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  Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, has fired back at those calling for his expulsion from the Peoples Democratic Party.   This is as he declared that no one has the authority or the courage to remove him from the party he has served for years.   Speaking on ...

  Saudi authorities have prevented more than 269,000 individuals without official permits from entering Mecca ahead of this year’s Hajj pilgrimage, officials announced on Sunday as reported by AlArabiya and AP.   The move came as part of a broader effort to control overcrowding and ensure safety during the annual ...

  The Take It Back Movement has announced plans to hold a nationwide protest on June 12 to draw attention to the country’s worsening insecurity, shrinking civic space, and growing economic hardship.   In a statement on Monday by its National Coordinator, Juwon Sanyaolu, the movement condemned the rising wave ...

  Turkey has expressed sympathy to Nigeria following the devastating floods that hit Mokwa and surrounding communities in Niger State.   In a statement released on Sunday, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs conveyed condolences to the Nigerian government and the families of those affected by the disaster.   The ...

  The Anambra State Police Command has arrested three suspected members of a robbery gang, who specialise in dispossessing residents of their belongings, especially vehicles, at gun point.   In a statement released on Monday, the spokesman for the state command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the suspects were arrested based ...

  Special Adviser on Media and Information Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga, says Nigerians will soon experience a reduction in the cost of living, as the effects of the administration’s economic reforms start to materialise   Speaking to newsmen in Lagos on Sunday, Onanuga stated that the positive ...

  Flash floods and landslides after torrential monsoon rain over the last two days killed at least 30 people in India’s northeast, officials said on Sunday.State disaster management officials said eight people died in Assam, and nine in Arunachal Pradesh, many of them in landslides as earth loosened by the ...

  Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, has expressed sorrow over members of the Kano State contingent who died in a road crash while returning from the just-concluded National Sports Festival held in Ogun State.   The accident, which occurred on Saturday at Gadar Yankifi in Garun Mallam Local Government ...

  The Kano State Government has declared Monday, June 2, 2025, as a public holiday to mourn and sympathise with the families of 22 young athletes, coaches, and officials, who died in a ghastly auto crash while returning from the just-concluded National Sports Festival in Ogun State.   Governor Abba ...

  The National Association of Nigerian Students has expressed condolences to the government of Kano State and the families of the 21 athletes who lost their lives in an auto crash at Gadar Yankifi in the Garun Malam Local Government Area of the state.   PUNCH Online reports that the ...