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Nura Dahiru, an assistant superintendent of customs, on Monday promoted himself to the rank of deputy comptroller-general of Customs (DCG), claiming he was directed by President Muhammadu Buhari to assume the office of comptroller-general (CG).  Sources at the Customs headquarters ...

Charly boy, Baba Fryo, Eedris Abdulkareem, and some Nigerian students on Monday  stormed the Redemption Camp, to demand that the General Overseer of the Redeem Christian Church of God -RCCG Pastor Adeboye give his stance on RUGA and Leah Sharibu’s ...

Niger-Delta militants have reacted to the 30-day ultimatum issued by youths from Northern part of the country to the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to implement the Ruga settlements across Nigeria.  The militants, under the aegis of Coalition of Niger ...

The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi and Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka to resist the ever ‘internal colonization project’ in the present form of RUGA settlements proposed by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.  The duo in a joint communique ...

A man has been arrested for allegedly raping, impregnating and procuring abortion for his 15-year-old daughter with the connivance of his wife in #Asaba, Delta State.According to Gwamnishu Harrison of BBI, the sexual abuse started when the victim was just 10 ...

The FCT Police Command have granted the Senator representing Adama North Senatorial District, Elisha Abbo, administrative bail. The senator was detained overnight for assaulting a sales girl at an adult shop in Abuja. Following the incident, the Senate set up ...

A Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture to the Federal Government of some jewellery,a customised gold iPhone worth N14bn ($40m) recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in the premises of a Former ...

The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of Senator Ademola Adeleke challenging the declaration of Gboyega Oyetola as the winner of the Osun State governorship election. In the lead judgement by Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, the apex court declared that the ...

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has hailed the suspension of Ruga settlements plan by the Federal Government as victory for all peace- loving Nigerians. The Governor, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary Terver Akase, stated the rejection of the ...

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and Omoyele Sowore, candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2019 general elections have met in New York to strategize on what they describe as injustice in Nigeria. The duo ...