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President, African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM), Aisha Buhari of Nigeria on Tuesday inaugurated the newly constructed headquarters of the mission along the Airport Road in Abuja. She described the edifice as a befitting office accommodation to ensure a conducive working conditions for members of staff of the mission. She said the building would serve […]

Another batch of Nigerians stranded in war-torn Sudan have arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The evacuees, 136 in number, arrived in a Tarco Aviation aircraft via Port Sudan at 9:30am. While noting that this is the 11th aircraft that has evacuated Nigerians from Sudan, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says a […]

Former Osun Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has accepted Tuesday’s ruling of the Supreme Court which upheld the election of Senator Ademola Adeleke as governor of the state. “To the Osun Governor, Senator Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke, I take this opportunity to congratulate you on your victory at the Supreme Court,” Oyetola said in a personally signed […]

Fire has gutted some parts of the Nigerian Air Force Base located along Airport Road in the Federal Capital Territory. The cause of the fire outbreak was yet to be ascertained at the time of filing the report. Operatives of the Federal Fire Service have also made an effort to put out the fire. The […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a letter to the Senate seeking approval to take a loan to the tune of $800 million from the World Bank to cushion the effects of subsidy removal. This follows the Federal Government’s April announcement of an $800 million World Bank grant targeting 50 million vulnerable Nigerians or 10 million […]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the appeal by Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) challenging the election of Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as Osun State Governor. The apex court, in its judgment read by Justice Emmanuel Agim, also upheld the Appeal Court’s judgment which upheld the election […]

The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has directed security agencies to carry out systematic raids in identified places where vendors of hard and other illicit drugs operate in Sagamu LGA and its environs following the rising cult clashes in the community. The governor gave the directive in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, when he received […]

Governor Umaru Fintiri has sworn in Justice Hafsat Andulrahman as the first female chief judge in Adamawa State. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Government House in Yola on Monday. Besides the chief judge, the governor also swore in two other judges – Justice Ibrahim Sudi as the Grand Khadi and Audu Balami as […]

Students from 41 universities across the country have arrived in Benin, Edo State, to fight for spots on Nigeria’s squad to the World University Games scheduled to hold in Chengdu, China, from July 28 to August 8, 2023. The athletes are competing in seven sports, including athletics, judo, badminton, table tennis, taekwondo, swimming and tennis […]

The Katsina State Chief Judge, Justice Musa Danladi Abubakar, has blamed lawyers and litigants for the slow pace of justice administration in the country. The chief judge, who disclosed this, yesterday, in an interactive session with some journalists in Katsina, blamed the lawyers for prolonging cases in court through adjournments. He explained that lawyers as […]