FINTIRI DENIES ORDERING CLOSURE OF BOARDING SCHOOLS, VOWS ACTION AGAINST RUMOUR MONGERS
Agency Report Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has denied issuing any directive to close boarding schools in the state, dismissing reports to that effect...
FG SAYS NEW TAX REFORMS MEANT TO EASE BURDEN, NOT INCREASE IT; BLAMES MISINFORMATION FOR PUBLIC ANXIETY
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Federal Government has clarified that the recently enacted tax reforms were designed to reduce the financial burden on Nigerians, not...
JONATHAN REVEALS WHY HE RETURNED TO NIGERIA ON IVORIAN AIRCRAFT AFTER GUINEA-BISSAU UNREST (VIDEO)
By Aishat Momoh. O. Former President Goodluck Jonathan has explained why he returned to Nigeria aboard an Ivorian aircraft following the recent political turmoil in...
OSUN MOVING CLOSER TO A MAJOR BREAKDOWN- APC TELLS ADELEKE
BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has said that Governor Ademola Adeleke is leading the state in a way that...
FG DIDN’T PAY RANSOM FOR RELEASE OF ABDUCTED VICTIMS- SENATE SPOKESPERSON
The spokesperson for the Senate, Yemi Adaramodu, said that the Federal Government did not pay a ransom to get schoolchildren back who were recently taken...
GUINEA-BISSAU RELAXES CURFEW AMIDST MILITARY COUP
Life slowly returned to usual in the capital of Guinea-Bissau on Friday after the country’s fifth coup in recent times, which happened right after the...
EL-RUFAI JOINS ADC, VOWS TO CHALLENGE APC LEADERSHIP IN KADUNA
By Aishat Momoh. O. Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has officially joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), months after resigning from the All Progressives...
SENATE INTRODUCES BILL TO CLASSIFY KIDNAPPING AS TERRORISM, SEEK DEATH PENALTY FOR OFFENDERS
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Senate on Thursday introduced a bill proposing stringent amendments to the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, including classifying all forms...
GUINEA-BISSAU PRESIDENT EMBALO FLEES TO SENEGAL AMID COUP ALLEGATIONS, OPPOSITION CLAIMS HE ORGANISED POWER GRAB
Agency Report Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has fled to Senegal after reportedly being detained during a military coup, Senegalese authorities confirmed on Thursday. The...
TINUBU APPROVES NIGERIAN TEAM FOR US-NIGERIA SECURITY WORKING GROUP
By Aishat Momoh. O. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the constitution of the Nigerian delegation to the US-Nigeria Joint Working Group, aimed at strengthening...