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The Department of State Services (DSS) said it has arrested the mastermind of the Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device attack that occurred near the Palace of the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland in Okene, Kogi State. The DSS Spokesperson, Peter Afunnaya disclosed this on Wednesday, noting that the key suspect, Abdulmumin Ibrahim Otaru …

A week after the five aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, converged to take a decision on which presidential candidate to support, Nigerians are yet to be told of their candidate. But the Benue State governor and Chairman of the group has endorsed Peter Obi of the Labour …

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Tuesday warned of the dare consequences if members of the G-5 Governors are expelled from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said the party would collapse if such action was ever carried out, saying nobody could force them out …

IGP Usman Alkali Baba The Inspector General of Police (IGP) has streamlined the investigation processes in the Police Force with a view to checking duplication through indiscriminate transfers of cases. The IGP said the departmental system of investigating cases has led to the duplication of the process which has been …

Femi Fan-Kayode and Ex-President Obasanjo A former Aviation minister Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to the endorsement of Labour Party’s Peter Obi by his former boss, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, describing the action as the biggest mistake of the former president. Obasanjo had in a four-page letter endorsed Peter Obi, and …

INEC chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) again cautioned Nigerians against a purported portal for the recruitment of ad hoc staff 2023 general election. INEC said this in a short message by Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi on Tuesday in Abuja. Oyekanmi …

ASUU The Academic Staff Union Universities (ASUU) and the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) have advised Nigerians to vote for leaders who will invest in education. The National Presidents of ASUU and ASUP, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke and Dr Anderson Ezeibe, respectively, told Punch in an interview that the only …

Muhammadu Buhari Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president, on Tuesday signed into law the 2023 appropriation bill of N21.83 trillion. Buhari signed the bill at the Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja. The National Assembly had last week passed the bill, representing an increase of N1.32 trillion from Buhari’s N20.51 …

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has arrived Kano State Northwest Nigeria, ahead of the APC presidential rally scheduled to hold on Wednesday. According to APC United Kingdom, which disclosed this in an amateur video posted on its Facebook page, Tinubu arrived the Mallam Aminu …

Obasanjo and Tinubu Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday lampooned former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, for declaring support for one of the presidential hopefuls, Labour Party’s Peter Obi. In a special New Year message …