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  Former Military President, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has endorsed the Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo to take over power in 2023. Babangida endorsed the Vice President when he was visited by the Osinbajo Grassroots Organisation at his Hilltop residence in Minna, Niger capital, on Thursday. The elder statesman while ...

  For the umpteenth time, the Nigerian Government has uncovered alleged plans by terrorists to launch coordinated attacks on the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The latest makes it the fourth time in the last one year that Nigerian security forces and paramilitary agencies would be alerted about alleged plans by ...

  The (NOUN) on Thursday matriculated 72 inmates of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre, Abuja to study various courses. The Vice-Chancellor, NOUN, Prof. Olufemi Peters, urged the students to make use of their study materials judiciously. The VC who was represented by the National Coordinator, ...

  Boko Haram insurgents have fired rockets at Ngomari Airport area in Maiduguri, Borno State, as President Muhammadu Buhari visits the state capital today. POLITICS NIGERIA learnt that that one of the missiles landed at Ajilari Cross area. Another landed near Maiduguri airport where there is a military base. Per ...

  Olori Silekunola Naomi, the wife of the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Thursday announced that “I shall no longer be referred to as wife to the Ooni of Ife or as Queen of Ile-Ife”.   Olori Naomi took to her Facebook page to make the announcement.   She ...

  Four suspected Yahoo Boys have told the Ogun State police that one of their friends, Uzoma Alexander, who came to learn about Internet fraud from them died after taking ‘Colorado’. Colorado is a cocktail of psychotropic drug currently trending among Nigeria’s young drug users especially teenagers. The Police Public ...

  Barely 24 hours after Governor Nasir El-Rufai sought aggressive presidential intervention against bandits operating in Kaduna State, the terrorists have reportedly kidnapped about 70 traders who were travelling along the Birnin Gwari-Kaduna road in the state. Following the killing of about 40 people after bandits invaded three communities in ...

  Commander of Islamic police known as Hisbah in Kano State, Sheik Harun Ibn Sina, has said the outfit would quiz parents of winner of Miss Nigeria beauty contest, Shatu Garko, over her participation in the beauty pagent. The 18-year-old beat 18 others to win the 44th edition of the ...

  An official of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has been crushed to death by a truck at Sagamu-Ijebu Ode Road in Ogun, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, confirmed the incident to NAN in Abeokuta on Wednesday, saying that the accident ...