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The Nigerian military has once again assured Nigerians that notorious bandits’ leader, Bello Turji, is being tracked and will be eliminated very soon. The Chief of Defence Operations, Major General Emeka Onumajuru, disclosed this…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has warned fruit dealers and sellers against using calcium carbide in fruit ripening for commercial purposes. The warning was made by the NAFDAC Coordinator in Sokoto…

Renowned businessman and founder of Coscharis Group, Cosmas Maduka, has stated that Peter Obi would not have implemented policies different from those of the current administration had he won the presidential election. Speaking in an…

Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo has vowed to tackle the sale of counterfeit and controlled drugs in Onitsha’s Ọgbọ Ogwu market, the largest open drug market in Africa. Soludo made this declaration on Sunday during a visit to…

President Bola Tinubu said his administration will support businesses in the financial technology sector that provide payment infrastructure services for Nigerians and Africans. He said this when he received the leadership of…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday assented to two separate bills establishing the Federal University of Agriculture and Development Studies, Iragbiji, Osun State and the Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences,…

The Netherlands says it will return 119 Benin bronzes looted during the 1897 British raid on Benin City to Nigeria. The Dutch embassy in Nigeria said the artefacts should have never ended up in the Netherlands. The number of…

The federal government is seeking $81 billion in compensation from Binance Holdings Limited over alleged economic losses linked to its operations in Nigeria. According to Nairametrics, the federal government claimed that Binance…

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has banned 60,000-litre fuel tankers from operating on Nigerian roads. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday in Abuja, Ogbugo Ukoha, NMDPRA executive…

The Rural Electrification Agency has inaugurated a 550kWp solar hybrid mini-grid project in Bakin Ciyawa and Kwande communities, Qua’an Pan Local Government Area of Plateau State to electrify 3,500 households. This was as it…

The United States has pencilled 201 Nigerians for deportation amid President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal migrants. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, minister of state for foreign affairs, spoke about the development when Richard Mills,…

The Anambra government has refuted claims that it plans to commence the arrest of women seen without bras or pants in public places in the state. A video alleging that the state government plans to commence the arrest of women…

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the invasion of the Lagos State House of Assembly by some security operatives on Monday. Describing the incident as utterly reprehensible in a statement on his X handle, Atiku said…

For more than 100 days, the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, one of Nigeria’s most revered medical institutions, has struggled with a crippling electricity crisis. The once-bustling corridors of the hospital, where generations…

Activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi, on Sunday, disclosed that he was still faced with four separate suits in different states filed by members of the Aare Afe Babalola law office. Farotimi disclosed this while speaking during the…