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The Federal Government has declared holidays to mark the Christmas, New Year celebrations. The Federal Government declared Monday, and Tuesday, December, 25 and 26 2023, and Monday, January 1, 2024, as public holidays to mark Christmas and New Year’s Day celebrations, respectively. The Hon. Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government on …

Nigeria on Wednesday got a hard-won relief from a thorny lawsuit against it by Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID), a company registered in the British Virgin Islands. The case had dragged on for more than a decade and would have wiped out about one-third of Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves if victory had gone the way of the company. An earlier decision …

Edo State Government has assured that it will strengthen collaboration with the Federal Government to check the incidence of gender-based violence in the State, noting that necessary laws have been enacted to punish persons found culpable of the dastardly act. Representative of the Edo State Governor and Commissioner for Social Development and Gender Issues, Hon Mrs. Christabel Omoh Ekwu, said …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Unknown persons suspected to be robbers terrorizing residents of G.R.A in Benin City, the Edo State capital have allegedly robbed a man found dead inside his Toyota SUV. Police investigators found the man seating behind the steering wheel with his trouser pockets and inside his car ransacked by the miscreants. Investigators at the homicide section, Criminal Investigation …

Security dogs earn higher budget, get N800 per diem• 50,401 awaiting trial, 3,271 on death row nationwide Gross underfunding of custodial centres and perennial dehumanisation of persons reached a new height with daily cost of feeding each inmate now N750. The Guardian findings confirmed that even security dogs in custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) are better fed than humans.  While a …

The Minister of State for Steel Development, Uba Maigari Ahmadu, yesterday hinted of the ministry’s readiness to explore and encourage local content to develop the sector. He disclosed that the move was an effort to develop and reposition the sector for maximum utilisation of the country’s ore in line with the present administration keenness to grow the industry. The minister, …

Nigeria has been in the grip of long-running trends of security challenges that have affected no fewer than 32 out of the 36 states in the country. The challenges of terrorism, insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, farmers-herders crisis, ethnic agitations and economic sabotage have continued to evolve in different natures and forms. These have occupied the attention of the security forces as …

Donald Trump’s request to the Supreme Court on Wednesday was perhaps his most brazen delay tactic yet. He urged the high court not to get involved right now in the question of whether he is immune from federal prosecution for alleged crimes committed while in office – his latest attempt to ask the legal system to effectively bend to his political will. The …

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria has said that Catholic Churches in the country would not bless same-sex unions. The bishops said the blessing of the same-sex union is against God’s law, the teachings of the church, and the law of the country. They made this known in a statement released and signed by the President of the conference, Lucius …

The Senate on Thursday confirmed the appointment of the 11 new justices of the Supreme Court. Those confirmed are Haruna Tsammani (North-east) who chaired the Presidential Election Petition Court, Moore Adumein (South-south), Jummai Sankey (North-central), Chidiebere Uwa (South-east) and Chioma Nwosu-Iheme (South-east) Others are Obande Ogbuinya (South-east), Stephen Adah (North-central), Habeeb Abiru (South-west), JJamilu Tukur (North-west), Abubakar Umar (North-west) and Mohammed …