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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Monday said that Nigeria had signed an agreement for the repatriation of 1,130 Benin bronzes from Berlin in Germany. Mohammed during inauguration of The Art Hotel in Lagos, said that the bronzes were looted from the ancient city of Benin in 1897, 125 […]
Nollywood actor Kenneth Okonkwo has resigned his membership of the ruling All Progressive Congress citing abnormalities in the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the party’s presidential candidates. On Sunday, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the former governor of Lagos State, and the APC Presidential candidate chose the former governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima as his running […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested one of the wanted terror suspects who escaped from the Medium Security Correctional Centre, Kuje, following an attack on the facility by insurgents last week in Abuja. The fleeing terror suspect, Suleiman Sidi, was arrested in the early hours of Monday 11th July […]
Yusuf Lasun, the former deputy speaker of the house of representatives, says gunmen invaded his residence in Osun state on Monday. In a tweet on Monday, the former legislator said the armed men shot randomly at his residence. Lasun, who is the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), did not say if […]
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) presidential nominee, has named Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate. Tinubu made this known in an interactive session with reporters during a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State on Sunday. A NAN source had earlier hinted that Tinubu had chosen Shettima […]
Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed has been officially unveiled by Labour Party as the running mate of its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi. Senator Yusuf Datti was a member of the House of Representatives between 2003 and 2007 and was elected Senator for Kaduna North, in Kaduna State, Nigeria in April 2011 on the platform […]
Title-holders Nigeria set on a better track their 12th Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) campaign with a 2-0 win over Botswana in Rabat on Thursday. The development meant they rose to second place in Group C behind new leaders South Africa, with Botswana dropping from the table’s apex to third place. The […]
Malam Tukur Mamu, an aide to Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, revealed the terrorist group behind the attack on Kuje prison in Abuja on Tuesday night. Mamu, who is leading a negotiation team for the release of the kidnapped Abuja-Kaduna Train passengers, said the group which, launched the March 28 attack on the Kaduna-bound […]
Inmates held at Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja are threatening a deadly riot after officials claimed a large chunk of money kept for the prisoners had been carted away by Boko Haram insurgents who breached the facility on Tuesday night, two sources with information have informed Peoples Gazette. The money had been kept […]
The Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, says 64 Boko Haram suspects in Kuje prison in the federal capital territory (FCT) are missing. The minister confirmed this on Wednesday at a media briefing at the facility in Abuja. Gunmen had attacked the prison with explosives on Tuesday night. Shuaib Belgore, permanent secretary, ministry of […]
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