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Islamic cleric Ahmad Gumi says bandits have refused to end hostilities against the Nigerian government because they were not given land and “enough money”.Mr. Gumi said past attempts to broker peace with the bandits failed because they were not compensated ...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, November 2, ordered the immediate suspension of the General Manager, Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Gbolahan Oki. This comes in the wake of the collapse of a 21-storey building in the Ikoyi ...

Celebrated socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu aka Obi Cabana, who spent his first night with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Abuja yesterday, is set for release on administrative bail any moment from now. A source close to the ...

..The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Command on Friday, arrested two self-claimed herbalists, identified as Ajisafe Toheeb and Ogundayo Usman at Soka area of Ibadan, the Oyo state capital over their alleged involvement in internet fraud.They were ...

The Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC, on Monday, October 25, 2021, arraigned one Abdulrahim Dangana before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna, on one count charge that borders on obtaining by pretense. The defendant is ...

Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani has described how he nearly escaped death after terrorists attacked the Kaduna Abuja railway he was on board with an explosive. Bandits attacks are on the rise and Shehu Sani has advised Nigerians to ...

The University of Ibadan, Oyo State, is currently in a state of mourning after losing two of its students to the cold hands of death within 24 hours. The deceased students, identified as Adedayo Ridwan, a final year student of the Department of ...

Thugs numbering four have attacked Mr Waziri Enwongulu, the Legal Adviser, All Progressives Congress (APC) of Wakama ward, Nasarawa State. Enwongulu while narrating his ordeal on Saturday in Wakama when officials of APC and stakeholders visited him, said that he ...

Hoodlums have attacked police officers at a checkpoint on the Obasanjo-Itele road, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State and carted away an AK-47 rifle. It was gathered that the incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday when some ...

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, says Nigeria should be competing with developed countries considering its years as an independent entity.Nigeria will mark its 61st Independence Day anniversary on October 1.Speaking in Port Harcourt, Rivers capital, on Sunday, Wike expressed ...