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Vice President YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, has described the restoration of Nigerians displaced by insurgency in the Northeast as an emergency assignment.  Prof. OSINBAJO stated this at the first meeting of the Presidential Committee on the Repatriation, Returns and Resettlement of Displaced Persons in the North-East. Prof. YEMI OSINBAJO further urged members to carry out the assignment without bureaucratic influence to ach...

Governor ABUBAKAR BELLO of Niger State has urged members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to sheath swords and press on amicably ahead of the 2023 elections. The governor, who declared himself the acting National Chairman of the APC, stated this at a meeting where he addressed state chairmen of the ruling party. He further urged the chairmen to remember those who elected the...

Justice EMEKA NWITE of the Federal High Court, Abuja has adjourned the trial of ABBA KYARI and six others till March 14.  KYARI is expected to remain in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency until he reappears in court at the adjourned date for his bail hearing. Those arraigned along with KYARI include Assistant Commissioner of Police ACP SUNDAY UBUA, Assist...

Nigeria has approved the request by the United States for the extradition of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) ABBA KYARI. KYARI is wanted to stand trial for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering and identity theft. He was accused of conspiring with a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Nigerian, RAMON ABBAS, aka Hushpuppi to commit the crime....

The Minister of Labour and Employment, CHRIS NGIGE, has said the Federal Government has dealt with most of the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU, which is currently on a one-month strike, are seeking improved welfare, revitalization of public universities and academic autonomy among other demands. The Minister noted that the academics have produced a...

Legal practitioners have expressed different views on the bill seeking to reduce the timelines for court hearing on civil criminal cases, which was rejected by the Senate, but passed in the House. A legal practitioner FESTUS OGUN expressed surprise at the rejection of the bill, saying that both chambers of the National Assembly should have passed it. A constitutional lawyer and Pu...

After one day of delay, the first set of Nigerians being evacuated from Ukraine has finally arrived in the country. About 450 Nigerians mostly students touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport, Abuja at 7:10 am, from Romania, where they had fled to following the invasion of Ukraine.  Another set of Nigerians are also to be evacuated from Poland, Slovakia, and ...

The Federal Government has blamed the erratic power supply in Abuja and some parts of the country on the reduction in hydro capacity owing to the dry season. The Minister of Power, ABUBAKAR ALIYU, said this during the weekly ministerial briefing. He added that the government is working to ensure optimum supply of gas to facilitate the speedy restoration of power in the c...

The Federal Government has said that Hungary and Romania have approved visa-free access to all Nigerians coming from Ukraine. The Ministry of Foreign affairs disclosed this in a statement, while advising Nigerians fleeing Ukraine to move to the Hungarian or Romanian borders for easy access. Permanent Secretary ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador GABRIEL ADUDA, said for now mov...

Lawmakers in the Zamfara State House of Assembly have impeached the Deputy Governor of the state, MAHDI GUSAU. GUSAU was impeached during plenary today shortly after the House received the report of the committee set up by the Chief Judge of the state, Justice KULU ALIYU, to investigate the allegations against him. The seven-member panel set up to investigate the alleged impeachab...