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Illegal miners at work The Coordinator of the Arewa Think Tank, Muhammad Alhaji Yakubu, has called for due process in the ongoing investigation into the deaths of 37 alleged illegal miners in Niger State, arguing that responsibility should be established based on evidence rather than speculation. Yakubu’s stance came amid calls from some quarters for the removal of the Commandant …

Former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami has explained what he said about his role in the dispute between Sunrise Power and the federal government in relation to the Mampilla hydroelectric project and the $200 million settlement of which he was allegedly a beneficiary. In a statement issued on Tuesday by Mohammed Bello Doka, his special assistant on …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Tuesday decided to reduce the Monetary Policy Interest Rate (MPR) by 350 basis points (bps) to 23 percent from 26.5 percent The central bank also recalibrated the Asymmetric Corridor at the MPE range of +50/-300 bps. Speaking to journalists at the end of the two-day Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja, the CBN …

England have suffered a major setback ahead of their upcoming UEFA Nations League matches, with five players withdrawing from Thomas Tuchel’s squad due to their respective injury problems. Chelsea striker Cole Palmer, Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice, Manchester United pair Kobbie Mainoo and Marcus Rashford and Newcastle United defender Tino Livramento have all been ruled out of the Three Lions’ upcoming …

The Nigerian Air Force has completed an agreement to purchase 12 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters from Bell Textron in Amarillo, Texas, United States, with a beam signing ceremony. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sunday Aneke, led the NAF delegation at the ceremony, which is an outgrowth of the Nigerian-United States Government defense cooperation program. According to a …

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has revealed that he will invest over $10 billion dollars in the coming years to address Nigeria’s electricity crisis and drive industrialization. He expressed this in an interview with Al Jazeera, where he identified inconsistent government policies and inadequate electricity supply as major challenges that discourage Africans from investing in the continent. He revealed that …

Up to 20 players have arrived at the Super Eagles camp in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, as coach Éric Chelle prepares to lead the team in its first training session ahead of Friday’s 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Madagascar. The latest arrivals bring the number of players in camp to 20, with three more expected to join …

“The fighting in Yemen is spreading across multiple fronts, triggering a rapidly growing refugee crisis and causing more than 130,000 people to flee their homes since early September,” UNHCR spokesman Babar Baloch told reporters in Geneva. The mass displacement follows the rapid advance of Iran-backed Houthi fighters up Yemen’s west coast to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in recent weeks and …

That Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukrainewho provided an update to the council, said that Russia’s repeated attacks on energy infrastructure are making Ukraine’s civilians more vulnerable to winter ahead of a brutal winter in 2025-2026 in which temperatures will drop by 20°C and millions of people will experience prolonged power and heating outages. The dangerous winter is coming …

Ikemefuna Okeke, Karl Von Batten, Karl Marx, George Edward, Karl ME Okeke or any of your many names you choose to call yourself this week, consider the following. You said our President was smuggling drugs into America – that is false. Prove it. You said that our President was CHARGED for drug trafficking in America: this is false. Prove it. …