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Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Interior, has written to the Nigerian Governors Forum to request a meeting in order to decongest jails around the country.This was made known to our correspondent by the Minister’s Media Adviser, Sola Fasure, on Tuesday.In exactly one month, Aregbesola stated he would meet with state governors …

About N52 billion cash has been deposited into banks barely two weeks after the announcement of plans by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to redesign some naira notes. There were indications that the deposit sum may increase in the next few days because it is suspected that about N3 …

Video of Hushpuppi in prison has surfaced after being sentenced. It was reported that convicted Internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas Igbalode, popularly known as Hushpuppi has appeared in a trending video chatting with a friend from a US prison. This online news platform understands that the video of Hushpuppi in prison surfaced on the internet …

A Catholic priest, identified as Fr. Kunat and eight others, have been abducted in separate attacks in Idon, Kajuru Local Government Area and Oil Village, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis, located near the Kaduna refinery. Although details about the abduction of Fr. Kunat was still sketchy at press time, it was …

The iPhone 14 series have been officially launched in Nigeria, a few weeks after its release in the global market. The showcase of the series which has the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max attracted lovers of iPhone who were thrilled by the new features that …

The chairman of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said he has appealed against the court verdict which ordered his remand in Kuje prison. Speaking with Journalists in Abuja, Bawa said he would allow the natural course of the law to take its effect, having filed an appeal against the remand …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it is considering approaching the courts to challenge the Federal Government’s decision to pay its members half salaries for the month of October. Recall that the striking lecturers called off their eight-month-old strike on October 14 and went back to the classrooms. By the end …

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has convicted the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa for contempt of court in relation to his agency’s failure to comply with an earlier order of the court. Justice Chizoba Oji, in a ruling, held …

Serious chemical explosion at Government line, ọgbọ ọgwụ, head bridge market Onitsha, many feared dead. The explosion was said to have brought down of the buildings.

A Tanzanian fisherman, Jackson Majaliwa, who was among the first responders who helped rescue 24 passengers from the airplane that crashed into Lake Victoria on Sunday has been awarded a cash gift of $428 (equivalent of Tsh1 million) and a government job. According to Eastern Africa, the Kagera Regional Commissioner, …