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The Kebbi State Government has deposed three district heads in three local government areas in the Gwandu Emirate for gross misconduct, insubordination, fraud, partisanship or abandoning their positions without permission. Announcing the dismissal in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday, state Local...

The United Nations has urged the Nigerian government to place education at the center of all peacebuilding efforts to build a lasting culture of peace. This is stated in a joint press release issued on Wednesday by the United Nations...

Philippe Currat, a Swiss lawyer defending former Gambian Interior Minister Ousman Sonko in his trial for crimes against humanity, told the court on Wednesday that prosecutors had failed to prove their case. Currat said that after 13 days of hearings,...

The International Court of Justice will rule on South Africa's provisional applications on Friday in the case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza. Friday's ruling will not stop at whether or not Israel has committed genocide in Gaza: that ruling...

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointments of new officers and the promotion of 1,897 senior officers to their next substantive ranks. This was revealed by the Head of Press and Public Relations of the commission, Ikechukwu Ani,...

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has denied reports of a bomb explosion in the Maitama district of the territory on Wednesday. In a statement by its spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, superintendent of police, the police said it was an explosion...

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has called on traditional rulers and regional council chairmen in the territory to help address insecurity in the country's capital. Wike made the call during a meeting with FCT area...

Senate Chief Ali Ndume says relocation of some departments of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) from Abuja to Lagos State was influenced by “political cartels” within the government...

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has received the United States Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. Governor Sanwo-Olu made this known through his official name X on...

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos returned to Nigeria on Wednesday morning after spending days partying on the Caribbean island of Grenada in commemoration of the 50th birthday anniversary of Abuja-based businesswoman and socialite, Aisha Achimugu. Sanwo-Olu flew on a private...