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The Department of State Services has challenged the Federal High Court order allowing it to detain Mr. Omoyele Sowore, Convener, #RevolutionNow protests, for 45 days, against its request of 90 days pending investigation. The DSS argued that its investigation so far revealed that #RevolutionNow was a smokescreen for the actual …

Captured suspected kidnapper, Hamisu Bala Wadume, has explained how he escaped from the operatives of Intelligence Response Team on August 6. Wadume escaped from the custody of IRT operatives when they came under attack from soldiers attached to Battalion 93, Takum, Taraba State, as they conveyed the kidnap suspect from …

President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over the second day of the retreat for ministers designate coordinated by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation in Abuja. But as it happened on the first day of the retreat on Monday, the Head of Civil Service of the …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today (Tuesday) morning raided the residence of former Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, located at Oloja Estate, Papa, Epe, Lagos over alleged N9.92 billion fraud. It was revealed that the operatives of the anti-graft agency entered into Ambode’s residence at about 9:00 …

Jeff Nweke, who was recently evicted from the Big Brother Naija house opened up about his personal life. Nweke revealed this to newsmen in Lagos, said he can’t have a real relationship in Big Brother Naija house because housemates tend not to show their true characters. “Its a game and …

Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has condemned the violent attack on former Deputy President of the Senate in the eighth senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, by some members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra. The attack took place in Nuremberg, Germany. Omo-Agege said this in a statement …

The United States Department of State has said that Nigeria made no significant progress in fiscal transparency. Fiscal transparency refers to the publication of information on how governments raise, spend, and manage public resources. More specifically, it means publication of high quality information on how governments raise taxes, borrow, spend, …

Resolving Issues surrounding power supply is a top priority of the Federal Government in the past years, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbanjo has said. Osibanjo said the Federal Government is creating a policy that will open up the nation electricity Market to new investors in power generation, transmission and …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says 4,644,808 Nigerians have participated in the scheme since it was established in 1973. Shuaibu Ibrahim, NYSC director-general, disclosed this on Thursday at a press conference in Abuja. Ibrahim said the scheme has since been able to achieve national unity and integration. He added …

Nigerians spend more time on social media than citizens of most countries, according to a survey conducted by Global Web Index, a market research company. In the survey, 575,000 internet users aged 16-64 were interviewed across 46 markets. The social media networks considered in the survey include Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, …