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SaharaReporters reported that the police force had launched a manhunt for Sowore following the video which he posted on social media platforms The Nigeria Police Force has invited the convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore, for questioning over a video he recorded during an altercation with police officers on the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Access Road in Lagos. This is …

Minister of Women Affairs, Hon. Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has set another milestone with the inauguration of the Committee for the Review of the National Child Policy 2007. This, according to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Minister on Media and Publicity, Mr Jonathan Eze on Friday, marks not only a critical step in her commitment to the well-being …

NRC, NBTI get new MD, DG respectively .Ganduje, Akinyemi, Abe, Afikuyomi, Meseko, Ajibola, Kekemeke, Duru, Opeifa, Gumel, Nwakpa make list .Appoints Abdulmalik secretary to board of civil defence, immigration and prisons services .Charges boards’ non-executive chairmen not to interfere with management of organisations. President Bola Tinubu has appointed board chairpersons for 42 federal agencies and parastatals and a secretary to …

The Senate has raised the alarm that some unnamed retired military generals were behind the numerous illegal mining activities across the country. Speaking yesterday in Abuja, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Solid Minerals Development, Senator Sampson Ekong, PDP, Akwa-Ibom South, submitted his report before the Senate Committee on Appropriation. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Senator Adams …

•Admits inflation, cost of living still high  •Minister backs 50% telecom tariff increase •Says businesses lining up to invest in Nigeria   •Cardoso: CBN to boost compliance regime to enhance transparency •PwC projects 3.3% growth for Nigeria amid policy reforms  •Foresees FX stability, inflation decline, others in 2025 Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, yesterday …

On the outskirts of Altadena, where one of the most destructive firestorms in Los Angeles history had just receded, a group of volunteers worked last week to gather fallen tree branches and leaves — removing fuel for potential future fires, bagging them up and taking them away. One of those people, Cesar, a Mexican immigrant in his early 60s, works as …

Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), plans to gradually phase out the permanent voter card (PVC) as the sole means of identification for voter accreditation on Election Day. This could end the “no-PVC, no-voting” slogan that INEC has amplified for about 10 years. INEC’s chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, recently announced the plan at a meeting. He said that computer-generated slips issued to …

CNN — President Donald Trump is acting on his campaign promises at the fastest clip in modern memory — sending almost hourly shockwaves through the government, the legal system, the science community and around the world. Trump’s three-day sprint through his to-do list contrasts sharply with the disarray and empty fights that marred the start of his underperforming first term. In his zeal …

The appeal was made on Wednesday through his legal team, led by his Special Counsel, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, ahead of the next court date for the continuation of his case. Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has requested the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court to transfer his case to a court in …

Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of a former deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Ike Ekweremadu, has been released from the UK prison. A former aide to Mr Ekweremadu confirmed the development to PREMIUM TIMES on Wednesday. Mr Ekweremadu, his wife, and a doctor were convicted of organ trafficking by a UK court in March 2023. After a six-week trial at the Old Bailey, they were …