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The cycle of premature electioneering politics is here again unfortunately, as it has been since Nigeria returned to civilian rule in 1999, when the year preceding a new election is dominated by politicking rather than governance. We are in that season again even though the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari has over a year on his […]
A file photo of three armed men. Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked a low-cost housing estate at Kofar Gayan in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State and kidnapped six people including a Customs officer and his son. The police authorities are yet to confirm the incident but a resident of the […]
BoI Tower 11 Building. President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned the new Tower of the Bank of Industry (BoI) named Tower II Building. The official commissioning of the 15-story building was held on Thursday in Abuja with various dignitaries in attendance. The president also explained that the Bank of Industry has disbursed loans worth billions […]
Some of the suspected fraudsters. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 120 suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan and Enugu State. A statement by the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said 40 suspects were arrested by the Enugu Zonal Command of the agency while 80 were nabbed for similar crimes in Ibadan, Oyo […]
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 30, 2022, in New York City. GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP Oil prices tumbled Thursday on reports that the United States is considering tapping its reserves to combat a supply crisis sparked by the Ukraine war. However, […]
Idris Wase during the meeting. Twitter@ HouseNGR The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, on Wednesday blasted service chiefs and the ministers of relevant agencies over their failure to honour the lawmakers’ invitation. The lawmakers summoned the service chiefs and ministers of relevant ministries and agencies to appear before it […]
Road travel was at full swing on Wednesday at various motor parks in Kaduna State with the passengers trooping in to board vehicles to Abuja. The followed the attack on an Abuja-Kaduna bound train and the subsequent temporary suspension of train services on that route by the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC). Despite stories of […]
Nigeria will be missing the World Cup for the first time in 16 years. Facebook/William Troost-Ekong. Former Super Eagles defender, George Abbey, has said the team’s failure to make the 2022 World Cup should be a wake-up call to football authorities in Nigeria. Abbey said this in reaction to Nigeria’s 1-1 draw with Ghana […]
US actor Will Smith (R) slaps US actor Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022. PHOTO: Robyn Beck / AFP The Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences has pledged to take “appropriate action” over Will Smith’s shocking assault of Chris Rock at the […]
Photo collage of police officers and the newly acquired technology-driven gadgets. The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba has acquired five additional high-powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to improve surveillance operations to checkmate criminal activities in the country in line with the IGP’s vision and mission statements which include technology-driven policing. This was […]
