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Governors in the South Eastern part of Nigeria have urged agitators for self-determination in the region to halt hostilities and allow them negotiate solutions to age-long grievances with the Federal Government within six months. The appeal was made by Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi on Thursday while featuring on the …

Veteran actor, Adewale Elesho, has come out publicly to appeal to comedian, Princess, to forgive Baba Ijesha who was arrested in April for allegedly defiling her foster daughter.   Princess in a video she posted last month, alleged that Baba Ijesha had defiled her foster daughter when she was seven …

Suspected gunmen have abducted a judge at a Sharia Court in Bauren Zakat village in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State. It was learnt  that the attackers broke into the court around 3pm on Tuesday and abducted the judge identified as Alhaji Husaini Sama’ila. The Katsina Police Public Relations …

Minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige has appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to call off the strike in Kaduna state. While the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have embarked on a five-day warning strike and protests in the state over the sack of over 7,000 government …

Nigeria’s public debt is projected to increase to 34% of GDP in 2020 from 29% in 2019 and will rise to about 36.4% in the medium term, according to the International Monetary Fund, IMF’s latest report on the country. President Muhammadu Buhari, has written to the Senate to approve a …

  The Ijaw Youth Council has given the international oil companies (IOCs) operating in the Niger Delta an ultimatum to vacate the region.   The council said the notice is in line with the 30 days ultimatum handed to the Federal Government to inaugurate a substantive board of the Niger …

Former Kwara state governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has reportedly been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. According to Channels Television, the former governor is being questioned by a crack team of operatives at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja The 57-year-old was said to have arrived at the EFCC headquarters …

  David Oyedepo, the General Overseer of the Living Faith Church Worldwide has revealed what his action would be if the country is engulfed in crisis.   In a message to his church members, Oyedepo stated that he will be the last to leave the country if there is a crisis.   …

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Paris, France for the African Finance Summit. The Presidency tweeted this on Sunday, attaching pictures of the president’s arrival in France. The president left Abuja Sunday for the summit which is being hosted by President Emmanuel Macron of France. According to Mr Buhari’s spokesperson, …

The 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME) has extended registration for its annual Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination by two weeks.   The UTME is also now expected to hold from June 19 to July 3. It was initially to hold between June 5 and 19. The UTME is a computer-based standardized examination …