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Tafa Balogun Mustapha (Tafa) Balogun, a former Nigerian Inspector-General of Police (IGP), is dead. Balogun who became IGP under the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2002, died on Thursday, according to family sources. Details of his death, however, remain sketchy at the moment. The late Balogun was born on …

Posers and panic reign and run riot in the mind of the average Polaris Bank customer and shareholder. This came about as indications emerged this week that the bank might be up for sale by the Central Bank of Nigeria. What is even more bewildering is that Auwal Lawan Abdullahi, …

Zainab Ahmed, Finance Minister The Federal Government has confirmed that it has purchased vehicles worth N1.4 billion to help Niger Republic tackle insecurity. The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed gave the confirmation on Wednesday, explaining that providing intervention to the neighboring Niger Republic is not new …

The newly appointed National Women Leader of the Labour Party, Mrs. Dudu Manuga, from Gombe State has vowed to break the jinx and change the narrative in Nigeria politics come 2023 general elections. Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, congratulated her for the nomination on Wednesday. Reacting on Thursday, Manuga …

Nigeria’s federal government has said it will do everything necessary to ensure that the 2023 elections hold despite the current security challenges. Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, said this on Wednesday while addressing journalists after the meeting of the federal executive council (FEC). He said despite concerns …

Lai Mohameed Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture has described the attack on the convoy of the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Zone 12 headquartered in Bauchi, Audu Madaki, as an attempt by terrorists to score “a psychological point”. Mohammed who stated this while responding to a …

BBNAIJA 7: Hermes win HOH game, nominates Cyph, Phyna, Amaka, Khalid, Christy O for eviction Level 1 housemate, Hermes, has emerged  Head of House for week two of Big Brother Naija season seven. Hermes replaced fellow housemate, Eloswag who emerged the winner last week. The Level 1 House has won …

NAFDAC DG, Mojisola Adeyeye Members of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) branch, on Monday suspended its indefinite strike. The union’s Secretary, Mr. Ayodeji Adetoboye, disclosed this in an interview with Punch. Adetoboye said, “An agreement has been …

The naira last week depreciated to an all-time low of N730 to a US dollar at the parallel market. The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has blamed the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele’s poor economic management policies for the recent depreciation of the naira …

No fewer than 2,750,000 tablets of tramadol 225mg weighing 1,650 kilograms worth One N1, 375, 000,000 have been intercepted at the Apapa port in Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. The consignment packed in 55 cartons of Tapentadol and Carisoprodol types of Tramadol was seized …