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The Inspector-General of Police has ordered the immediate shutdown of all satellite offices under Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS). This is coming after Sagamu residents marched to protest the unlawful killing of Tiamiyu Kazeem, Remo Football stars player by a ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of former Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Inde Dikko over his continued failure to attend court to answer to a charge of ...

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity , Garba Shehu , says the military is doing a good job and deserves the support of Nigerians .

Senator representing Plateau South Senatorial District, Ignatius Longjan

By Edith Ike-Eboh The Federal Government has inaugurated a new Nigerian Gas Transportation Network Code (NGTNC) to enhance gas production and revenue generation in the country. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva inaugurated the code at ...

Adoke rejects EFCC custody, prefers Kuje prison A former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), on Monday, expressed his preference to be remanded in the Kuje Correctional Centre to the custody of the Economic and ...

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has pledged to turn around the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) to enable it compete with the likes of Cable News Network (CNN) if the $500m loan the ministry requested is approved. He stated ...

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered for the arrest of Emeh James Anyalekwa, publisher of Igbere TV News and National President, Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN).

Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, said on Monday that he knew a former governor in one of the South-West states who had a killer squad that helped him to eliminate his political opponents.

Press Statement: The Killings In Plateau – Statement By The Fulani Nationality Movement, (Funam) – We Remain Solid And Unshaken By The Wind Our attention has been drawn to the series of campaigns being waged against the FULANI NATIONALITY following ...