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A community in Benue state came under heavy attack from unknown gunmen with the assailants killing no fewer than seven persons. According to reports, the gunmen lunched the attack on Tor Donga in Katsina-Ala Local Government area of the State. During the attack, the gunmen killed five other people including …

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has acknowledged the receipt of the sum of N19, 333,333,333.36 (Nineteen Billion, Three Hundred and Thirty-three Million, Three Hundred and Thirty-three Thousand, Three Hundred and Thirty-three Naira, Thirty-six Kobo) recovered the EFCC from the Kogi State Salary Bail-out account domiciled in Sterling Bank Plc. …

President Joe Biden on Friday will temporarily transfer power to Vice President Kamala Harris while he is under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters. The nation’s first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president will break yet another barrier when she …

President Muhammadu Buhari has received the Electoral Bill 2021, which was recently passed by the National Assembly. According to a brief statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Babajide Omoworare, the bill was transmitted to Buhari on Friday. He said the transmission was …

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has confirmed that it is investigating the publisher of a Nigerian online newspaper, Peoples Gazette, Samuel Ogundipe, for allegedly blackmailing the Air Peace airlines Chairman, Allen Onyema. The ICIR also confirmed from the commission that the Peoples Gazette’s accountant, Oluwafisayo Fadesire, was detained …

The controversy has generated tension in Pakka, in the Maiha Local Government Area of the state. There is a looming crisis in a community in Adamawa State over the selection of a new monarch as deceased kingmakers were said to have voted during the selection process. The controversy has generated …

RUSSIA Vs THE WEST :Putin’s ‘unstoppable’ 6,600mph hypersonic Zircon missile destroys target as tensions rage with the West RUSSIA’s “unstoppable” 6,600mph hypersonic Zircon missile effortlessly destroyed its target during a test launch today. Vladimir Putin’s weapon of choice was trial launched in a spectacular show of strength as tensions continue to …

The Nigerian Presidency has claimed that the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB paid millions of dollars to American Lobbyists to spread falsehoods about Nigeria. In a statement sent to POLITICS NIGERIA on Friday afternoon signed by Garba Shehu, the placement of Nigeria on the US religious blacklist was allegedly orchestrated …

PRESIDENT BUHARI TO IGBO LEADERS: YOUR DEMAND FOR NNAMDI KANU’S RELEASE IS HEAVY. I WILL CONSIDER IT An unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), currently standing trial, runs contrary to the doctrine of separation of powers between the Executive and Judiciary, President …

Africa’s largest economy Nigeria grew at an impressive 4.03 percent rate year-on-year in the third quarter (Q3) of 2021 after posting 5.01 percent in the second quarter, according to the latest data published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday. Despite the high inflation rate and a series …