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      Senator Ademola Adeleke, a gubernatorial candidate of Osun state, has in a video circulating online told a crowd that he has come with a lot of money for voters. The senator, who is related to popular singer, Davido, and represented the Osun-west senatorial district in 2017-2019, is …

The purported voice note that led to the death of Deborah Samuel, the female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto was killed and her body burnt by a mob has been revealed. According to Twitter users, Deborah had shared a voice note on her class Whatsapp group in …

A video showing a man boasting he was part of the people who killed and burnt Deborah Samuel, the Shehu Shagari College of Education student over her alleged blasphemous comment, has been shared online. In this video, the yet-to-be-identified man said “I killed her. I burnt her. You can see …

  Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele has told reporters “there will be news” after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday. Emefiele’s visit to the Villa came a day after Buhari directed all appointees with elective ambitions in 2023 to resign on or before Monday, May …

Horror as the country’s transport minister, Ernest Ngalle Bibehe, said in a statement that air traffic services lost radio contact with an aircraft that left the Nsimalen airport in Yaounde. According to CNA the radio signal was lost during the storm that hit the capital city late in the afternoon. …

The Nigerian government has received a 21-day ultimatum from the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) who are threatening to embark on industrial action. The union’s president and the general secretary, Smart Olugbeko and Ahmed Bazza, respectively, in a statement made available to newsmen, said the ultimatum was issued …

President Muhammadu has directed ministers with presidential ambition to resign immediately.     The President gave the directive Wednesday at the Federal Executive Council meeting. He also asked those with other ambitions or contesting for various positions to resign. The minister of state for petroleum, Timipre Sylva, the Attorney General …

The government of the United Kingdom has flipped on its treatment of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), recognising Nigeria’s classification of the group as a terrorist organisation and denying Biafrans asylum.  In a May 2022 update of its asylum policy, the UK government excluded members of the …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) stated that the examination would be conducted for 1,761,338 candidates that successfully registered for the examination in 755 registered computer based centres. The Head Media JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said in Abuja that the board had put in place all measures to ensure smooth …

Ekiti State Governor and Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi will formally declare his intention to run for the position of President of the country tomorrow in Abuja. The Wednesday’s declaration, tagged “Unveiling My Nigeria Agenda”, is the climax of the Governor’s extensive consultations across the geo-political zones in …