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  Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday defended the withdrawal of over $21 billion from the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) dividends account describing the transaction as legal. NNPC Group Managing Director, Malam Mele Kyari, spoke when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts in Abuja …

Femi Adesina addresses press. Presidential aide, Femi Adesina, has said although President Muhammadu Buhari contested for president four times, he ended up getting “the most unenviable job” in the world after winning the 2015 presidential election and was re-elected into same office in 2019. Adesina said even though President Buhari …

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, gave N60m to the families of policemen killed during the #EndSARS protest that rocked the state in October. At a meeting today, the governor presented a cheque of N10m each to the families of the late ASP Yaro Edward, Insp Ayodeji Erinfolami, Insp …

Endurance Bako (22), a 300-level student of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) and Happy Bako, an SS1 pupil, have been kidnapped in Wulko, Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area of Nasarawa state. The victims are siblings to Francis Ewuga, a 2019 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Assembly aspirant. Their mother …

IGP The police have filed a suit at a federal high court in Abuja seeking an order to stop the judicial panels of inquiry set up by state governors to probe allegations of police brutality and human rights abuses against the force. Following the #EndSARS protests, state governors were directed …

  The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has frowned upon what he described as the lackadaisical attitudes of banks and financial institutions in the state to the security of their facilities and cash in transit. A statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said Odumosu …

The Ondo State Security Agency Network, the Amotekun, on Wednesday, said it had arrested some persons in connection with the killing of the Olufon of Ifon, Oba Israel Adeusi. Oba Adeusi was shot dead by gunmen at Elegbeka on the Akure-Owo-Benin Expressway in the Ose Local Government Area of the …

Prof. Mahmud Yakubu The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the reappointed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to use the more than two years ahead of the 2023 general election to rejig the electoral commission. The party gave the advice in a statement by …

The Senate yesterday approved the restoration of three constituencies in Benue State. This followed a motion titled: “Approval for the restoration of Two (2) State Constituencies from Ushongo State Constituency of Benue State and the restoration of Agasha State Constituency from Guma State Constituency in compliance with the decisions of …

All public officers and top cadre civil servants in Bauchi State have been directed to immediately declare their assets in line with the provisions of the Code of Conduct Bureau to avoid running against the law. The directive was given by the State Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir, at the …