Ahead of Saturday’s #OccupyLekkiTollGate protest, the Lagos State Police Command deployed armed officers in what it tagged a “show of force” exercise. Armed Police Officers were…
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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to unfreeze the bank accounts of the 20 #EndSARS promoters. News…
The economic damage wrought by the coronavirus pandemic will probably make many African countries seek debt restructuring from G-20 countries, according to the head of the…
An attack on MINUSMA’s base in Central Mali saw 20 peacekeepers sustaining serious wounds.
Jakande’s tenure as Governor of Lagos state is most celebrated for his efforts in education and infrastructural development during his four-year stint particularly the numerous Jakande Estates built across the state.
Twenty four pregnant ladies have been rescued by Nigerian authorities from a suspected baby factory operating in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State. An official…
A Nigerian Federal High court has ordered the country’s apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria to unfreeze the accounts of 20 #ENDSARS protesters. Ahmed Mohammed,…
Zhao Yong, Chinese Deputy Ambassador to Nigeria, has disclosed that Nigeria is China’s major investment destination in Africa with a bilateral trade growth ranking first among…
More than three months after the internationally-known Lekki Tollgate incident, the judicial panel set up in Lagos state to look into complaints against the now-disbanded SARS…
Bandits have killed 19 people in two separate attacks in Nigeria’s northwestern Kaduna State, a government official announced on Sunday. The state’s Commissioner for internal Security…