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The Federal Government has welcomed the landmark judgment of the Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland, which on Monday, sentenced Simon Ekpa, a self-styled pro-Biafra agitator, to six years’ imprisonment for terrorism offences. In a statement issued by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, the government described the ruling as a watershed moment not only for the innocent Nigerians whose lives and livelihoods were devastated by Ekpa’s campaign […]

Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted widespread thundery and rainy weather activities across the country from Monday to Wednesday. In its weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja, NiMet projected thunderstorms with moderate rainfall on Monday morning over parts of Kebbi, Zamfara, Sokoto, Gombe, Borno, and Yobe States in the northern region. According to NiMet, later in the day, thunderstorms are expected in Bauchi, Yobe, Jigawa, Kano, Kaduna, Zamfara, Katsina, […]

President Bola Tinubu, the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and several state governors on Sunday led tributes as former Inspector-General of Police and immediate past Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Solomon Arase, passed away in Abuja at the age of 69. Arase died in the early hours of the morning at Cedarcrest Hospital, Abuja, following a brief illness. His death was confirmed by his first son, Solomon Arase Jnr, […]

The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has decorated seven officers promoted to Deputy Commander of Narcotics in the state. The officers were promoted from the rank of Assistant Commander of Narcotics to Deputy Commander of Narcotics. The decorated officers are Timothy Nku Odu, James Olusola Olarewaju, Akpabio Akpan, Anthony Odu Oko, Fidelis Nkazi Heijirika, Paul Akhazee, and Mohammed Danmusa. Shortly after the decoration, Commander […]

The Nigerian Postal Service has announced that, with effect from today, all postal shipments from Nigeria to the United States, except letters and documents, will attract a mandatory prepaid customs duty of $80 or its naira equivalent. In a public notice to its customers on Friday, NIPOST explained that the new charges stem from a recent Executive Order signed by the Government of the United States of America suspending de […]

The Oyo State House of Assembly has dismissed as false the allegations made by Honorable Ibrahim Shittu, member representing Saki West State Constituency, over the recent emergency plenary session. Hon. Shittu had claimed that the session was secretly convened to approve a 300 billion naira loan request from the executive without proper notification of members. In a statement issued to newsmen, the Assembly described his remarks as misleading and a […]