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Nigeria and China have intensified efforts to strengthen bilateral cooperation in key sectors of the economy, including electricity, infrastructure and industrial development, following high-level talks between the Director-General of the Nigeria-China Strategic Partnership (NCSP), Joseph Tegbe, and the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, H.E. Yu Dunhai....

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has impounded more than 30 vehicles for operating with tinted glasses, obscured number plates, and improper registration as it commenced the enforcement of the ban on tinted vehicles across Abuja.Addressing journalists at the command, the FCT Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Sanusi, said the operation...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticized President Bola Tinubu and First Lady Oluremi Tinubu over the continued captivity of pupils and teachers abducted in Oyo State.Atiku, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), accused the Federal Government of failing to demonstrate sufficient urgency in securing the rele...

Nigeria is planning to repatriate more than 1,000 of its nationals from South Africa as anti-immigrant tensions rise in the country which has been a destination for documented and undocumented African workers.The move by Abuja comes after Ghana recently repatriated hundreds of its citizens from South Africa in response to a wave of protests and vio...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned political parties that any primary election conducted outside the commission’s May 30th deadline remains invalid, unless a higher court overturns an earlier Federal High Court judgment on the matter.INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Co...

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced that power supply to several communities in Delta State will be disrupted as it continues preventive maintenance work at its Delta 132/33kV Transmission Substation.In a statement issued on its X handle, TCN stated that the maintenance exercise, which began June 4, will continue daily from 10:0...

The Global Peace Movement International (GPMI) has called for intensified efforts to secure the release of schoolchildren and teachers abducted in Oriire Local Government Area of Ogbomosho, Oyo State, urging authorities to deploy every available strategy to bring the victims home safely....

Three leading civil society organisations have raised concerns over what they describe as the worsening neglect of the Nigerian boy child, urging the Federal Government to commission new research, strengthen child protection policies, and significantly increase education funding to address mounting social challenges....

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Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced four suspects to death by hanging for carrying out the deadly June 5, 2022 attack on Saint Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State....