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Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said on Monday, that the microblogging site, Twitter, is expected to open its Nigerian office before the end of March 2022. The minister, who disclosed this when he appeared on a radio progarmme, the Radio Link, in Abuja, said the move is part …

As the battle on stamp duty collection intensifies, there are indications that the Federal Government and a trade union may be heading for a collision course over whose mandate it is to collect stamp duties and charges. The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) have for …

On Monday, Cynthia Ikena, the lawyer of embattled ‘super cop’, Abba Kyari, told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja that her client is a diabetic and hypertensive patient. She asked the court to release the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police on bail due to Poor health, …

Global oil price rose towards $100 per barrel on supply disruption worries as tensions between Russia and Ukraine escalated. The development is coming after Moscow ordered troops into two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine. Brent crude futures rose 3.82%, to $99.03 a barrel at 09:10 GMT+1 on Tuesday, the highest …

PDP Mocks APC For Postponing Its National Convention Again … Says Ruling Party Plagued by Cabal War, Ineligible to Contest 2023 General Elections The continuing inability by the All Progressives Congress (APC), a party in government, to conduct a routine National Convention has further explained why all sectors of our …

Former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has predicted that there will be credible elections come 2023, adding that elections will come and go but Nigeria will still remain. He said this, yesterday, during the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Council of the Wise, COW, two-day strategic retreat …

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has said that the statement that he vowed to fight dirty if there were plans to halt his presidential ambition in 2023, was taken out of its right context. Tinubu accused media houses of twisting his words when he visited …

Reno Omokri, a former Presidential aide, has called on the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, to expose the secret behind the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu’s wealth. Omokri was reacting to the result of the APC primary election for the forthcoming gubernatorial poll in Osun …

The move follows the recognition of separatist territories in eastern Ukraine as “independent.” International leaders have strongly criticized the decision and vowed new sanctions. Follow DW for the latest. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his Defense Ministry to send Russian troops into eastern Ukraine’s two breakaway regions, according to …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has narrated the encounter he had with Boko Haram members in 2011. The former president had met with members of the sect and some family members of Mohammed Yusuf, founder of the group. Upon his arrival at the Maiduguri airport, Obasanjo was received by the then …