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The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, demanded the whereabouts of the state governor, Ademola Adeleke, saying the people of the state deserve to know where their governor is and his condition. The state APC chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, in a statement, said nothing was heard about Adeleke’s movement two weeks after he left the state, …

‘A frontline lawmaker in the House of Representatives, Hon Adamu Hashimu Ranga representing Ningi/Warji Federal Constituency of Bauchi state has hailed the infrastructural, developmental and socio-economic exploits of the Executive Governor of Bauchi state, Senator Bala Abdulkadir MohammedHe noted that this was responsible for the landslide victory of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections. …

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has revealed initiatives approved by President Bola Tinubu in the aftermath of a military strike that killed about 92 people in Tundun Biri village of Igabi local government area, Kaduna State last week. The Minister who revealed this at a Central Council meeting of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) on Monday in …

President Bola Tinubu will hold bilateral meetings with the United States President, Joe Biden, his European Commission counterpart, Ursula von der Leyen, and other world leaders at the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. President Tinubu …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Aisha Salihu Malkohi (a.k.a Ummitah, Arab Money) and her husband, Abubakar Abubakar Sadiq Mahmoud (at large) on five- count charges bordering on misappropriation of funds to the tune of NN410,518,000. They were arraigned on Friday, December 8, 2023 before Justice Aisha Mahmud of the Kano State High Court sitting in Kano …

A 32-year-old nursing mother, Ann Akpa, charged with assaulting a Magistrate, on Thursday, regained her freedom after spending three days in the Nigeria Correctional Centre in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Akpa was charged with two counts of assault and breach of peace. Akpa told the NAN that she met the bail bond of N200,000 …

Former managing director of Shell Nigeria Gas Ltd Samuel Inyang has died. According to a statement released by his son Itorobong Inyang, the engineer died at the age of 74 on July 31 after a brief illness. Inyang was previously the general manager, production, East, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd, before his appointment as managing director of Shell …

President Bola Tinubu said on Monday he would continue to provide the military with the necessary support to keep the country’s trouble makers at bay. Tinubu, who spoke at the 2023 Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference in Maiduguri, Borno State, acknowledged the Nigerian Army’s commitment to national security and asked the force to remain non-partisan but vigilant in upholding …

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday assigned portfolios to the 45 ministers confirmed by the Senate last week. In the new arrangement, the president appointed the former Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) while his Ebonyi State counterpart, Dave Umahi, was entrusted with the works ministry. Details later… Join the conversation Opinions Support …

Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued 17 kidnapped victims and recovered rustled cows in Zamfara State. The Force Information Officer, Operation Hadarin Daji, Capt. Yahaya Ibrahim, confirmed the news in a statement on Friday in Gusau. He added that the troops rescued two victims and recovered a commercial vehicle carrying foodstuff along Corner Jollof in the Shinkafi local government …