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…threatens mass protest against corrupt officials A coalition of 150 civil society organizations, under the aegis of Advocates of Truth and Justice (ATJ), has berated the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) over what it termed unnecessary and fraudulent involvement in politics. The Coalition, in a statement signed by its Executive...

… As Court Merges PDP, LP, APM Petitions By Emmanuel Kelvin  The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has consolidated all the petitions filed by the three petitioners, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), and the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM), and their presidential candidates. Advertisement The Chairman of the Tribunal,...

A report has revealed that the British Special Air Service and the European country’s other special forces have carried out operations clandestinely in Nigeria and 18 other nations for the past 12 years. This was corroborated by an incident in 2012 when a group of SBS commandos attempted and failed...

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has warned the Rivers State Government against building any structure on the disputed land forcefully acquired from the Bayelsa State Government in the Port Harcourt old GRA. Bringing up the motion exparte for injunction earlier filed by Bayelsa State Government, the Supreme Court said it...

Former United Kingdom Prime Minister, Tony Blair, on Tuesday, arrived in Nigeria and is currently in talks with the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. The president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu made this known on his Twitter page on Tuesday. He wrote, “I received former British Prime Minister and founder Tony Blair Institute for...

The Second Niger Bridge has been named after President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). This was made known by the Special Assistant to the President on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad, on his Twitter page on Tuesday. Ahmad wrote, “BREAKING: The Second Niger Bridge is to officially be called/known as MUHAMMADU...

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, unveiled the N19.6 billion ultra-modern headquarters of the Nigerian Customs Service in Abuja. This comes after the President inaugurated the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals, established by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, on Monday. Credit: Facebook | Buhari...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday warned the public against a ‘scam alert’ which purportedly emanated from EFCC Help Desk. This was contained in a statement on its Twitter page, signed by the agency’s Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren. The statement titled ‘Beware of Scam Alert’,...

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig Gen YD Ahmed, has been accused of conspiring with politicians to sabotage Enugu State Governor-elect, Peter Mbah. The Centre for Defence of Human Rights and Truth in Nigeria (CDHRTN), which made this known at a press conference on Monday, said the...

In search of better education and quality of life, a total of 128,770 Nigerian students enrolled in universities in the United Kingdom between 2015 to the end of 2022, analysis of the data obtained from the Higher Education Statistics Agency of the UK has revealed. The number of Nigerian students...