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Nigeria loses N499.32bn as Twitter ban hits 200 days
Nigeria’s economy has lost to the shutdown of Twitter since it came into effect on June 4, 2021. On June 4, the Federal Government announced the suspension of Twitter…
DSS speaks on destabilisation plot, Nnamdi Kanu, other issues
*Afunanya The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised fresh alarm on insecurity and vowed to deal with bandits and other agents of destibisation in the country. Spokesman for the…
CVR: Registrants Hit 4.4m …INEC
INEC Chairman, Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that it has recorded 4,420,391 fresh registration in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) as of Monday, Nov.…
Illegal recruitment: Buhari vows sanctions, ICPC indicts Ngige ministry, others
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), says he will sanction those who bring in personnel into the public workforce through illegal recruitment, pad their payroll and retain ghost…
#EndSARS: No Killing At Lekki Tollgate, Lagos Counters Panel
Govt accepts 11 recommendations Campaigners reject Sanwo-Olu’s overtures The Lagos State Government has rejected the claim by the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related…
FG may extend 2021 budget implementation to next year
Buhari The Federal Government may extend the implementation of capital projects components in the 2021 Appropriation Act till next year following the inability of many ministries and agencies to…
Buhari to consider Kanu’s release
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the request for the unconditional release of leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, currently standing trial, as a difficult and…
Buhari to consider plea for amnesty for Kanu
*Kanu, Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Igbo leaders to consider a plea for amnesty for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu who…
EFCC Grills Former Edo Governor, Lucky Igbinedion Over N1.6bn Fraud
EFCC Grills Former The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is currently questioning a former governor of Edo State, Lucky Igbinedion over what a source…
Senate condems invasion of Justice Mary Odili’s residence
Mary Odili The Senate on Tuesday at plenary condemned invasion of residence of Justice Mary Odili, a Justice of the Supreme Court by security operatives on October 29. It…