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NSCDC arrests 3 over railway track vandalism, impounds truck in Nasarawa

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’s SIS) has nabbed three suspects while conveying…

Nigeria’s oil production up by 177,000bpd in January

Nigeria inched closer to actualising her oil production output target of 1.8 million barrels per day with about 177, 000…

Access Holdings names  Bolaji Agbede as acting CEO

Access Holdings Plc announced on Monday the appointment of Ms. Bolaji Agbede as the acting group chief executive officer. This…

FG still paying lecturers with IPPIS — ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the Federal Government is still using the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information…

Messi receives Argentina’s ‘invitation’ to Paris 2024 Olympics

After Argentina’s 1-0 victory over Brazil that booked their place at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Argentine media was…

France proposes Hezbollah withdrawal, border talks for Israel-Lebanon truce

France has delivered a written proposal to Beirut aimed at ending hostilities with Israel and settling the disputed Lebanon-Israel frontier,…

Kenyan marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum dies in car crash

The men’s marathon world record holder, Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum, 24, has died in a road accident in his home country.…

EFCC arrests currency racketeer in Uyo, four internet fraudsters in Benin

Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Simon Bassey Idio…

PDP governors demand state police, say Nigeria almost on the road to Venezuela

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, restated their position on state policing as…

Emefiele approved payment of $6.2m to election observers, court heard

The First Prosecution Witness, PW1, in the ongoing trial of former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele,…