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  The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, says the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has been interviewed over the recent invasion of the residence of Justice Mary Odili. Baba made this known when he received a delegation of Rivers’ elders and elected representatives led ...

  A 21-year-old final year student of Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Jimoh Victor Eyitayo, has died after he was shot by armed robbers in Ikorodu area of Lagos State.   The robbers reportedly took his phone and other belongings. According to a source, “He was shot on the ...

  The Nigerian Navy (NN) has denied a video trending online concerning a student who was allegedly brutalised by an instructor in Nigerian Navy Secondary School, Abeokuta. The Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Suleman Dahun, made the denial in a statement in Abuja. According to Dahun, the video was ...

  Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has appointed his son, Babajide Akeredolu, as the new Director General of the Performance and Project Implementation Monitoring Unit, Governor’s Office (PPIMU). This was announced in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, on Tuesday. Ojogo added that the ...

  The Chief of Defense Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has faulted the procedure adopted in the release of the report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution For Victims Of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters. Speaking after a courtesy visit to Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, ...

  Popular Instagram comedian, Ahmed Gafar, known as The Cute Abiola has been declared missing.   This was made known by a fellow comedian, Mr Macaroni on Tuesday evening.   Mr Macaroni shared the news on Twitter and also attached a Whatsapp message he received. From the message, it was ...

Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani has reacted to the findings and conclusion of the Lagos State judicial panel on police brutality cases and the shooting of protesters at Lekki toll gate. Naija News had reported earlier that the panel Chairperson, Justice Doris Okuwobi (rtd) delivered two reports to Governor ...

  The Nigerian Government has denied abandoning one Itunu Babalola from Oyo State to die in a prison in Cote d’Ivoire. It also called for full investigation into the circumstances leading to her death. Reports of her demise went viral on Monday and Nigerians took to Twitter to vent their ...

  The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has claimed that the foreign rice smuggled into the Nigerian market is not good for human consumption. Ahmad made the claim during a recent interview monitored by THE WHISTLER. The minister while commenting on the gains of the ...

  Nigerian businessman and multi-investor, Sani Dangote has been confirmed dead. Reports reaching Naija News at this time confirmed that the younger brother of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote died after battling a terminal disease. It was gathered that the Vice President of Dangote Group and a two-time President of ...