President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reversed the presidential pardons granted to Maryam Sanda, who is serving life jail for killing her husband in Abuja, and others.A statement today, October 29 by the presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga said that following consultations with the Council of State and public opinion on the
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The House of Representatives has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to obtain a total of $2.347 billion in external loans to partially finance the 2025 budget deficit and refinance maturing Eurobonds.The approval was granted on Wednesday following the consideration and adoption of a report submitted by the House Committee on
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The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a social media user who publicly called for the military to overthrow the Nigerian government.Identified as Innocent Chukwuma, the individual, who operates the “X” account @TheAgroman, had posted messages advocating a coup and urging the armed forces to “suspend the Nigerian government.”DSS
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Nobel Laureate and world-renowned writer, Professor Wole Soyinka, has disclosed that his United States visa was recently revoked permanently by American authorities.Speaking during a media parley held at Freedom Park in Lagos on Tuesday, the literary icon explained that the decision followed his refusal to attend a reinterview requested by
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The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, has pledged to end the culture of excessive pre-election litigations in Nigeria.Amupitan, who spoke at the 56th Annual National Conference of the Nigerian Association of Law Teachers at the University of Abuja, on Monday, disclosed that one of
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The Senate will on Wednesday screen the newly appointed service chiefs nominated by President Bola Tinubu as part of ongoing efforts to overhaul Nigeria’s security architecture.Tinubu, in a letter read by Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, during Tuesday’s plenary, urged lawmakers to give “expeditious consideration” to the appointments.The President named General
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Many residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have decried the high cost of Liquefied Natural Gas (LPG), known as cooking gas, calling on the government to find a lasting solution to the trend.The residents, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja, lamented that
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 384.88 kilograms of Canadian Loud and other illicit substances during a raid on a nightclub in Victoria Island, Lagos, warning operators and fun seekers against the growing trend of organizing or attending drug parties in the country.According to a statement by
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At the Ekiti State High Court, in Ado-Ekiti, Justice Lekan Ogunmoye, has sentenced three persons, Shadrack Apos, 30, Lucky Akpos, 33, and Adunola Precious, 24, to death by hanging for robbing an 87-year-old woman.The convicts were arraigned before Justice Ogunmoye on 19th August, 2024, on a two count charge of
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The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, on Monday, abandoned his earlier plan to call witnesses in his ongoing trial before the Federal High Court in Abuja.Kanu is being prosecuted on seven counts of terrorism charges brought against him by the Federal Government.On Friday, Kanu
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