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Justice Gideon Kurada of Kaduna State High Court has on Wednesday, July 28 acquitted and discharged the leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El- Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat Ibrahim who have been standing trial in…

Former Chief of Army Staff and Nigeria's current Ambassador to Benin Republic, Tukur Buratai has on Wednesday July 28, met with President Patrice Talon of Benin Republic. Buratai, Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff between July 2015 and…

Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho on Tuesday appeared before a court in the Benin Republic explaining why he fled Nigeria. Igboho told the judge that he fled the nation because he was put out on…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that 404 additional COVID-19 infections and zero COVID-19 related deaths were registered in Nigeria on July 27, 2021. NCDC disclosed this on its official Facebook handle on…

Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, has asked Nigerians living abroad to stop sponsoring secessionist groups. The Minister who said this during a visit by delegation of UK chapter of Nigerian in Diaspora Organisation…

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has withdrawn the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result of one Attama Lawrence Ikedichukwu following allegations of hiring a professional exams taker. JAMB spokesperson, Fabian…

Federal Government has on Tuesday said traffic would be diverted on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway around the Makun section for 72 hours to enable the contractor to install a bridge beam. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode…

Kaduna State Government says it will ensure that the freed students of Bethel Baptist High School write the ongoing NECO examination. This is contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Education, Dr. Shehu Muhammad, on…

Arik Air has announced that it will resume flight service to Warri, Delta state from both Lagos state and Abuja from August 3, 2021. It would be recalled that three weeks ago, Osubi Airport in Delta state resumed commercial flight…

Four additional abducted students of Bethel Baptist Secondary School in Kaduna State have regained their freedom. The latest development, therefore, brings the total number of the rescued students to 38 out of the 121 that were abducted…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said two persons died of complications from the coronavirus infection in the country in Monday. The disease centre, in an update on its Facebook page early Monday morning, added that 213 new…

Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, says he has been released by the police whom he earlier said arrested him at Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday. Sowore was at the court in the hope of attending the trial of Nnamdi…

There is heavy security presence at Federal High Court in Abuja this morning, as detained leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, arrive for continuation of his trial on treasonable felony charge. Kanu…

President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja today for London, United Kingdom to see his doctors and also participate in Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2021-2025. After the summit, the…

Olubadan of Ibadanland, Saliu Adetunji, has sent a delegation to Cotonou, Republic of Benin, to observe court proceedings in the case involving a Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho. Adela Oloko,…