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  Former Kaduna senator, Shehu Sani, has reproached the Muhammadu Buhari administration for its failure to declare bandits terrorists. As bandits continue to unleash their unrestrained reign of terror in Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna and other Northwestern states that has claimed thousands of lives including members of the armed forces, Nigerians ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, have approved a huge national security-sensitive maritime contract to a medical company in a process the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) says is “embarrassing” and illegal, a PREMIUM TIMES investigation has revealed. The development has unsettled the Buhari government, ...

More light has been shed on the bribery allegation involving former Commander of the Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, who was suspended on July 31. Sources in police that spoke with Punch confirmed that the former deputy commissioner of police is still on suspension and had not been secretly recalled ...

  Social media giant, Facebook on Thursday announced that it has changed its corporate name to Meta. The Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, in the announcement disclosed that the development is part of a major rebranding. The platform further stated that the change does not apply ...

  Ex Akwa Ibom South Senator, Nelson Effiong, who was kidnapped on the 5th of September,2021 as at 9pm, at the newly opened Highbrow club along Oron road in Uyo, the state capital, is yet to be released by his abductors. This is the second time, the lawmaker has being ...

    The E-Naira speed wallet has disappeared from the Google Play Store barely 48 hours after its launch, The PUNCH has observed. However, our correspondent learnt that the eNaira merchant wallet, which is designed for businesses, is still running and has over 10,000 downloads on the Google Play Store ...

  Angry youths have stormed the residence of a suspected informant for bandits and beat him to death in Kaduna State. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, state Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the youths inflicted severe injure on the victim, Abdullahi Mohammed Gobirawa before he ...

Consumer Protection Agency Bill Scales Second Reading at Lagos Assembly Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday intensified moves to repeal the State’s Consumer Protection Agency law and replace it with an amended version that is more people-friendly and aimed at strengthening the rights of residents. The ...

  The Former Emir of Kano state, Sanusi Lamido has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari is meant to be impeached for paying millions of dollars on fuel subsidies without appropriation. He disclosed that this is contained in Nigeria’s Constitution.He stated this while speaking virtually as a panelist on Sustainable Development ...

  The Lagos International Festival of Animation, LIFANIMA has received the endorsement of the Lagos State Ministry of Tourism and Culture. The State further pledged the collaboration of its agency, The Lagos State Films and Video Censors Board. This was conveyed in a letter signed by the Executive Secretary of ...