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…as Sultan calls for prayers …Senator Wadada harps on significance of education Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has reiterated the call by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu for Nigerians to remain patient as both the Federal and state governments work towards addressing the challenges confronting the country. Governor Sule made...

The Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) has declared its intention to suspend operations starting Monday, February 19, citing unsustainable operating costs. The decision was communicated by the National President of the association, Alhaji Yusuf Lawal Othman, in a press statement issued from Abuja. Othman emphasized that the decision...

Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, ICPC, on Thursday arraigned Bola Audu, a top civil servant in the office of the Accountant General of the Federation for alleged N72 million fraud. Mr Audu is a civil servant in the Office of the Accountant General who was recently suspended by the Federal Government over...

Nigerian government has announced its discontinuance of the treason trial against the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare. The notice of discontinuance was served at the Federal High Court Abuja, on Thursday by the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi. Confirming this development in...

The First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has obeyed the order of the Court of Appeal in Abuja and deposited the N540million damages awarded to Prophet Emmanuel Omale into an interest yielding account of the Chief Registrar of the court. The FCMB paid the money into an interest yielding account of...

Governor Abdullahi Sule has approved the disbursements of the sum of one billion naira meant to clear the outstanding gratuity of both local and state government retirees from 1999 to 2010, numbering over 1000. Governor Sule announced this when he undertook an on the spot assessment of the ongoing screening...