Dismiss three opposition parties’ petitions against Tinubu, APC tells tribunal

Tinubu displaying his Certificate of Return The All Progressives Congress has prayed the Presidential Election Petitions Court in Abuja to dismiss petitions filed by three opposition parties challenging the victory of its presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu, in the February 25 election. Iturged the tribunal to discountenance the petitions, in three separate responses filed at […]

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FG bars online banks from accessing customers’ photos, contacts

Loan apps on Play Store will lose their ability to access their users’ contacts or photos from May 31, 2023. This came as the Federal Government said it would enforce the latest policy by Google, saying the action was consistent with the Nigerian authorities’ move to curtail the invasion of customers’ privacy by loan app […]

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Subsidy removal: Marketers plan 30,000 gas stations, seek CBN loans

Gas stations to cushion subsidy removal effect as PMS may sell for N750/litre NARTO wants end to subsidy, NLC to meet incoming govt over removal date Oil marketers have written to the Federal Government over their proposal to build about 30,000 gas stations to cushion the effects of the proposed subsidy removal on Premium Motor […]

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Police kill kidnapper at ransom delivery point, rescue victims in Adamawa

Adamawa State Police Command, in collaboration with hunters, killed a suspected kidnapper and rescued two victims in the Toungo Local Government Area of the state on Sunday. Police spokesman, Suleiman Nguroje, stated in Yola on Monday that it was one of the successes of the police’s collaborative strategies to end kidnapping, robbery, cattle rustling, and […]

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Buhari begins eight-day visit to Saudi Arabia Tuesday

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday morning, embark on an eight-day state visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where he is expected to perform Umrah, the Lesser Pilgrimage. “Buhari will travel to Saudi Arabia on an official visit from Tuesday, April 11 to 19 on his last trip to the Kingdom as President, during […]

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Rivers police boss orders arrest of cop assaulting man in viral video

IGP Alkali Baba Usman Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Okon Effiong, has ordered the immediate arrest of a yet-to-identified policeman seen in a viral video assaulting a man at Elibrade junction in the Emohua Local Government Area of the state. He also said the other policemen seen at the location while their colleague assaulted the […]

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Ondo mobbed driver not Internet fraudster – Police

IGP Alkali Baba Usman Ondo State Police Command has clarified that a 35-year-old man identified as Olorunfemi Tope, who was killed on Monday in a mob attack through the jungle justice at Ijoka Area of Akure, the state capital, was not an internet fraudster, contrary to claims and reports. Making the clarification, the police spokeswoman […]

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Ijaw youths slam oil multinationals for alleged neglect of host communities

Oil spills in one of the oil communities The umbrella body of Ijaw youths, the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, has raised the alarm over an alleged ongoing deprivation and oppression of host communities in Delta, Rivers, and Bayelsa States by some oil multinationals. National spokesman for IYC, Comrade Ebilade Ekerefe, made the claim on […]

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BON petitions minister over N5 million fine on broadcast station as CSOs sue Buhari

Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) has petitioned the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, complaining of alleged high-handedness in the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) imposition of a 5 million naira fine on Channels TV for supposed tolerance of treasonable outburst of a guest. Besides, the organisation, in a statement, yesterday, slammed the regulator for […]

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