Senate President Godswill Akpabio has come under criticism after he made a joke allegedly referencing the 2006 ADC Airlines plane crash that killed 96 people, including the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Muhammadu Maccido.

What could have been a national disaster was averted on Saturday as the Super Eagles of Nigeria departed South Africa for Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

The forum of All Progressives Congress, APC, House of Assembly candidates during the 2023 general elections in Enugu State has expressed confidence on the Barr Ben Nwoye-led caretaker committee to reform the party in the state.

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It has now been confirmed that Governor Peter Mbah has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abass Adigun stirred angry reactions from some of his colleagues after he claimed that Ibadan is almost the size of the entire South-East.

Rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has linked the prolonged detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to ethnicity.

A former Director of Finance and Administration with the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council under the Federal Capital Territory Administration, Mr Garuba Duku, has been sentenced to 24 years imprisonment.

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President Bola Tinubu has granted pardon to 175 persons convicted for various offences.

There was a mild drama on an Ibom Air flight after a passenger reported that his money was missing.

The National Council of State has approved the nomination of Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN) from the North-Central as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Uche Nnaji: Ex-presidential aide demands prosecution of Tinubu’s ex-ministerA former presidential aide, Laolu Akande, has joined those calling for the immediate prosecution of the resigned Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji.

The Nigeria Police have arrested those involved in the death of Arise News Achor, Somtochukwu Christella Maduagwu.

Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State Of Biafra, MASSOB, has issued serious warning against any plot to scuttle the November Anambra governorship election.

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Command of the Nigeria Police Force has confirmed that the enforcement of the vehicle tinted glass permit has been suspended.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of being “an assembly of forgers, impostors, and morally bankrupt individuals masquerading as public servants.”

The management of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, has issued a security alert to students of the institution.

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