President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Sen Godswill Akpabio, Sen Gbemisola Saraki and 41 others for screening and confirmation as ministers. The list was read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan after a 20 minutes closed door session during today’s plenary. Read more
Protesting members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria have shot dead a senior police officer, DCP Umar, who was in charge of Operations at the Federal Capital Territory Police Command. Umar was reportedly gunned down as he tried to pacify Read more
Ace movie director, Kunle Afolayan has revealed that the film “Mokalik” has been acquired by Netflix. Afolayan shared the news in an interview with NAN, revealing that other movies of his have also been acquired. He added that Netflix is Read more
The Federal Government says the number of Out-of-School (OSC) Children in the country has reduced from 13.2 million to 10.2million, following various interventions of the government and development partners. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu said this at the Read more
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the compulsory retirement of the Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Walter Onnoghen, based on “incontrovertible” findings on him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC). It asked President Muhammadu Buhari to give Read more
All Progressives Congress’s Muhammadu Buhari has been re-elected as Nigeria’s president for another four-year term after facing down stiff competition from his closest challenger Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party. Buhari was declared the winner of the election in Read more
The meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday ended in a deadlock. The meeting, held at the Ministry of Labour and Employment office in Abuja over the universities lecturers’ strike since November 5, Read more
Operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kaduna State Command, have arrested an impostor with the Nigerian Army uniforms and Police beret in Kaduna metropolis despite a 24-hour curfew imposed by the state government. Parading the suspect Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged military personnel deployed to Katsina State, saddled with the task of fighting bandits in Zamfara, to be `as ruthless as humanly possible’ in carrying out their assignment. The president gave the challenge when he addressed Read more
Khanna Police, Ludhiana district of Punjab, India has nabbed four Nigerian nationals in the last few weeks as part of the campaign to combat trafficking. The latest suspect identified as Traurare Yakubu was arrested on Wednesday, August 21. Ub Inspector Read more