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  A group of bandits linked to Bello Turji, a deadly bandit kingpin, attacked a mosque in the Birnin Yaro village in Zamfara state and kidnapped several worshippers on Friday night. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication, reported that the group of bandits led their abductees into a forest. The exact number of abductees remains unknown.…

  The leadership crisis rocking the main opposition political party, People's Democratic Party (PDP) is showing no signs of abating as top party sources hinted that the National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, will resume work today at the party's national secretariat in Abuja. The Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, had on December 20, 2024, affirmed…

The Federal Government has approved four airlines as official air carriers for Nigerian pilgrims for the 2025 Hajj exercise. Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Prof. Abdullahi Saleh Usman, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday by the commission's Assistant Director, Information and Publication, Fatima Usara. Usara said the carriers were selected out…

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has revealed plans to deploy a new marketing strategy into its Micro Pension Plan (MPP) to onboard 20 million on the scheme before the end of 2026.

The selection of 47-year-old Prince Abimbola Akeem Owoade, a Canada-based Nigerian as the new Alaafin of Oyo, is generating mixed reactions, especially among the contestants and the kingmakers, popularly known as Oyomesi.