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Evangelist Solomon Ogba, the Former President of Athletics Federation of Nigeria, has assured Nigerians that Team Nigeria would surely win medals at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. Many Nigerians have become worried following the spate of defeats handed to their athletes in the different sports already decided. Sports like Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Badminton have seen […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed the N982.7 billion supplementary budget for 2021 into law. The Presidency presented the budget to the National Assembly to address urgent security and COVID-19 needs of the nation. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, who confirmed this in a statement, said the […]
The State Security Service (SSS) failed to produce Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), for his scheduled trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday. The trial was stalled not just because of Mr Kanu’s absence from court, but also because the court’s judges’ vacation started […]
No fewer than 7,000 artefacts plundered from Benin Kingdom are expected to be repatriated by Germany to Nigeria not later than October, Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. The Permanent Secretary, Amb. Gabriel Aduda, disclosed this at the Inaugural Nigerian Cultural Show exhibiting Nigeria’s diverse cultural heritage, sites and traditional festivals held at […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Department of State Services, DSS, to produce before it the 12 persons that were arrested at the residence of Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Obiora Egwuatu, ordered that […]
The Federal Government has told a Federal High Court in Lagos that it has not stopped Nigerians from using social media platform, Twitter, adding that many Nigerians are still using it every day. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the Federal Government said this in a counter-affidavit they deposed to in response […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has no plan to stay beyond 2023 in office, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said. The ruling party stated this on Tuesday in reaction to an allegation by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), that Mr Buhari is hatching a “self-succession” plan. The party’s interim National Secretary, John Akpanudoehede, told the […]
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, on Tuesday, pardoned 136 inmates as part of measures to decongest the correctional centres in the state. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Malam Abba Anwar, disclosed this in a statement he issued in Kano. Anwar stated that the governor took the decision when he visited Goron-dutse […]
A cholera outbreak in Jigawa State has killed no fewer than 30 people with more than 2,000 hospitalised in the past two months in the state. This came as seven people were confirmed killed by cholera in Enugu State. Permanent Secretary, Jigawa State Ministry of Health, Dr Salisu Mu’azu, who confirmed the outbreak, said most […]
Aloy Ejimakor, Counsel to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Monday revealed that his client has been stopped from seeking help from United Kingdom by the Department of State Services (DSS). Kanu who have dual citizenship from ‘Nigerian and British’, was rearrested in an African country and […]
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