The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari “to cut the N26 billion presidency budget for the construction of the presidential wing at the State House Medical Centre, local and foreign travels, meals and refreshments, ‘sitting allowance’, and ‘welfare package’, and
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have attacked Ngurore Police Station in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa, police authorities say. They also attacked a house in the area, abducting a woman identified as Hauwa Umaru and her daughter in the early hours of Sunday. Police Public
Leon Balogun and Victor Osimhen scored a goal each as the Super Eagles beat the Central African Republic on Sunday to avenge their shocking loss to the Les Fauves in the reverse fixture of the 2022 World Cup qualifier. The Rangers defender scored in the 32nd minute
Newcastle are ready to make a statement of intent in the transfer market, after becoming the richest club in the world, the Manchester Evening News reports. It is believed the Magpies are eyeing four Manchester United players. The Tyneside club are now under new ownership, after a
Anthony Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, has confirmed that he has triggered his rematch clause with Oleksandr Usyk. The fight is expected to take place in March next year. Usyk has already said he would like to defend his newly-won titles in Ukraine. However, Hearn has claimed that the
The Osun State Police Command has commenced investigations into the alleged sexual exploitation and harassment of two female suspects by policemen while in detention. Yemisi Opalola, the Command Police Public Relations Officer stated in an interview that the Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode had ordered an
Former member representing Jos North/Bassa constituency in the National Assembly, Hon. Suleiman Yahaya Kwande, has reacted to the exclusion of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from the Plateau State Local Government polls, saying PDP was responsible for its fate and not the APC. Kwande
he Federal Government has denied that there is preferential treatment between groups advocating separation from the country and bandits, especially in the North West Zone. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, in an interview, said the notion that the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, on Saturday announced that its Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) will commence strike on Monday. The union gave ‘deplorable state of the nation’s highways and other issues as the reason for the strike Mr Tayo Aboyeji, South-West Zonal
Information Minister has again accused the media of under-reporting military successes. This is the second time in three weeks the minister is making the allegations. Mohammed spoke on insecurity in Nigeria on Sunday. He confirmed the country now has 10 Super Tucanos and informed that the remaining two