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President Bola Tinubu on Monday hosted the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Edward, at the State House, Abuja, during the royal’s working visit to Nigeria.The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga, announced the meeting in a post on X....

President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigeria’s judiciary to safeguard its integrity and root out all forms of misconduct, warning that corruption within the justice system strikes at the heart of the nation’s democracy.Speaking at the 2025 Conference of All Nigerian Judges of Superior Courts of Record on Monday, Tinubu sa...

The Federal Government on Monday recorded another major step in its cultural restitution drive as the Ministry of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy received two Benin Bronzes repatriated from the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston, United States.The returned artifacts — a bronze relief plaque and a commemorative head — were handed over ...

Nigeria’s telecommunications sector witnessed one of its steepest corrections in recent years as active voice subscriptions plunged by 59.7 million in 2024, following the strict enforcement of the National Identification Number–Subscriber Identity Module (NIN–SIM) linkage policy. This is according to the Nigerian Communicatio...

The Federal High Court will, on December 19, commence its Christmas vacation.The FHC’s Director of Information, Dr Catherine Christopher, in a statement in Abuja, said court sittings would resume in all judicial divisions on January 7, 2...

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG)’s Rasheedat Ajibade has made the final shortlist for the CAF Women’s Player of the Year. Still, compatriot Esther Okoronkwo was surprisingly missing from the three footballers named in the last three. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) released the final list of players for the prize on Sunday eve...

The Super Eagles will not be at the 2026 World Cup in Canada, the US, and Mexico!This was after Nigeria lost on penalties to DR Congo in a tightly-contested African play-offs final on Sunday.The game ended 1-1 after normal and extra time.  But during ...

The Edo State Police Command has arrested 21 students of Ogioma Public Secondary School, along Limit Road off Benin-Sapele Road, for suspected cult activities.The PPRO of the command, Moses Yamu, stated in a statement released on Saturday that the students were between 14 and 17 years old....

The Department of State Services says its operatives have disrupted an alleged arms supply network linked to attacks in Plateau State and neighbouring areas, arresting a suspected arms dealer.Disclosing this in a statement on Sunday, the secret police said the suspect allegedly manufactured and distributed weapons and ammunition to armed groups operating i...

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a suspected drug trafficker, Frank Chijioke Ibemesi, alias Chisco Bee, in the Isolo area of Lagos State.The 42-year-old Ibemesi, who is the MD/CEO of Franc CJ Ibemesi Nig Ltd, was arrested at his Daisy Garden Hotel, 66-68 Agbeke street, Ago palace way in the early hours of Saturda...