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Coalition defends NSCDC chief over Minna deaths
Rejects calls for Audi’s removal, urges probe to run its course The Centre for Justice for Common Nigeria, under the Coalition of Nigerian Civil Society Organisations, has rejected calls for
Catholic Bishops oppose foreign aid regulation bill
By Olayinka Latona ABUJA — The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has called on the National Assembly and the Federal Government to halt moves to enact the Foreign Aids
2027: ‘Ignore opposition tactics’, APC chieftain urges Tinubu to focus on governance
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has urged President Bola Tinubu not to be distracted by opposition tactics ahead of the 2027 general elections.
N3.4bn drug bust: NDLEA arrests fake police, mechanic
Records major drug seizures across eight states, FCT By Olasunkanmi Akoni ABUJA — Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted more than 1.3 million pills and
Akpabio in Italy prays for banditry, terrorism to end in Nigeria
By Henry Umoru Ahead of the 2027 presidential and general elections, the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, visited the Prayer Ground of St. Padre Pio at St Giovanni
VIS impounds 38 buses over illegal BRI operations
By Olasunkanmi Akoni LAGOS — The Lagos State Vehicle Inspection Service, VIS, has impounded 38 buses for allegedly operating illegally under the Bus Reform Initiative, BRI. The vehicles were apprehended
NDLEA seizes 1.3m opioid pills, 6,000kg cannabis, nabs two teenagers with AK-47s, pistol, ammunition
By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA — Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted more than 1.3 million pills and capsules of tramadol and other opioids, as well
Nine killed in fresh Plateau attacks
Passengers, pastor among victims By Golok Nanmwa JOS — At least nine persons have been killed in separate attacks in Barkin Ladi, Riyom and neighbouring communities in Plateau State between
Drones hit Moscow as Russians go to polls
Russians headed to the polls on Sunday for a third and final day of tightly controlled parliamentary elections set to strengthen the Kremlin’s grip on power, as Ukraine launched a
Jehovah’s Witnesses’ blood transfusion policy still ‘confusing’ and deadly – Humanist group says
By OLAYINKA LATONALAGOS, Nigeria — The Humanist Enabling Life Project (HELP) has accused Jehovah’s Witnesses of maintaining a contradictory and dangerous blood transfusion policy, saying the organization’s decision to allow
