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Unknown gunmen have killed a Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) in Anambra State. Speaking on the incident, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) alleged that Hope Uzodinma killed the INEC REC chairman. They revealed that Uzodima carried out the atrocious act because the chairman ...

  The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Andy Uba, has claimed to have influenced the appointment of Charles Soludo as governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Soludo is contesting the Anambra election holding this coming Saturday on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA. ...

  Six people have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen during an attack on the University of Abuja on Tuesday morning. The University, in a statement on Tuesday signed by its spokesman, Habib Yakoob, said that the gunmen abducted a Professor of Economics in the institution, Joseph Obansa, alongside his two ...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested billionaire businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu popularly known as Obi Cubana. Naija News learnt that Obi Cubana who arrived at the office of the commission in Abuja on Monday afternoon is being questioned by operatives of the anti-graft agency. A source that spoke ...

EFCC Arrests Socialite Obi Cubana Obi Cubana made headlines earlier in the year after a lavish burial ceremony for his mother.  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a socialite Obinna Iyiegbu, better known as Obi Cubana.  He is being questioned at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.  He ...

  A 21-storey building has collapsed in Lagos State. The building, which is under construction, Is located at off Alexander way, Gerrard Road in Ikoyi Lagos State. According to Arise News, scores are trapped in the rumble. As of time of filing this report, no one has been rescued.  

  Former Kaduna senator, Shehu Sani, has reproached the Muhammadu Buhari administration for its failure to declare bandits terrorists. As bandits continue to unleash their unrestrained reign of terror in Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna and other Northwestern states that has claimed thousands of lives including members of the armed forces, Nigerians ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, have approved a huge national security-sensitive maritime contract to a medical company in a process the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) says is “embarrassing” and illegal, a PREMIUM TIMES investigation has revealed. The development has unsettled the Buhari government, ...

More light has been shed on the bribery allegation involving former Commander of the Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, who was suspended on July 31. Sources in police that spoke with Punch confirmed that the former deputy commissioner of police is still on suspension and had not been secretly recalled ...

  Social media giant, Facebook on Thursday announced that it has changed its corporate name to Meta. The Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, in the announcement disclosed that the development is part of a major rebranding. The platform further stated that the change does not apply ...