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President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm Dr. Kingsley Obiora as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Prof. Adeola Akande as chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Both requests were contained in a ...

Against speculations, the Senate has expressed its intention not to sweep the allegations of forgery and perjury against its number two officer, Ovie Omo-Agege, but to investigate him. At a media briefing in the National Assembly, Senate spokesman, Godiya Akwashiki, ...

Absence of prosecution witnesses in court stalled the continuation of hearing in the April 5, 2018 bloody Offa banks robbery case in Ilorin, Kwara State. Prosecution counsel, Bola Gold, told the court that police officers who were the prosecution witnesses ...

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has re-opened the Maiduguri/Damboa/Biu road in Borno State for motorists. The army closed the 187-kilometre road in November 2018 due to insecurity to lives and property. Opening the road yesterday, Buratai said ...

Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has disclosed that the Federal Government is ready to construct the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri lail line. He said President Muhammadu Buhari has also approved the building of two new seaports in Bonny, Rivers State and ...

Plateau State Governor, Simon Bako Lalong, yesterday spat fire over the recent killings in the state, declaring that he is not taking the matter lying low. He stated this during a stakeholders meeting at Little Rayfield, Government House, Jos following ...

Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Dr. Chiji Collins (Isiala Mbano Constituency) and seven other PDP lawmakers have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). By the latest development, Collins had defected twice in eight months as he ...

There was tension yesterday at the Imo State Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Owerri, as Commissioner of Police (CP), Bolaji Fafowora, ordered the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Professor Francis Ezeonu to stop announcing results of a rerun election. Fafowora ...

Dean, Students Affairs, University of Uyo, Dr. Aniekan Brown, has canvassed a national crime statistics department in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), saying it will ensure accurate budgeting for crime prevention in the country. He made the assertion while fielding ...

Edo State chapter of the Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN) has declared that early detection of breast cancer is necessary to stay alive and urged women to check their breasts regularly for symptoms. President of MWAN in the state, ...