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Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Kano State have rescued a kidnapped five-year-old boy, Muhammad Haruna, following a targeted operation at Danzaki Village in Minjibir Local Government Area of the state. Security sources said the abductors demanded a ransom of N15 million from the victim’s family. According...

Nigeria’s Agriculture minister Abubakar Kyari appointed IFAD chairman; pledges unity, impartial leadership, and strengthened governance across the institution’s global operations. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, was on Thursday appointed Chairman of the 49th Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Rome, Italy....

FCT Minister Wike says N51 billion bus terminals remain idle awaiting Federal Executive Council approval for private-sector operation under PPP arrangement. Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, has said the FCT Administration was awaiting the approval of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to approve the running of the Abuja Bus and Taxi Terminals built at...

A former Niger Delta activist, Chief Anabs Sara Igbe, has weighed in on the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State involving Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and Governor Siminalayi Fubara. In a video shared by SYMFONI TV, speaking during an interview, Igbe said Governor Fubara has remained...

Counsel to Nasir El Rufai claims DSS tried to arrest former Kaduna governor without warrant and then seized his passport. Counsel to former Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir Ahmad El Rufai, has condemned what he described as an unlawful attempted arrest of his client by security operatives at the Nnamdi...

NAFDAC refutes social media claims, confirming no directive to lift ban on sachet and 200ml alcoholic products. The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NÀFDAC) has said that federal government did not order a reversal of the ban placed on sachet alcohol and 200ml PET bottle alcoholic products....