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The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has pleaded with the National Identification Management Commission (NIMC) and the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) to assist in the identification and recapturing of the fleeing inmates from the Kuje Correctional Service. Aregbesola made this plea while reacting to questions from State House correspondents on …

“Doing so will help reassure the public of the “robustness of our system and to strengthen our processes ahead of the General Election,” the INEC Chairman says. In preparation for the coming general elections, Nigeria’s electoral commission, INEC, has scheduled a mock accreditation of voters for 4 February. This is …

Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule has lost his beloved son, Alhaji Hassan Sule, to the cold hands of death. Hassan died on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2023, after a brief illness. Giving details on Friday, the governor’s chief press secretary, Ibrahim Addra, said; “His Excellency, …

Godwin Emefiele A lawyer, Joshua Alobo, has approached the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, praying the court to stop the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from implementing the January 31 deadline to phase out the old naira notes (N200, N500 and N1,000). Mr Alobo, in the suit marked: …

Bolanle Raheem Gbenga Raheem, husband of Bolanle Raheem, slain Lagos lawyer, has recalled the intimate moment he had with her before she was killed on December 25, 2022. Gbenga testified in the murder trial of Drambi Vandi, the police officer accused of killing his pregnant wife, Bolanle. On Thursday at …

Peter Obi The youth wing of the apex socio-political organisation for the Yoruba people, Afenifere and the Coalition for a Better and Brighter Nigeria group, on Wednesday intensified grassroots mobilisation to rally support for the victory of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. The National President of …

. Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has urged the ex-minister of state for Steel and Mines Development, Dr. Uche Ogah, to stop all court cases he filed over the Abia state governorship primaries and come and meet him to talk over the matter. Ogah …

Atiku Abubakar and Ifeanyi Okowa Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lauded Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa, his running mate, for taking the lead in restructuring without waiting for the Federal Government. Abubakar gave the commendation while inaugurating the Koka Flyover and Interchange on Wednesday in …

Buhari unveils Lagos Blue Line Rail project Though President Muhammadu Buhari unveiled five key projects in his two days official visit to Lagos, but guests and others present at the events were shocked that the president kept mum throughout. On Monday, he unveiled the Lekki Deep Sea Port and the …

Redesigned naira notes The Senate on Tuesday asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the deadline for the exchange of old naira notes from the January 31 deadline to July 31, 2023. The apex bank had in October last year said the old naira notes would seize to …