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The Super Eagles on Sunday in Ismailia lost 1-0 to Senegal in their final friendly before the Egypt 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Senegal’s win ended the Eagles eight-game unbeaten run since their exit from the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Idrissa Gueye grabbed the match winner for the Teranga …

The Global Peace Index has ranked Nigeria 148th among 163 independent states and territories, according to their level of peacefulness. Nigeria retained the 148th spot from last year. The 2019 edition of the GPI, which is described as the world’s leading measure of global peacefulness, placed Nigeria among the five …

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano has ordered the state Anti-Corruption Commission to probe the claims by the Kano Zoological Gardens that a Gorilla in the state-owned Zoo swallowed N6.8 million. “The order was given on Friday and the commission has already swung into action,” a statement by the Chief Press …

Following divergent reports over what the composition of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet may look like, it was understands that state Chairmen of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has asked to be carried along in the appointment of ministers. The party leaders, who made their position known at a meeting with …

President President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the European Union (EU) of improved elections in the future. The president made this promise while welcoming the report of the EU on the 2019 general elections in Nigeria, saying that he would analyse it fully and act on the recommendations. Buhari in a …

A total of nine auto manufacturing companies are currently assembling vehicles in Nigeria, the Director-General, National Automotive Design and Development Council, Jelani Aliyu, has said. He also said the Automotive Industry Development Bill, which was passed by the eighth National Assembly, was awaiting the assent of President Muhammadu Buhari. The …

Two officers of the Nigerian Air Force have been dismissed for their alleged involvement in the murder of a police sergeant securing a farmhouse owned by the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu. The officers, Awua Theophanous and Sunday Paul, were disengaged from the service …

The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission has described Emir of Kano Muhammad Sanusi’s claim that he was not the accounting officer of the Kano Emirate Council as “a misrepresentation of facts”. This was contained in a preliminary report of the commission’s investigation into the alleged misappropriation of over …

The negotiation committee set up by the Federal Government to negotiate the consequential adjustment arising from the N30,000 new minimum wage has rejected what the government is offering. The committee, which was inaugurated on May 14, has also failed to meet the four-week deadline to submit its report. However, members …

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Thursday, granted DAAR Communications and the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, leave to settle their dispute out of court. DAAR communications had prayed the court to restrain the NBC from interfering in its operations, pending the determination of the motion on interlocutory …