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Why we raided Frasier Hotel, Abuja – Customs
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has explained that its operatives stormed the Frasier hotel Abuja because of an intelligence that some vehicles wit [...]
Kidnappers abduct former VC, demand N20 million
Kidnappers have abducted Professor Valentine Aleto, the former Vice Chancellor of African University in Bayelsa State. He was abducted along Elegbeka/ [...]
Reps pass bill criminalizing estimated billing
The House of Representatives has passed a bill which seeks to prohibit and criminalize imposition of estimated billing by the electricity distribution [...]
Court grants Omoyele Sowore bail with stringent conditions
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday has granted Omoyele Sowore, Convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, bail in the sum of N150m. Justice Ijeoma [...]
Nigerians in Ghana sentenced to 1,000 years imprisonment – Umahi
The Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi, has said that some Nigerians have been sentenced to between 500 and 1,000-years’ imprisonment in Ghana and oth [...]
Army declares soldiers wanted for running from Boko Haram
The Nigerian Army has accused one major and 21 soldiers of fleeing from the scene of a Boko Haram attack and subsequently declared them wanted, milita [...]
Senate set to introduce taxes on GSM, cable TV subscription
The Senate has passed for first reading, a bill for an Act to introduce taxes on Communication Services and Cable television services. The proposal, e [...]
Ex-president of Benin accuses Saudi Arabia of funding Boko Haram
Nicephore Soglo, former president of Benin Republic, has accused Saudi Arabia and Qatar of funding Boko Haram. Boko Haram has grown to constitute a th [...]
FG concludes designs for return of toll plazas
The Federal Government has concluded designs for the return of toll plazas on Federal roads, Minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola has said. [...]
Abductions, killings now normal in Nigeria —Dino Melaye
The Senate on Wednesday urged security agencies in the country to secure lives and property of commuters plying the Abuja-Lokoja and other roads acros [...]