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The senator representing Zamfara West, Abdulaziz Yari, is being grilled by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS. A source close to him according to the Nation stated that he went to the DSS office with the former governor of Zamfara State, when they detained him. The reason for...

Sit-At-Home: You’re enemies of Igbo land, Enugu Gov Fumes …We Won’t Take Orders From Murderers Mbah, says the state is winning the war against sit-at-home enforcers and will never take orders from those he described as enemies of Igbo land. Mbah made this known on Saturday during his maiden media...

Over 2,000 people under investigation over suspicion of Boko Haram activities have been waiting for justice at Giwa Barracks, Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, Daily Trust on Sunday reports. They include suspected Boko Haram fighters, their wives, parents, children and others. It was learnt that their cases have dragged for...

The Lagos State Police Command on Saturday stormed a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation pipeline site in Idimu around 2 am, where oil thieves were illegally scooping Premium Motor Spirit. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a post on his Twitter page on Saturday. Hundeyin noted that...

A former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, says she is backing the sanctions imposed on Mmesoma Ejikeme by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for faking her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result. This follows the report of the Anambra State Committee of Inquiry which confirmed that the student...

Renowned Islamic Scholar Sheikh Ahmad Gumi expressed willingness to volunteer negotiations with bandits in order to restore peace in the country. During an interview with Trust TV, Sheikh Gumi said he would join the process if President Bola Tinubu requests him to do so. While he stated that he doesn’t...

Mr Romanus Ejikeme, the father of Mmesoma Ejikeme-the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate who falsified her result, has tendered an unreserved apology to JAMB and Nigerians at large saying his daughter lied to him initially. Recall that Mr Ejikeme had earlier accused JAMB of pulling his daughter down....

By Augustine Aminu Trade unions from Africa and Arab regions have resolved to build stronger collaboration in a bid to uphold the rights of migrant workers and also ensure fair recruitment practices for migrant workers. The resolutions were contained in a communiqué reached at the end of a two-day workshop...

By Ibe Pascal, Owerri Gunmen in their numbers with Siena and Highlander vehicles stormed the popular and ever-busy Akwakuma Junction, Owerri in Imo on Saturday afternoon.and engaged in sporadic shootings which upturned the junction to a chaotic place in a split of seconds. Our correspondent gathered that market (Old)women, passengers...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to become the next chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Tinubu, who leaves Abuja on Saturday ahead of the Sunday meeting of the heads of state of the regional political and economic bloc, is expected to take over from President...