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GOVERNOR Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has called on his colleagues in the platform of the Southern Governors’ Forum to rescind their resolution on Value Added Tax collection by states. Umahi, who is the Chairman of the South-East…

The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja has ordered that the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors are restrained from continuing with the ongoing strike pending the determination of the substantive suit before it. The court,…

THE financiers of terrorism in Nigeria will soon be made known to Nigerians at the right time, according to the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa. The anti-graft agency boss who made this…

AN Oyo State High Court has directed the Department of State Services (DSS) to pay N20 billion to Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo alias Sunday Igboho for unlawfully invading his residence in Ibadan, Oyo State capital on July…

A former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central, Senator Shehu Sani, has joined the People's Democratic Party (PDP). Sani had won the seat at the Senate on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015. Due to a conflict…

ISLAMIC scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has labelled former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, "Judas of Oduduwa" after returning to the All Progressives Congress. The Kaduna-based Islamic cleric said this in a statement on Facebook last…

Many were the prayers and goodwill messages that sped our feet to Owerri, capital of Imo State, the Eastern Heartland, on September 9, 2021. Why were the people so effusive in prayers? We were considered as going into unsafe…

THE Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, said he was told by his doctors that is well and healthy. Bawa, who addressed participants at the National Identity Day Celebration organized by the…

THE Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has suspended the chairman of its caretaker committee in the state, Rev. Sunday Congo, over a congratulatory message to the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami. Rev. Congo…

GOVERNOR Bello Matawalle says his government pulled out of dialogue with bandits terrorising the state because they deceived him and returned to the act. In a chat with State House correspondents yesterday after a meeting with President…

A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, says he was led by the "spirit of God" to join the All Progressives Congress (APC). President Muhammadu Buhari today received Fani-Kayode at the presidential villa in Abuja. Some…

POLICE in the state say they have arrested suspected kidnappers of students of Greenfield University and those of Bethel Baptist High School. Both schools are located in Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The suspects were…

MEMBERS of the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Ondo, Ekiti and Osun states have chided the Global Congress of SCOAN Members for kicking against the appointment of Prophet TB Joshua’s widow Evelyn Joshua as the leader of the church.…

THE State House of Assembly has approved a N4 billion loan for Governor Abdullahi Ganduje for the completion of Tiga and Challawa Electrification projects. The approval was granted at the plenary session presided over by the Speaker, Hon…

THE leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has instituted a lawsuit against the Kenyan Government. Aloy Ejimakor, the Special Counsel to Kanu disclosed this via a tweet today. “UPDATE: Extraordinary Rendition:…

The Nigerian Air Force has admitted that its aircraft erroneously shot civilians at Buhari village in Yunusari Local Government of Yobe State. Recall that at least eight villagers were killed in the incident, which Air…

THE All Progressives Congress says former President Goodluck Jonathan is welcomed to contest for the 2023 presidency if he joins the ruling party. The National Secretary, APC Caretaker, and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee,…

THE Yoruba Nation group has responded to the Presidency over comments asking them not to associate with the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). In a statement issued by the spokesperson for NINAS, Maxwell Adeleye, the group accused the…

THE Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved N38.4 billion for the completion of road projects in five states in the country. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, who disclosed this to State House…

THE Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya, has ordered troop commanders to attack identified hideouts of Boko Haram insurgents and other criminal elements in the Northern part of the country. Yahaya, who gave directive yesterday…

THE South-East Caucus in the National Assembly has resolved to meet with the Federal Government over the current travails of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu, who was arrested in an unnamed country on…

GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi State says he has no regret for asking God to give Nigeria another kind-hearted leader like President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. The governor had earlier in the month said the country’s needs another leader…

GOVERNOR Gboyega Oyetola has signed the state’s Anti-Open Grazing Bill into law. The State House of Assembly had passed the bill on August 12. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ismail Omipidan, disclosed this in a statement…

AT least eight persons were reportedly killed and several others injured in the early hours of yesterday after a mysterious jet bombarded the Buhari village in Yunusari local government area of Yobe State. Residents said many of them…

THE State Police Command has arrested two suspects over the killing of Abdulkarim Na-Allah, eldest son of Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah of Kebbi South. Kaduna police spokesperson Mohammed Jalige confirmed the development to the News Agancy…

SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says there is no difference between the “separationists activists” in the South-West and South-East geopolitical zones in the country, and deadly Boko Haram terrorists.…

The Presidency has advised Yoruba Nation agitators to be mindful of its relationship with the outlawed Independent People of Biafra (IPOB). Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, gave the warning while reacting to the protest that both…

FORMER Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani Kayode, says the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Ali Isa Pantami, has dealt big blow to terrorists. In an article he wrote, Fani-Kayode, a critic turned friend of the communication…

*Twitter ban to end ‘very soon’ -- FG* The Federal Government says that it was “very close” to lifting the over 100-day ban on the microblogging platform, Twitter. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, gave the assurance…

GOVERNOR Udom Emmanuel has signed into law a bill to prohibit open rearing and grazing and provide for the establishment of ranches in the state. The bill was passed into law by the state House of Assembly yesterday. Signing the bill into…

THE abductors of Senator Nelson Effiong have reportedly demanded the sum of N200 million for his freedom. Effiong represented Akwa Ibom South (Eket) in the National Assembly between 2011 and 2015. He was kidnapped on September 5 by…

THE Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) says it is willing to negotiate with the Federal Government. At the resumed hearing today, counsel to the striking resident doctors, Femi Falana (SAN), told the National Industrial Court…

REV. Fr Luka Yakusak, the priest in charge of St. Mathew’s Catholic Church, Anchuna in Zango-Kataf Local Government Area, has regained his freedom following his abduction on Monday night. Yakusak was released “barely 24 hours” after he…

GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi State says the state is not in support of Rivers, Lagos and other states in their quest to collect Value Added Tax. Umahi stated this at a dinner organised in honour of a former Chief of Army Staff and…

THE Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, has said the rising rate of unemployment portends danger for the country. According to the minister, ignorance and lack of education is responsible for secession across the nation,…

THE State House of Assembly has criticised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of financial mismanagement against Governor Yahaya Bello regarding the diversion of N20 billion into a fixed deposit account.…

GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has signed the anti-open grazing bill into law. The State House of Assembly had recently passed the bill which prohibits open grazing and regulates cattle ranching in the state. In his address…

GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu says the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association are ready to cooperate with the state government following its ban on open grazing. The state government said it would do everything possible to protect the…

THE Nyesom Wike-led Rivers State Government has filed an appeal before the Supreme Court over the ruling of the Court of Appeal stopping its collection of Value Added Tax (VAT). The Court of Appeal in Abuja had in a ruling on Friday,…

THE Federal Government says repentant bandits are Nigerians and it will not shut the door against them. Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi, stated this when he appeared on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, last…

ABU Musab Al-Barnawi, the leader of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and son of Boko Haram founder Mohammed Yusuf has reportedly been killed in Borno State. According to Daily Trust, the vicious terror kingpin was killed in…

The Kaduna Police Command has confirmed the abduction of the Emir of Bungudu in Zamfara State Hassan Atto and an unspecified number of commuters along the Kaduna – Abuja highway. The command’s public relations officer ASP Mohammed Jalige…

GUNMEN have abducted the priest in charge of St. Matthew Catholic Church, Anchuna village in Zango-Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Rev. Father Luka Yakusak. Spokesperson of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union Luka Binniyat said…

THE United Arab Emirates (UAE) has declared six Nigerians wanted for terrorism. The Nigerians are on the list of 38 individuals and 15 entities the country added to its terror designation list, according to foreign news platform, Al…

ABOUT eight million individuals and 1.6 million poor and vulnerable households receive a monthly stipend of N10,000, President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed. The president urged commercial banks to join efforts with the…

THE Value Added Tax Bill, 2021, today, scaled through the first and second reading at the Ogun State Aseembly. This comes in the wake of the raging controversy over administration of VAT between the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)…

THE State Government has barred unvaccinated civil servants from their offices. Also barred from accessing public places are persons yet to take the coronavirus vaccine. Governor Godwin Obaseki had initially said from the middle of…

FORMER Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has alleged that the jailbreak in Kogi State was planned to undermine and discredit Governor Yahaya Bello ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Recall that the Kabba Correctional…

THE Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says has no plan to contest Lagos State governorship seat after his tenure in 2023. According to him, the incumbent Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is doing well…

Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has frowned at the sit-at-home order in the South-East ordered by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Kalu, who made this known during an interview with newsmen today in…