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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will on Thursday arraign Binance Holdings Limited and two of its senior executives, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, who recently escaped from custody and fled Nigeria, over an alleged…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given the Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani; the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and other 35 state governors one-week ultimatum to provide the loan…

The President, African Development Bank Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has called for a change of name from the Federal Republic of Nigeria to ‘The United States of Nigeria.’ Adesina said this in a statement by his Special Adviser on…

The Lagos State Government has announced the planned re-opening of the Third Mainland Bridge on April 4, 2024. This was according to a statement by the Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, on his X account on Saturday.…

Former President Muhammadu Buhari says he is “fully committed” to the success of the government led by President Bola Tinubu. In a statement on Friday, Garba Shehu, former presidential spokesperson, said Buhari had a telephone…

Nigeria has yet again suffered another nationwide blackout as the national electricity grid, centrally managed from Osogbo, Osun State, suffered a collapse at approximately 4:30pm on Thursday, leaving millions of homes and businesses…

Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has promised free education to the freed 137 schoolchildren of the LEA Primary School and Government Secondary School. Sani added that the school and the Kuriga community would be renovated, all under…

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has faulted the distribution of palliatives by state governments, stressing that it is an abuse of the rights of Nigerians. Falana disclosed this while speaking at the Citizens Accountability and…

The detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, has accused the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and the Economic Financial Crimes Commission of violating his fundamental human rights. Gambaryan, in an originating motion…

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has shut down a branch of a popular food outlet, KFC, at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos State. FAAN stated this on Thursday in a statement signed by its Director, Public Affairs and…

A Federal High Court in Borno has ordered the release of no fewer than 313 suspected terrorists arrested by the military. The court ordered their release for lack of evidence to nail the suspects after the investigation. The…

The Defence Headquarters has declared eight persons wanted over their roles in the recent killing of 17 military personnel in Delta State. The military released the list on Thursday at a briefing in Abuja. Those declared wanted…

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday conferred national honours on 17 members of the Nigerian Army who were killed in Delta State on March 14, 2024. This was as he announced the provision of housing facilities for the surviving family…

The Federal Government has declared Friday, March 29 and Monday, April 1, 2024 as public holidays to mark the celebrations of 2024 Good Friday and Easter Monday respectively. The minister of interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has described reports of a downward review of fuel prices credited to it on Wednesday as unfounded. NNPCL was reacting to reports suggesting a drop in pump prices for Premium…