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  Contrary to the usual practice of placing caskets in an aircraft’s cargo hold, the body of former President Muhammadu Buhari was flown to Nigeria in the main cabin of a Nigerian Air Force jet.   The decision, it was gathered, followed the discovery that the casket could not fit ...

  TikTok has removed more than 3.6 million videos from its platform in Nigeria between January and March 2025 for breaching its Community Guidelines, representing a 50 per cent increase from the previous quarter.   This was disclosed in the platform’s Q1 2025 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report, which highlights TikTok’s ...

  Aare Adetola Emmanuelking Mourns the Passing of the Awujale of Ijebulan   The Group Chairman of Adron Group, Sir Aare Adetola Emmanuelking KOF, has paid glowing tribute to the late Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, His Royal Majesty, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona. He described his passing as the ...

  An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo has sentenced six people arrested during the 2023 general election in the state to two-year jail terms for offences bordering on conspiracy and unlawful possession of firearms.   The defendants, dragged before the court by the Federal Government represented by its ...

  The Niger Delta Development Commission has alerted members of the public to a fake skills acquisition training purportedly sponsored by the commission.   The commission urged the public to disregard such claims by a group that is accusing the NDDC of not keeping to its promise to pay trainees ...

  Dignitaries, former government officials, and political heavyweights on Tuesday began arriving in Katsina State, for the final burial rites of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari.   A heavy security presence was observed in and around the town, with personnel of the Department of State Services, Nigeria Police Force, ...

  A former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo (retd.), has mourned the passing of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, describing him as a leader who was firm yet fair.   Gambo, who served under Buhari from 2021 to 2023, in a statement on Tuesday, stated that ...

  The founder of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has revealed that there was no formal written agreement for the late former President Muhammadu Buhari to hand over power to him.   Bakare had a history with Buhari, serving as his running mate in the 2011 presidential ...

  The Enugu State Government has embarked on developing Annual Operational Plans that would be integrated into the state’s 2026 health sector budget.   This initiative is part of the Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative, a comprehensive program aimed at transforming Nigeria’s health system by improving healthcare infrastructure and ...

  The Leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, on Tuesday, described the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, as an exemplary monarch who made a significant positive impact during his 62-year reign.   He stated this in his tribute to the highly revered monarch, who joined ...