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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has said that the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Olukayode Egbetokun’s order to withdraw Police Mobile Force (PMF) personnel from Very Important Persons (VIPs) and establish a Special Intervention Squad, should not be taken as a plan that will go unexecuted as many before...

The Federal Government says it will discontinue budgetary allocations to professional bodies and councils. In a memo to one of the affected councils dated June 26, 2023, the Budget Office of the Federation said the move was in line with the decision of the Presidential Committee On Salaries (PCS). The...

Olusola Oke, a former governorship candidate, says Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo, is “rapidly responding” to treatment. Oke said those circulating rumours about the alleged death of Akeredolu are “wicked and ungodly”. Over the past few months, there have been loads of speculation regarding the health status of Akeredolu. Recently,...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday, said he is happy to see his estranged political godson and former Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. The president stated this at a reception organized by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for him at the Lagos State House, Marina. Recalls that Tinubu and Ambode had fallen out in...

Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, held a reception in honour of President Bola Tinubu in Lagos State. Sanwo-Olu shared pictures from the event on his Twitter page. The governor said that the reception is to honor Tinubu and also to mark the president’s one-month tenure in office. He said,...

The Global Amnesty Watch (GAW) has commended President Bola Tinubu for taking the bold step to remove fuel subsidy. The group said the President demonstrated strong political will and the desire to address the country’s challenges in an audacious manner that frees it from the clutches of fuel importers and...

A coalition of Civil Society Organisations on the platform of the Northern Youth Initiative for Peace and Good Governance (NYIPGG) has asked Nigerians and the general public to ignore one Jackson Ude’s allegations against some prominent Nigerians, describing him as an attention-seeking person. Jackson Ude had raised different allegations against...

A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Wednesday, raised the alarm over alleged threats to his life by a former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva. Frank who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, said he has...

At least, 51 Nigerian Universities led by Covenant University, Ota, have made impressive outing in the first Times Higher Education 2023 Sub-Saharan Africa rankings. At a colourful unveiling event in Accra on June 26, Times Higher Education announced the results of its 2023 Sub-Saharan university rankings. The event was attended...

Members of the Boko Haram sect, popularly known as ‘Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād’, terrorists group have eliminated one of its Amir Jaysh (Leader), Abou Hassana, over alleged rebellion accusations. It was gathered that Abou Hassana was eliminated along with three of his accused accomplice in front of other fighters...