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The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, said on Friday, that ongoing investigations have revealed many highly placed Nigerians and businessmen involved in financing terrorism. Mr Malami, who doubles as the Minister of Justice, said the ‘strongly’ suspected financiers were already being profiled for prosecution. The minister, who disclosed this while fielding questions from State House reporters in Abuja, said …

…says Senate Minority should be in prison-like Sen. Ndume-Wase …The man mentioned about is my Senator, there is a judicial decision on Kanu’s matter-Abonta counters Wase Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Idris Wase veered off a debate on the reports of a looming defection of many lawmakers from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC at Thursday plenary …

The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the power of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister political parties. The apex court made the pronouncement in a judgment dismissing an appeal filed by one of the 74 political parties deregistered by INEC in February 2020. The appellant, the National Unity Party (NUP), had filed its case to challenge the earlier July 29, …

Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan, popularly known as Mama Taraba is dead, sources confirmed to The PUNCH on Friday. She died at 61 in Cairo, Egypt. “Mama (Al-Hassan) died in a hospital today in Cairo. We will miss her,” a former aide to Al-Hassan, who pleaded anonymity, said on the telephone. Officials of the Peoples Democratic Party in Taraba State also confirmed her death …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), on Friday, lamented that some individuals were “mercilessly” against Nigeria. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari spoke during the sixth regular meeting with the Presidential Economic Advisory Council led by Prof Doyin Salami at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Adesina, in the statement titled ‘We’ll …

Yunusa Agali and nine others have been detained by the police in Abuja since their arrest for burglary and theft on March 26 and 27. The 10 of them have now spent over a month in a notorious detention facility, commonly referred to as ‘Human Abattoir’ which was used by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other police tactical …

Zoom, one of the most popular services for virtual meetings, has started rolling out a new feature called Immersive View that aims to make meetings a lot more engaging and collaborative. The feature, which was announced last year, is now being rolled out to Windows and macOS desktop clients of Zoom. The Immersive View feature allows hosts to arrange video participants and …

The Senate, on Wednesday, considered a Bill seeking to give legal backing to the establishment of the Nigerian Correctional Service Academy, Ijebu Igbo in Ogun State. The Bill, which scaled second reading during plenary, is sponsored by Senator Olalekan Mustapha (APC, Ogun East). In his presentation, Mustapha said the proposed law seeks to provide the legal and institutional framework for …

After months of being suspended from several social media platforms, former President Donald Trump has launched his own personal media website. Titled From The Desk of Donald J Trump, the platform appears on the website: www.DonaldJTrump.com/desk. It features short essay-like posts and videos, as well as links by which website users can share their posts to social media sites such …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, commiserated with the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, his family and members of his church of his son, Pastor Dare Adeboye. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President urged them to find comfort in the teachings …