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The Arewa Democratic Front (ADF), a non-governmental organization established in 2007, has called on President Bola Tinubu to Suspend, investigate, and arrest Mele Kyari over ₦6 trillion fuel subsidy debt and persistent fuel crisis. The ADF, devoted to the promotion of sustainable development and the preservation of democratic ideals and equity across Northern Nigeria, “finds itself compelled to speak out ...

  Dada Yar’adua, mother of former President, Umaru Yar’adua, and former Vice President Shehu Yar’adua, is dead. PUNCH Online learnt that she died at the Katsina Teaching Hospital on Monday evening. Details later… •The Punch

  The Nigeria Police Force has declared a British national, Andrew Wynne, also known as Andrew Povich, and a Nigerian, Lucky Obiyan, wanted for allegedly plotting to overthrow the democratically elected government in the country. The police accused the British national of building a network of sleeper cells to topple the government and plunge the nation into chaos. Addressing journalists ...

Badagry Residents at the weekend received various rewards like food items, cash, free transport vouchers, health insurance admission and more from the Lagos State government’s new Circular Economy initiative aimed at boosting sustainable development practices in the state. Residents thronged the venue to exchange their wastes ranging from pet bottles, rubbers and other disposed household items to get food items ...

Determined to boost food production and enhance socio-economic development of its host communities, Dangote Cement, Ibese Plant has donated agricultural supplies to local farmers. This initiative is part of the company’s broader empowerment programme designed to ensure food security for the people. In what has become an annual programme, 60 farmers from the 17 host communities of the Cement Plant ...

  Toronto Police have arrested a Canadian-Nigerian woman threatening Yoruba, Benin people with poison. She is scheduled to appear in court on Monday, September 2, 2024, for allegedly making hate-motivated threats against the Nigerian community. Amaka Sonnberger, 46, was apprehended on Sunday following an investigation into online content she reportedly posted on August 25, threatening violence against specific members of ...

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on the Lagos State Government to comply with the order of a Federal High Court in Lagos directing it to ensure an investigation into the death of Mr. Pelumi Onifade, a 20-year reporter with Gboah TV, who was reportedly arrested by the Police while covering the #EndSARS protests in 2020 and later found dead, ...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated Vice-President Kashim Shettima on his 58th birthday, describing him as a reliable, competent, loyal and trusted partner to President Bola Tinubu in the Renewed Hope agenda. The Governor also described Shettima as a visionary and passionate leader who has distinguished himself in both private and public office. Governor Sanwo-Olu, in a congratulatory ...

  Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas, over “the failure to end the apparently unlawful practice by the National Assembly of fixing its allowances and running costs, and the failure to account for the monthly running costs paid to members.” ...

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 poll, Peter Obi, has condemned in strong terms the anti-Yoruba utterances of a Canadian lady describing it as bigotry taken too far. Obi said that such divisive comments should not find a place in our society and should be rejected by everyone. Writing on his X handle on Friday Obi ...