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  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Reconciliation Committee and Strategic Committee, led by former Senate President Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday reconciled warring chieftains of the party in Lagos State. The party leader, Chief Bode George, and chairman of the chapter, Deji Doherty, embraced truce and promised to work jointly for ...

  The proscribed Igbo separatist group, Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has reportedly engaged a lobbying firm in the United States, BW Global Group (BWGG LCC), to facilitate the recognition of Biafran independence. The leader of the group, Nnamdi Kanu, according to the report, allegedly paid the outfit the sum ...

  The Delta state government has denied receiving the £4.2m James Ibori loot. That was contrary to the submission of the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris that the Federal Government had returned the recently repatriated sum, allegedly looted by former Governor James Ibori from the United Kingdom ...

  Famous Nigerian actress, Toyin Abraham has finally broken silence on her lingering squabble with colleague, Lizzy Anjorin. It all started in September 2019, when an Instagram blog reported that Liz was ‘held and searched for drug peddling’ during hajj in Saudi Arabia. The blog reported that she was ‘teary ...

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Mr Bashir Jamoh, has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate an allegation of N1.5tn fraud levelled against him by one Jackson Ude. Ude had on Saturday alleged that N1.5tn was traced to Jamoh. The allegation made on ...

  An irate mob yesterday set on fire a mad woman allegedly caught with three AK-47 rifles stashed in a sack bag at Abule-Ado, Trade fair area of Badagry, Lagos State. An eyewitness that made a video of the incident said the mad woman was accused of keeping the rifles ...

  Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) Brig. General Buba Marwa (retd) has said that politicians seeking public office and students seeking admission into higher institutions must undergo drug integrity test. Marwa stated this in Abuja while delivering a paper on “Drug Abuse and National Security Challenge: ...

  “The first 16 years of my leaving this office have been very traumatic. I never came back as I became a snake that doesn’t go back to where it has shed its skin.” Former Governor Olusegun Osoba of Ogun has narrated his 16-year ordeal in the hands of ex-governors ...

    The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Tuesday, faulted the position of the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu, on the ban of open grazing by governors from the Southern part of the country. Shehu had in a statement on Monday described ...

  Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says fake news has adverse effects on society, including ruining homes and leaving many depressed. Speaking on Tuesday when he received a delegation from The Guardian Newspaper in Abuja, Mohammed said fact-checking, for which some media houses now have dedicated desks, including ...