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Reps oppose bill legalising cannabis

By Salim Yunusa   A bill to legalise the medical use of cannabis, on Wednesday, suffered a setback at the House of Representatives as the committee...

Cybersecurity: FG moves to safeguard Nigeria’s digital economy

By Salim Yunusa     The Federal Government has renewed its plans to safeguard Nigeria’s digital economy from cybercrimes, while building more trust among strategic stakeholders in...

FEC approves N1.5 billion for Customs to procure operational vehicles

By Salim Yunusa   The Federal Executive Council(FEC) has approved the procurement of 46 units of vehicles for operational and administrative use by the Nigeria Customs...

ISWAP selects Al Barnawi’s successor, awaits ISIS’s nod

By Ismail Auwal The Shura Council of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has appointed Sani Shuwaram as the new, Wali, the supreme leader of...

Retired NPA GM kidnapped in Kano

  Retired General Manager of the Nigeria Port Authority (NPA), Bashir M Abdullahi, has been abducted in Kano.   Abdullahi was abducted from his farm located at...

2021: JAMB remits N3.51bn to FG

By Salim Yunusa The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has remitted the sum of N3.51 billion to the national treasury as part of its...

‘Avoid open fire’ – NEMA warns Lagos residents after gas leakage

By Salim Yunusa The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has raised an alarm following a report of a gas pipeline leakage in some parts of...

El-Rufai wins suit against newspaper, awarded N10m in damages

  By Salim Yunusa A high court in Kaduna has ordered Today Publishing Company, publishers of The Union newspaper, to pay N10m as damages for defaming...

JUST IN: Another building collapses in Lekki, Lagos

By Salim Yunusa A two-storey building has collapsed in Lekki area of Lagos barely 24 hours after the collapse of a 21-storey building on Gerrard...

$10bn gas project: Senate probes Italian firm over local content law

By Salim Yunusa The leadership of the Senate has directed its Committee on Local Content to immediately commence investigations into the alleged breach of local...

President Buhari commended over Nigeria’s climate actions by Jeff Bezos

By Salim Yunusa American billionaire and founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, has heaped praises on the President Muhammadu Buhari for his leadership role in restoring...

Gunmen invade UNIABUJA staff quarters, abduct professor, children, others

By Salim Yunusa Gunmen on Tuesday morning stormed the staff quarters of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) and abducted a professor of economics, Obansa Joseph,...

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