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10 Jan
About 30 farmers from Itokin Epe community in Lagos, yesterday, staged a protest at the House of Assembly against alleged invasion of their farmlands by some military officers.
10 Jan
President, lnstitute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Dr Innocent Okwuosa, has called for more empowerment schemes for youths in oil producing communities in the country to tackle youths’ restiveness and guaranteed better future for them.
10 Jan
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has stepped up its war on counterfeit drugs and unwholesome food products.
10 Jan
Federal Government has destroyed elephant ivory products, weighing approximately 2,436.15 kilogrammes valued at $9.9 billion in its efforts to tackle illegal ivory trade.
10 Jan
Chief of Army Staff, Lt.Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, yesterday said the soldier that engaged Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu in a war of words over his colleague arrested for plying one-way has been arrested.
10 Jan
President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, ordered a 60 per cent reduction in his travel expenses and number of officials on his entourage to any state and trips abroad.  
10 Jan
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has empowered about 11,885 start-up businesses in the last four years with an assurance of more attention to the micro-enterprises in driving economic development of the state.
10 Jan
Abia State Police Commissioner has arraigned Eze Arochukwu, Kanu Idei, at an Umuahia Magistrate Court, but was granted bail on self-recognition by the same court, yesterday.
10 Jan
Plateau State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Oliver Agundu, has told the Commissioner of Police (CP), Okoro Alawari, that next month’s by-election in the state has heightened security concerns.
10 Jan
Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Major General Barry Ndiomu (rtd), has renewed his call for the transition of the programme into a Social Intervention Programme (SIP).
10 Jan
Delta State Government, yesterday, presented Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-O) for 3,747 hectares of land to the Nigerian Navy, for its forward operation base in Escravos, Warri Southwest Local Council of the state. 
10 Jan
The Federal Government is set to establish a world-class fashion hub in Makurdi, Benue State, in the next 90 days.
1 hour ago
The Federal Government said the first phase of the Lagos-Calabar highway will be completed within the next three years. This was disclosed on Thursday in a statement by Ben Bem Goong who is the spokesman to the Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi. Goong made this announcement following Umahi's inspection of the Lagos-Calabar coaster highway…
2 hours ago
Nigeria has been left in darkness as the national electricity grid controlled from Osogbo, Osun State collapsed at about 4:30pm on Thursday. Most distribution companies across the country disclosed that their feeders were out leaving their franchises area across the 36 states in darkness. While the grid output was 2984 megawatts as at 4pm, the…
2 hours ago
An Ikeja High Court on Thursday issued a bench warrant against the former employee of Punch Nigeria Ltd., Olusegun Ogunbanjo, and others charged with N950 million fraud.
2 hours ago
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday discharged and acquitted a 23-year-old student, Victory Tasie, charged with defiling his girlfriend.
3 hours ago
A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus and members of the Presidential Campaign Council of the party for the 2023 general elections in Rivers State have declared their loyalty to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara. A former Minister of Transportation and the Director-General, PDP-PCC Rivers…
3 hours ago
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, (LASTMA), says the authority will deploy men and materials during the Easter celebration to manage traffic incidences in the state.
4 hours ago
A Federal High Court, Lagos has ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and seven others to maintain status quo, suspend, and hold all actions pending the hearing and determination of the suits filed against them by a property developer, Gbadebo Aina Odunusi.
5 hours ago
A counterfeit Eva bottled water operation in Port Harcourt has been uncovered by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Acting on a tip, NAFDAC, in a statement, said its officials raided a dilapidated shop disguised as a pool house on Pipe Line Road in Eneka. NAFDAC disclosed that the raid…
5 hours ago
The Defence Headquarters says troops neutralised 121 terrorists, apprehended 253 and rescued 244 kidnapped hostages in different operations nationwide in one week.
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The detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, has sued the National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu, and the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the alleged violation of his fundamental rights. Mr Gambaryan, in the originating motion dated and filed 18 March by his lawyer, Olujoke Aliyu, from Aluko and Oyebode Law Firm, sought five reliefs…