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The European Union’s diplomatic chief, JOSEP BORRELL has welcomed President DONALD TRUMP’s announcement that he is ready to remove Sudan from a US blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism.The move which is a major boost for Sudan’s civilian-backed government after decades as an international outcast came after the country agreed to a 335 million dollars compensation package for victims and relatives of past attacks.BORRELL said the propose...

The naira fell slightly at the parallel market, as it exchanged to the dollar for 460 naira per dollar yesterday.The naira had exchanged to the dollar last week for 458 naira. Figures obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria revealed that the country’s external reserves which stood at 35.75 billion dollar as of October 2 had lost 78.34 million dollar to close at 35.67 billion dollar as of October 16.The CBN stated that Sequel to th...

The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the attacks on three different police stations in Edo State by alleged End SARS protesters. The police in a statement on Twitter identified the stations as Ugbekun Police Station, Oba Market Police Station, and Idogbo Police Post. The Force in its tweet statement also called on parents and guardians to prevail on their wards to desist from acts of violence under any guise whatsoever.According to...

The Governor of Ogun State, DAPO ABIODUN has inaugurated an eight-man judicial panel of investigation to probe the alleged human rights abuses and police brutality in the state.The panel is headed by retired Justice SOLOMON OLUGBEMI while OLUWATOSIN OGUNDELE is the secretary.The Governor urged them to carry out the assignment with utmost sense of responsibility to the people of the stateThe judicial panel has six months to discharge its re...

The Ooni of Ife, Oba ADEYEYE OGUNWUSI, has appealed to protesting youths to retreat.He made the appeal when he played host to former President, OLUSEGUN OBASANJO at his Palace in Ile-Ife.The Ooni, who described the #EndSARS struggle as a clear message by the youth to the government, urged the youths to allow the government fully attends to their yearnings. Earlier in his speech, former President OBASANJO explained that the protest is ...

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has revealed that either Delta or Edo State will host next month’s African Cup of Nations qualifier between Nigeria and Sierra Leone....

INEC has announced the date for the 2023 presidential election....

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor MAHMOOD YAKUBU has asked for the replacement of the current manual voting with an electronic system....

The Ogun State government says more than 70,000 youths in the State are currently involved in crops and livestock production, while about 3,000 more are ready to explore the advantage inherent in the dairy sub-sector....

The Federal government has directed all states of the federation to set up a judicial panel of inquiry to investigate cases of human rights violations reported against the police....