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  Another prominent northern APC chieftain has weighed in on the 2023 presidency debate – Sahabi Danladi Mahuta, APC leader in Kebbi state, said power should return to the south in 2023 after eight years of the northern presidency Mahuta, however, said the vice presidential candidate must be a northern …

Barely some weeks after youths across the country took to the streets to protest against police brutality, oppression and extrajudicial killing another bizarre show of brutality has triggered unrest in Yenagoa metropolis, capital of Bayelsa State, when some policemen opened fire at a crowded market, leaving four women critically injured …

The Senate has mandated its Committees on Legislative Compliance and Communications to invite the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, and impress on him the need to implement the resolutions of the Senate regarding security related to the mandate of his ministry. This is coming against the …

Oil facilities owned by Shell and Agip were attacked on Wednesday by unidentified people in a sign that militant activities may have resumed again in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Several explosions were heard in the facilities located at the Ikarama community in Yenagoa Bayelsa forcing Shell to …

President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned Ibigwe modular refinery with an assurance that Nigeria will soon become a net exporter of petroleum products, as the country moves towards realising its refinery roadmap. During the commissioning of the 5,000 barrel per day, BPD, Waltersmith modular refinery, Ibigwe, Ohaji, Imo State, held virtually …

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, has said there is need for more daring lawyers to emerge in Nigeria in order to resist the fast-growing  tyranny system and expand what he described as “frontiers of jurisprudence in the country.” Justice Muhammad said with more good lawyers, the fundamental …

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested two elderly men for raping a 13-year-old girl at new GRA area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Ahmed Mohammad Wakil, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday, November 25, said the suspects were arrested following a report made …

Several shops were razed in a fire explosion involving a diesel laden tanker in Agulu, Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra state on Wednesday night. The tanker reportedly crashed when the driver suddenly lost control while descending a slope towards Nise/Amawbia Road of the area. An eyewitness said the spillage …

Group of Suspected kidnappers have abducted the wife and son of a security detail attached to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in Yolde Pate, a suburb of Yola. Sources said Wednesday that the incident took place in the night when the target was believed to still be around after arriving …

The nation’s land borders that have been closed since August 2019 may be reopened soon. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, gave this indication during an interview with State House correspondents on Wednesday. Ahmed said the presidential committee set up on the matter has completed its …