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The Nigerian Armed Forces and Police have been commended for ensuring a peaceful, seamless, and successful transition of power on May 29. The Coalition of Civil Society Groups on Sustenance of Democracy and Peace in Africa gave the commendation at a press conference on Thursday in Abuja. In his address,...

President Bola Tinubu is holding his first meeting with security chiefs to strategize on thwarting security crisis across the country. The security chiefs are led by the Chief of Defense Staff, General Lucky Irabor, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The ongoing meeting is Tinubu’s first official engagement with the heads...

The National Youth Service Corps has been issued a seven-day ultimatum to compensate Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State over unsubstantiated allegations of forgery. A group of 500 civil society organizations, under the aegis of Civic Room, gave this ultimatum in a press statement on Thursday. The CSOs also asked...

United Nigeria Airlines said on Wednesday that one of  its aircraft skidded off the runway at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 in Lagos . Mr Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu, Head, Corporate Communications, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Uchegbu said that the aircraft, which had 50...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to immediately instruct the Nigerian Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) to withdraw the just released pricing template to allow free flow of discussions by the parties. Mr Joe Ajaero, the NLC President, made the call in a statement signed by him...

Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, the APC National Chairman has charged governors elected on the party’s platform to adhere to its manifesto. He gave the charge on Wednesday in Abuja, when the party’s governors under the agies of Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) met with the National Working Committee (NWC). “For us, anything...

The President, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, met with the Special Envoy of the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, and Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, Peng Qinghua, at the State House in Abuja. Tinubu shared pictures from the meeting on his Twitter handle. The president stated...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Wednesday it has adjusted pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as fuel or petrol, across their retail outlets, in line with current market realities. The corporation made this known in a press statement signed by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Garba...

…Calls for revocation of licence of saboteurs, fuel hoarders …Wants Tinubu to unite with Atiku, Peter Obi, others A pro-Democracy and anti-sabotage group, The Natives, has declared support for the removal of fuel subsidy by the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying no Nation can continue to waste about...

By Augustine Aminu An anti-corruption crusader, Global Peace Movement International, UK has condemned the faceoff between the Department of Security Services (DSS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as unfortunate and a threat to the fight against corruption. President General of the group, Dr Mike Uyi in a...