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  The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria to immediately disclose whether it has commenced the direct disbursement of allocations to the 774 local government areas in Nigeria, following the Supreme Court’s landmark judgment nullifying state governors’ control over LGA funds.   In ...

  No fewer than 78 Nigerians rescued from human traffickers in Cote D’Ivoire have arrived in Lagos. The victims, comprising 73 females, two males, and three babies, arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, around 11:00 pm on Saturday.   Binta Bello, the Director-General of the National Agency for ...

  The Nigerian Army disclosed on Sunday that it has taken into custody Christopher Emmanuel, who allegedly assaulted a female vendor, Doshima, in Kula, Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue.   This is contained in a statement by the Acting Assistant Director Army Public Relations, 401 Special Forces Brigade, ...

  The National Security Adviser said that 15 persons have been convicted and 100 others prosecuted as his office is working to protect crude oil infrastructure in the Niger Delta region.   The NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, disclosed on Friday at a town hall meeting organised by the Petroleum Infrastructure Nigeria ...

  The Lagos State Government has commenced the demolition of contravening structures within Megamond and Oral Estates in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state to address flooding.   The state Commissioner for the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a video shared ...

  Governors of the 19 Northern States under the aegis of the Northern Governors’ Forum on Saturday met over the troubling security challenges in the region.   Members of the Northern Traditional Rulers’ Council, comprising the Emirs and Chiefs from the region, were part of the meeting which witnessed an ...

  Chelsea ended the Women’s Super League season unbeaten after Aggie Beever-Jones’s stoppage-time goal secured a 1-0 win over Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.   The Blues had wrapped up the title — their sixth in a row — with two games to spare as French manager Sonia Bompastor ...

  The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, on Saturday, thanked President Bola Tinubu, the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, traditional rulers, organising committee, and others who graced his coronation ceremony, making it a colourful and memorable.   He made this known in a statement from the palace’s Director of ...

  Authorities in northern Afghanistan have arrested 14 individuals for playing musical instruments and singing during a private gathering, provincial police said on Saturday. This was a practice banned under the Taliban’s strict interpretation of Islamic law. The police said in a statement that on Thursday night in the capital ...

  A former presidential aspirant, Joseph Faduri, on Saturday, mocked the leadership of the Labour Party over the current internal crisis threatening to tear the party apart, describing it as ‘karma.’   In a statement released in Abuja, Faduri lamented that it was painful watching the party rob him of ...