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Nigerian police said they are investigating a video clip in which some people appeared claiming to be members of the Nigerian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community. Force Headquarters spokesperson Olumuyiwa Adejobi described those in the video as...

President Bola Tinubu will leave Abuja on Wednesday (today) for Paris for a private visit. This was revealed on Wednesday by presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale in a statement. Ngelale said the president will return to Nigeria in the first week of...

The Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission has said that the local government elections earlier scheduled for February 24 have been postponed to October 5, 2024. The Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Mike Ajogu, disclosed this in a statement in Enugu...

Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has reinstated a traditional ruler who was suspended in the state for conferring a chieftaincy title on a Nigerian senator. Damian Ezeani, the traditional ruler of the Neni community, had during Christmas conferred the...

Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has dissolved the State Executive Council with immediate effect. All cabinet members must immediately hand over to permanent secretaries or senior administrative officials in their respective offices, the governor's spokesman, Ebenezer Adeniyan, said in a...

On Tuesday night, the United States highlighted several areas of security cooperation with Nigeria and signaled its willingness to remain a strong partner. The United States also said Nigeria must invest in the “foundations of an inclusive democratic society” to...

Former President Donald Trump won a resounding victory in the presidential primary elections in the state of New Hampshire, marking a historic moment in American politics. Trump's huge victory, with 54.6 percent of the vote, solidifies his dominance...

Nigerian Education Minister Tahir Mamman said on Monday that the ministry will do everything possible within the ambit of the law "to facilitate the full implementation of the presidential directive on the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS), that...

The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adegboye, has described as worrying the spate of proliferation of firearms and cult attacks in the state. Adegboye, responding on Tuesday to a question on the incessant cult attacks in Benin, assured that...

President Bola Tinubu meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is touring African nations. Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar received Blinken on the esplanade of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Blinken will hold bilateral talks with the Nigerian delegation led...