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President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his administration’s zero tolerance for brutality of Nigerians by law enforcement agents. Reacting yesterday to the killing of Kolade Johnson by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Lagos, he acknowledged the “genuine outrage” ...

The campaign for the presidency of the Ninth Senate may have assumed a new dimension, as allegations yesterday became rife that some lawmakers were allegedly poaching members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus. The claim formed the crux of ...

Suspected herdsmen have again killed no fewer than five persons in Mondo settlement, Ukemberagya Gaambetiev Logo Council of Benue State. It was learnt from one of the locals, simply identified as Keghnen, that four of the victims were siblings. Keghnen ...

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has described the allegations of false and non-declaration of assets brought against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, as sub judice and consequently abstained from considering them. The decision was reached yesterday ...

A group, Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF), ASF France, also known as Lawyers without Borders, yesterday condemned the execution of a Nigerian woman in Saudi Arabia for drug related offences. The woman was executed on April 1, 2019, reportedly alongside two ...

A Federal High Court Abuja yesterday sacked representative of Delta North Senatorial district, Peter Nwaoboshi as senator-elect, saying available evidence from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries showed that Ned Nwoko won. The court, therefore, ruled that Nwoko was the authentic ...

Latest report of the African Development Bank (AfDB) for 2018, the African Economic Outlook 2019, has revealed that Africa recorded the second highest growth rate globally after East Asia. Launched in Abuja yesterday, the report stated that the continent recorded ...

Third witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kayode Olanrewaju, yesterday told a Federal High Court in Lagos that duty receipts of an alleged N5.8 billion fraud were missing in the bank. The money laundering case involves a ...

The Erei communities in Biase Local Council of Cross River State have petitioned the state government raising fears of possible annihilation from their Ebonyi State neighbours. For months, the people of Urugbam Erei in Biase Local Council had been in ...

Diocesan Bishop of Lagos, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Reverend Humphrey Olumakaiye, has advised Lagos State governor-elect, Babatunde Sanwo-Olu, to be a passionate leader and remember the downtrodden in society. He said the incoming governor should, as a matter of ...