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The United States Department of State has announced a $7 million or N2.5 billion reward for anyone that provides credible information that will lead to the arrest of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau. Rewards for Justice Programme (RJP), the counterterrorism ...

Ohanaeze Ndigbo has raised the alarm over what it described as acts of provocation allegedly being perpetrated by armed herdsmen to cause disaffection and derail the peace in parts of Igboland. The group, in an open letter, addressed to the ...

Governor Nyesom Wike has inaugurated 17 new permanent secretaries in Rivers State. This comes as the House of Assembly screened and confirmed the nine commissioner-nominees whose names were submitted on Monday for clearance. The governor, while swearing in the permanent ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the willingness of his administration to implement the decision of the tripartite committee, made up of Nigeria, Benin and Niger, on the partial closure of the country’s land border once the report is ready. During ...

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said it is putting measures in place to ensure the harmonisation and integration of existing databases of Federal Government agencies to hasten the issuance of the National Identification Number (NIN). The move, according ...

The office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) has arraigned former Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Peter Jack, at a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Court sitting in Apo District for an alleged N50 million contract ...

Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has sworn in Justice Maurice Eneji as Acting Chief Judge of the state without endorsement of the National Judicial Council (NJC). His swearing-in yesterday followed a controversial session at the state House of Assembly ...

A lecturer in the Department of Theatre Arts, University of Africa, Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State, Professor Barclays Ayakoroma and his counterpart in the Department of English, University of Africa, Dr. Destiny Idegbekwe have canvassed improvement in the marketing of Nollywood movies. ...

Apparently deferring to the outcry in the land, the   Senate has introduced a bill seeking total adherence to the federal character principle in the appointment of service chiefs. Sponsored by the Minority Leader, Eyinnaya Abaribe, the piece of legislation, which ...

The Cross River State House of Assembly has rejected the confirmation of Justice Akon Ikpeme as substantive Chief Judge (CJ) of the state. Governor Ben Ayade had not been favourably disposed to the nomination of Ikpeme since she hailed from ...