Bauchi South in the Ninth National Assembly,...

To set a new Guinness World Record first requires adequate information about the whole process. This great adventure of incredible feats needs self-determination, extraordinary skills, and a purposeful heart to achieve the success of the well carefully planned goal. The exercise is wonderful but dangerous as some have lost their...

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen Faruk Yahaya has appealed to residents in Katsina State to provide security agencies with credible information to tackle insecurity in the state. Yahaya made the appeal on Wednesday at the inauguration of some projects provided by the Nigerian Army at Government Day Secondary...

Concerned Parents of Chibok Girls have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to help facilitate the release of 92 abducted girls still in Boko Haram’s captivity. The parents made the appeal in a a letter issued on Monday by Yana Galang (mother to Rifkatu Galang still in captivity) and Zanna Lawan...

The Presidency on Monday made clarification on Vice-President Kashim Shettima’s remarks on support for southern Senate President. Mr Olusola Abiola, Director of Information, Office of the Vice-President, stated in Abuja that the vice-president’s remarks were taken out context. The vice-president met with senators campaigning for the emergence of Sen. Godswill Akpabio...

The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has expressed optimistic that President Bola Tinubu Administration would meet its demand in improving the welfare of its members with the present economic realities.  One of the executives of JOHESU in Oyo State, Mr Oladayo Olabampe, gave the assurance in an interview with the News...