The police in Imo State have arrested five suspected members of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) accused of murdering Sergeant Joseph Nwaka of the command’s operations department. The command announced the suspects’ arrest in a statement made available to our correspondent on Saturday. The arrest of one Onyekachi Mmadufor, …

Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Friday, warned his counterparts from southern Nigeria against fighting the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), or blaming him for the problems of the country. The governor, who spoke while appearing on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme monitored by …

FILE: Ndidi and Iheanacho As Chelsea slug it out with Leicester City in the FA Cup final on Saturday, Thomas Tuchel’s side will be hoping to pass the first test in their domestic-European club pursuit this season, with their Champions League final against Manchester City to follow. Nigerian Wilfred Ndidi …

Premium Times is reporting that the Naira fell against the U.S. Dollar on Friday as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) erased from its website the exchange rate that for about a year was seen as the government’s official rate. The move by the CBN raised concerns about the devaluation …

Ogun lawmaker, Hon. Oludare Kadiri, has disclosed that he has not met with Governor Dapo Abiodun since he was removed from his position as the Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly in March this year. The Ogun Assembly lawmakers replaced him a week after, March 9, with Hon. …

The Caretaker Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is set to release the timetable for the conduct of congresses and the National Convention of the party before the end of next week. A party source told The Nation that President Muhammadu Buhari has directed …

JAMB Registrar Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced a new date for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Registrar of JAMB, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, announced that the examination date has been shifted from June 19 to July 3. He made the announcement at a press conference on Saturday …

Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai Activities at the Kaduna International Airport, Kaduna, would be paralysed from the midnight of Sunday following the industrial action declared in Kaduna by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). Foremost Aviation unions – the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Association of Nigerian Aviation …

Gaza tower housing AP, Al Jazeera collapses after Israeli missile strike in Gaza City on Saturday. — Reuters An Israeli air strike Saturday demolished the 13-floor building housing Qatar-based Al Jazeera television and American news agency The Associated Press in the Gaza Strip, AFP journalists said. Israel “destroyed Jala Tower …

S&P Global Ratings said changes to the boards of First Bank of Nigeria Limited and FBN Holdings (FBNH) Plc, recently directed by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), addressed the banking group’s corporate governance challenges and ensures the Nigerian banking sector’s financial stability. In a statement, it stated that its ratings …