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The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party in the February 25 elections, Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Thursday, attended a reception to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III and the Queen Consort. He shared photos from the event on his Facebook page on Friday. The photos were captioned, “Yesterday,...

—- stakeholders calls for official inauguration of the state steering committee. As part of lined up activities to mark OGP week in Kogi State, the Co-chair, State Actors of Open Government Partnership, (OGP), in Kogi state has assured that the state is working very hard to reposition the OGP platform...

The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Usman Baba, has promised to deliver befitting world-class accommodation for officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force to enhance service delivery. Baba made the pledge during the groundbreaking of the redevelopment of DIG Quarters under Public Private Partnership (PPP) between Nigeria Police and Cosgrove...

By Ruth Oketunde The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has dispatched assorted food items to the Nigerian Embassy in Sudan to cater for stranded Nigerians waiting to be evacuated to Nigeria from Sudan. This is contained  in a statement signed by the spokesperson of the agency, Mr Manzo Ezikiel on...

By Ibironke Ariyo The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola says state governments will now be feeding and accommodating inmates in their states. He said this followed the recent consultational amendment which placed Correctional Services on the concurrent list. Aregbesola gave the insight while speaking at a 2-day High-Level Conference on...

By Habibu Harisu The Chief Of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Faruk Yahaya says the Nigerian Army will hold periodic sensitization programmes against drugs abuse and other related issues in all its formations nationwide.  Yahaya gave the assurance when he declared open a drug and narcotics control awareness conference, on Thursday...

By Yakubu Salisu The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, says his public life as the Chief Law Officer of the Federation stood out as the most challenging period of his professional career. Malami said this at the launch and public presentation of his...

A Kaduna Sharia Court Judge, Muhammad Adamu-Shehu, on Thursday, ordered a divorce-seeking woman, Fatima Muhammad, to return N80,000 dowry received in exchange for a divorce. Adamu-Shehu gave the ruling and advised her to file another suit to claim custody of their only three-year-old child. Earlier, the woman told the court...

The Ghana Standard Authority together with the Police, on Thursday arrested two Nigerians and seven Chinese for manufacturing electrical cables and copper rods without certification. According to the Ghana News Agency, the seven Chinese and Nigerians were picked up at the manufacturing site at Bueko, in Tsopoli, a town in...

By Palma Ileye Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola yesterday has charged the newly promoted officers in both Nigeria Correctional Service, NCoS and Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS to live above board through in the discharge of theirs new responsibilities. According to a press release issued yesterday by Afonja Fatai Ajibola,...