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FEC approves N117bn for construction of roads in Kano, Jigawa, Katsina, Anambra, Enugu
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday in Abuja, approved N117.6 billion for the...
[BREAKING] Insecurity: Buhari agrees to appear before House of Reps
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says President Muhammadu Buhari has agreed to address the House on...
Boko Haram: Shekau faction claims responsibility for Zabarmari massacre
The Boko Haram jihadist group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a brutal massacre of farmworkers in Borno State over the...
Hoarders in trouble as Nigerian rice processors slash price to N19,000 per bag
The Rice Processors Association of Nigeria, RIPAN, has agreed to slash the price of 50kg bag of processed rice to...
Nigerian govt warned against reopening land borders
Prof. Park Idisi, Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Abuja, has said that the proposed border reopening will setback the...
BREAKING: PDP withdraws from Kano LG election
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kano State has withdrawn from participating in the upcoming local government area elections in...
BREAKING: Senate confirms Yakubu as INEC Chairman
The Senate has confirmed the re-appointment of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC...
Kidnappers shift operation to Kaduna-Zaria road, open fire on travellers
Kidnappers on Monday morning attacked motorists at Kwanar Tsintsiya axis of Kaduna-Zaria Road in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna...
Zabarmari: Buhari sends condolence delegation to Borno
A Federal Government delegation led by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan arrived in Maiduguri, Borno State on Monday on a...
UN coordinator says 110 farmers killed in Borno rice field attack
The UN humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, on Sunday said at least 110 people died in Boko Haram attack...
BREAKING: 7 persons killed, scores injured in fresh Kaduna attacks
No fewer than six persons have been killed in a reprisal attack at Ungwan Bido village of Jema'a Local Government...
Boko Haram slaughters 43 farmers in Borno
Boko Haram has reportedly killed 43 farmers in a deadly attack on rice fields in Koshebe area of Zabramari village...
Nigerian military airstrikes hit ISWAP terrorists hideout in Borno
Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has knocked out more hideouts of the Islamic State of West Africa Province,...
BREAKING: ASUU set to call off strike as Buhari dangles N70bn
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is set to call off its eight-month strike, following a truce reached with...
EFCC arraigns prison comptroller for employment scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a serving Deputy Comptroller of Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, Abubakar Mohammed-Sani,...
2021 Budget: We’re being short-changed, northeast governors lament
The Northeast Governors Forum, NEGF, has lamented the low budgetary allocation to the region in the 2021 proposed budget estimate,...
BREAKING: Matawalle mulls leaving PDP, says ‘I’m having very bad experience; happy for Umahi’
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is becoming hostile for its members,...
Niger Delta militants who bombed oil pipelines in Bayelsa make 5 demands to Nigerian govt
A newly formed coalition of 36 militant groups in the Niger Delta region, Continuous Emancipation of Niger Delta, CEND, which...
Hisbah bans radio station from calling ‘Black Friday’, says Friday holy in Kano
The Hisbah corps in Kano has banned Cool FM from mentioning Black Friday in their programmes, saying Friday is holy...
Wife of newspaper vendor killed by Gbajabiamila’s convoy rejects husband’s family over demand for N500m compensation
Josephine Okereke, the wife of the newspaper vendor shot and killed by a State Security Services operative attached to the...
Sultan laments insecurity in North, says ‘bandits now go house to house to kidnap’
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, has lamented over the lingering insecurity in the Northern part of the country,...
Modular refineries will eliminate petroleum importation – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari said in Abuja on Tuesday that the establishment of modular refineries in the country would make petroleum...
Buhari lauds Gaius Obaseki for shaping Nigeria’s oil and gas industry
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated former Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr. Gaius Obaseki on his...
BREAKING: Buhari writes Senate, seeks confirmation of Yakubu as INEC Chairman
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate, seeking confirmation of the reappointment of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as the Chairman...
