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    The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has revealed that the armed robbery gang responsible for the killing of ARISE News anchor, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, sourced their weapons from a supplier in the Niger Republic.   The Command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement on Friday while ...

    Lawmakers in Peru voted Friday to remove President Dina Boluarte, whose term has been marked by protests and accusations of failing to stem crime.   Boluarte refused to appear before Congress for an overnight hearing, after a majority of lawmakers, including some once loyal to her, voted to ...

    The Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other stakeholders have called for ethical governance at board levels as the nation faces multiple disruptions.   The call was made at the 20th anniversary corporate governance conference of the Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria on ...

      As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark World Mental Health Day, international medical organisation, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières has drawn attention to the hidden mental health impact of child malnutrition across northern Nigeria, calling for an integrated approach that treats both body and ...

      The Deputy Chair of the FIFA Men’s National Teams Competitions Committee, Amaju Pinnick, has described his appointment as a recognition of Nigeria’s growing influence in global sports governance.   In an interview with ARISE News on Thursday, Pinnick, a former President of the Nigeria Football Federation, expressed ...

    The Central Bank of Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to expanding financial inclusion and driving economic growth by promoting the adoption of alternative payment systems.   The apex bank expressed this commitment at a sensitisation exercise known as the ‘CBN Fair,’ held at the Dome Event Centre in ...

    An oil spill from an 8-inch crude delivery pipeline at Oil Mining Lease 29 has polluted Nembe communities around the Santa Barbara River in Bayelsa.   The OML 29 asset is operated by Nembe Exploration and Production Company Limited, formerly Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company Limited.   ...

    The House of Representatives on Thursday mandated its relevant committees to investigate the non-functionality of state-owned petroleum refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna, despite the reported expenditure of about $18bn on their rehabilitation over the past two decades.   The resolution followed the consideration and adoption of ...

    The governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has petitioned the Lagos State Police Command over alleged intimidation and threats to life by the Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in the state, Mustapha Adekunle, popularly known as Sego.   ...

      Cameroon’s Paul Biya, already the world’s oldest head of state, is the favourite to win Sunday’s presidential election, handing him an eighth term in power in the central African country.   A fractured opposition of 11 candidates is standing against the 92-year-old in the vote, whose credibility ...