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The Abuja-Kaduna train service will resume on May 23, the Federal Government said on Monday. Train services had been suspended on the route after terrorists attacked a train, fatally shot several persons, and abducted scores of passengers in March. Most of those abducted are still in captivity. In a statement …

Rotimi Amaechi Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, a presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress, on Monday, officially resigned his position in the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari as the Minister of Transportation. In a press statement issued by the Amaechi Presidential Media Committee (APMC) signed by Kingsley Wali, in …

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 16, 2022 arrested serving Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris in connection with diversion of funds and money laundering activities to the tune of N80billion (Eighty Billion Naira) only. The Commission’s verified intelligence showed that the …

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal A former Sokoto State government official has threatened that more Christians in Nigeria will be murdered if they say things considered disrespectful to their revered Prophet Muhammad, following the gruesome killing of Deborah Samuel, a Christian female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Wamako. …

Buhari, Samuel, Osinbajo Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari has failed to condemn the brutal murder of Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State who was killed by an Islamic mob on Thursday, 24 hours later.  This is as the government of the United Kingdom, has condemned …

For the APC, the 2023 presidential elections present a real test of its ability to survive and forge a unified front as a political organisation. The Buhari era is about to end, and the hitherto unifying figure of a Buhari that appears to have glued the disparate tendencies in the …

INEC The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will suspend its ongoing online pre-registration of voters on May 30. The commission which announced the decision via its twitter account on Wednesday, said its to allow those who have registered online to complete the process offline. It also said the …

Onu Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, minister of science and technology and presidential hopeful, has resigned his appointment as member of the federal executive council (FEC). His resignation comes hours after Emeka Nwajiuba, minister of state for education, who is also a presidential aspirant quit. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had at …

CBN The total net credit to the Nigerian government by the banking sector rose by N2.2 trillion in the first quarter ended March 2022 to N16.32 trillion. This is according to figures from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). According to the apex bank’s data on ‘Money and credit statistics’ …

IBADAN. 11.05.22. Oyo politician, Senator Rilwan Adesoji Akanbi, has officially declared his intention to return to the Nigerian Senate to represent Oyo South Senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), confirming what has been one of the most anticipated declarations in Oyo politics since the buildup to …