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Indications have emerged that no fewer than six persons have been feared killed following renewed cult violence in parts of Edo State. It was learnt that the killings were to mark the one-year anniversary of the killing of two rival ...

Former Emir of Gwandu in Kebbi State, Major Mustapha Jokolo (rtd), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sack National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno and Chief of Staff (COS) to the President, Abba Kyari over the country’s worsening ...

Governor Nyesom Wike has hinted that only a prepared and determined person would succeed him as Rivers State chief executive at the 2023 general elections. The disclosure comes as youths encouraged him to seek higher office at the next poll. ...

Following the breakdown of negotiations on the new minimum wage, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Cross River has given the state government a seven-day ultimatum to act. A letter, signed by the State Chairman, Comrade Julius Nkoji, and Secretary ...

 Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio has offered reason for the enlargement of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Nigerian leader had on Wednesday approved the increase in ...

The Federal Government has been urged to institutionalise its social protection programmes for impact and sustainability. An international organisation, Save the Children, said government could leverage the gains of the current administration’s social nets for continuity. The Senior Social Protection ...

The Federal Government has appealed to the United States to rescind its decision on immigrant visa ban on Nigerians due to the age-long ties between the two nations. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the call while receiving the American ...

For allegedly failing to remit the five per cent of staff wage to the Nigerian Pension Commission (PENCOM) in the past five years, the Senate Committee on Public Accounts yesterday queried the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed ...

Chairman, Expert Advisory Panel of the Nigeria Natural Resource Charter (NNRC), Odein Ajumogobia, and leading industry experts have re-echoed the lingering challenges bedeviling the nation’s oil and gas sector, especially poor management of resources and regulatory loopholes. Speaking at the ...

Renowned Pan-Africanist, Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba has admonished members of the National Assembly to eschew selfish interests and render selfless service to Nigerians. The erudite Kenyan scholar, who spoke at the launch of the Green Chamber Magazine in the ...