The police on Monday arrested Victor Ogungbenro, a video editor and cameraman with SaharaReporters and eight others at the RevolutionNow protest in Lagos State. According to SaharaReporters, the ...
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Miyetti Allah appeals Benue anti-open grazing law
A group of cattle herders, Miyetti Allah Kautak Hore Social-Cultural Association, has appealed against the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja which validated ...
Read More »One million children out of school in Kano — UNICEF
The United Nations Children Fund representative in Kano State has said no fewer than one million children are out of school in the state. Mr ...
Read More »Oyo Assembly to screen 14 commissioner-nominees
The Oyo State House of Assembly said it would commence the screening of 14 commissioner-nominees, the Chairman and two board members for the State Universal ...
Read More »FG begins sale of savings bonds for August
The Federal Government on Monday offered for subscription two-year savings bond at 10.301 per cent; and three-year savings bond at 11.301 per cent per annum, ...
Read More »Court okays EFCC request to freeze Bauchi govt account
Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) prayer to freeze the ...
Read More »#RevolutionNow protesters storm NHRC Abuja
Despite the heavy rainfall in Abuja and presidential frown, #RevolutionNow activists on Monday stormed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Maitama, to protest against the ...
Read More »BREAKING: Court grants El-Zakzaky permission to travel
A Kaduna High Court on Monday granted the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibraheem El-Zakzaky leave to go to India for medical ...
Read More »Change govt through elections, not revolution —Presidency
Ahead of Monday’s (today) scheduled ‘revolution’ march by the Global Coalition for Security and Democracy in Nigeria, the Presidency said on Sunday that elections remain the best way to change a government ...
Read More »Nigeria unfair to Igbo 50 yrs after civil war – Chimamanda Adichie
Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie has faulted the structural arrangement of the country, saying that other sections of the country have treated the Igbo race irrationally 50 years after the civil war ended ...
Read More »Don’t abort Buhari’s vision, cleric tells minister-designates
Founder of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) Adamimogo outreach, Prophet Sam Olu Alo has admonished minister-designates to work to achieve President Muhammadu Buhari’s vision for the ...
Read More »Water bill to bring back Ruga — South, M’Belt
Some regional political pressure groups including Afenifere, the Middle Belt Forum, and the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, have opposed the plan to revisit the Water Resources Bill by the Senate ...
Read More »Obaseki a performer, deserves support, not removal —Odigie-Oyegun
Former Edo State Governor and immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said the incumbent governor of the state, ...
Read More »Wife joins Sanusi four years after wedding
The Emir of Kano, Mohammad Sanusi 11, on Saturday, received his fourth wife, who he wedded four years ago in Adamawa State. The new bride, ...
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