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Nigerian govt opposes lawmakers' move to prescribe death penalty for kidnappers

Nigeria, Dec. 19 -- The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has opposed a proposal by the Senate to amend Nigeria's anti-terrorism law to impose the death... Read More


Tinubu transmits NDDC 2025 statutory budget to NASS

Nigeria, Dec. 19 -- President Bola Tinubu has transmitted the 2025 statutory project proposal of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the House of Representatives for consideration and pas... Read More


Sokoto governor appoints HoS, special advisers, others

Nigeria, Dec. 19 -- Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State on Thursday appointed Abdulkadir Muhammed as the new Head of Service. The appointment was announced in a statement issued by the governor's Ch... Read More


Tinubu asks APC governors to back state police, local government autonomy

Nigeria, Dec. 19 -- President Bola Tinubu has urged governors and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to rally behind proposals for state police and the full implementation of local governm... Read More


The debt we refuse to pay: Why Nigeria must stop taxing its veterans, By Ken Bolanle Ati-John

Nigeria, Dec. 19 -- In every nation, there are groups whose contributions are visible and celebrated, and there are those whose sacrifices are carried quietly, etched into their bodies, their nerves, ... Read More


Olamide, Burna Boy make Obama's favourite songs for 2025

Nigeria, Dec. 19 -- Former US President Barack Obama has revealed his favourite music for 2025, continuing a tradition he began years back. Mr Obama, who has shared annual lists of his favourite book... Read More


THROWBACK: How the Super Eagles fared the last time Morocco hosted AFCON

Nigeria, Dec. 19 -- As Morocco prepares to host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, memories return to the last time the North African country staged Africa's biggest football event. That was in 1988, wh... Read More


Tuggar and the Nigerian Air Force Eleven in Ouagadougou, By Simbo Olorunfemi

Nigeria, Dec. 19 -- "Nigeria has never had expansionist tendencies, never been threatening towards our neighbours, and always chosen the path of peace and conciliation. This, in part, may have to do w... Read More


Empire state of mind: Africa has seen this movie before, By Phillip van Niekerk

Nigeria, Dec. 19 -- A grim anniversary passed this year almost unnoticed. Ninety years ago, in October 1935, Fascist Italy invaded Abyssinia - one of only three African states, alongside Liberia and ... Read More


Blindness rises in Jigawa amid shortage of ophthalmologists

Nigeria, Dec. 19 -- The Jigawa State government has raised concerns over a sharp rise in blindness cases, warning that a severe shortage of eye care specialists is worsening the crisis. According to ... Read More