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Panic has gripped the Federal Civil Service following the abduction of six Directors from the Federal Ministry of Defence by suspected gunmen along the Kabba–Lokoja highway in Kogi State on Tuesday. According to preliminary reports, the senior officials were traveling for an official engagement when their convoy was ambushed by...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has alerted the Nigerian public about the circulation of dangerous illicit substances being falsely packaged and marketed to the public as medicinal cannabis. NDLEA said the public alert became necessary following credible intelligence, which led to the arrest of a 28-year-old drug kingpin...

Tragedy struck again in Katsina State as bandits, on Tuesday night, invaded Doguwar Šorawa, a community barely two kilometres from Guga in Bakori Local Government Area of the state, killing two elderly community leaders and abducting several residents. The latest assault, which residents described as “gruesome and heartbreaking,” adds to...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to take urgent steps to end the ongoing strike by members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) and ensure their immediate return to duty. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Salako, announced...

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Monday took a swipe at the embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Amb. Umar Damagum. Wike described him as a “tax collector” who lacked the discipline and integrity to lead the opposition party. Speaking on a Television programme...

The Police command in Lagos State has declared activist, Mr Omoyele Sowore, wanted for allegedly planning to incite public disorder and obstruct major roads in the state. Commissioner of Police, Mr Olohundare Jimoh, disclosed this to journalists on Monday at the Iyana-Oworo section of the Third Mainland Bridge. He said...

The leadership crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deepened on Monday as security operatives sealed off both the party’s National Secretariat at Wadata Plaza and the Legacy House, headquarters of the National Convention Organising Committee, shortly after Abdulrahman Mohammed assumed office as Acting National Chairman. Heavily armed officers arrived...

Fresh tension has gripped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following an attempt on Monday to unseat the National Chairman, Umar Iliya Damagum, and replace him with Abdulrahman Mohammed. The incident, which unfolded at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja, added to the ongoing leadership tussle as different camps continued jostling...

The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, otherwise known as cooking gas, has remained high despite assurances from marketers that the product will return to its pre-October price range of N950 to N1,000 per kilogram (kg). A visit to some gas stations in Lagos shows that the product was sold...