Members of the Reconciliation and Strategy Committee of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, are currently meeting with former Governors elected on the platform of the party. The meeting is being held behind closed-doors at the Legacy House Maitama Abuja. Saraki, the Chairman of the Reconciliation Committee, made

A commander of Hisbah, a religious police dominant in Kano State, has been arrested after he was allegedly caught with a married woman in one of the hotels in the State. The operatives of the Hisbah Corps are responsible for the enforcement of Sharia. In most cases,

The Oyo State House of Assembly has urged the State Government to consider the possibility of relocating Shasha market to a new and bigger site. The Assembly made this request in view of the crisis that erupted in the market last week. The crisis which started as

The Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello, has said his administration will not pay ransom to kidnappers. Bello said this following the abduction of some students and staff of Government Science College in Kangara, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State in the early hours

The Senate on Wednesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari, to declare a state of emergency on security without further delay. The red chamber made the call following a point of order by Senator Sani Musa (APC, Niger East), on the abduction of students and staff of the

There is no plan to hike pump price, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said on Tuesday. Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr Kennie Obateru, dismissed rumours about an imminent upward review of petrol price. In a chat, Dr Obateru: “NNPC has not increased its

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The Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello, has ordered the immediate closure of all boarding schools in the bandit ravaged areas of the state. The Governor said the action is necessary to save the life of the students as the areas have already been taking

Chief District Judge, Rebecca Smith, has sentenced international fraudster, Obinwanne Okeke better known as Invictus, to 10 years in prison for fraud to the tune of $11m. The Nigerian national was jailed for involvement in a computer-based intrusion fraud scheme that caused approximately $11m in known

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has recorded 1,368 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 148,296. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the new infections registered today