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The Zamfara State Commissioner of Police, AYUBA ELKANA, has said the embargo on firearms license is still in force, noting that the police have stopped issuing license to citizens who wished to own guns. The police boss stated this, in response to the directive by the state government that the police command should issue gun license to those eligible to bear arms. The Zamfara Stat...

The Federal Government has rescinded its decision to suspend Nigeria’s basketball teams from all international competitions. The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Youth and Sports Development ISMAILA ABUBAKAR disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja. He said the latest decision is based on a letter of appeal from the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), signed by MUSA KID...

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The Senate and the Nigerian Bar Association have waded into the conflict between the Chief Justice of Nigeria, TANKO MUHAMMAD, and Justices of the Supreme Court over issues bothering on welfare and working condition. President of the Senate, AHMAD LAWAN, at the plenary on Wednesday, mandated the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters to, as a matter of urgency, to wade into the crisis.LAWAN ga...

The Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige  says the Federal Government has been meeting with the Academic Union of Universities (ASUU) over its lingering strike and assured Nigerians that the dispute with the lecturers will be resolved soon.  Ngige said this on Wednesday while briefing news men after the Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House in Abuja.&nbs...

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President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has said that his administration will not remove fuel subsidy due to current realities which makes it impossible to do so. The President in an interview session with a foreign news agency said that Western countries calling for the removal of fuel subsidy in Nigeria were being hypocritical, as they were implementing fuel subsidies for their own citizens. ...