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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has restrained Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State from controlling or attempting to regulate the possession of or dealing in firearms in the state. The court in a ruling by Justice J.K. Omotosho further declared the appointment of Friday Sani Makama as Director General of the Special Task Force on Illegal Smuggling of Firearms as made by the Executive Governor as illegal, null and void.

Five Nigerian youth activists who were illegally arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) on July 4, 2021, for wearing T-shirts with #BuhariMustGo inscriptions to the Headquarters of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Abuja, has asked Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court in Abuja, to disqualify himself from further presiding over their suit bordering on enforcement of fundamental rights.

Security agents shut Ondo PDP state secretariat to thwart a planned protest by the party's youth wing.

Wilcox Idaminabo, the director of DSS in Imo, says attacks on lives and properties by criminals in the south-east are carried out under...

"I am now free to return to Nigeria and visit any country in the world," Sunday Igboho told Tribune Newspaper.

Since the Constitution states unequivocally that: “Nigeria shall be a Federation consisting of States and a Federal Capital Territory” (Section 2 sub section 2), a practical and equitable way forward is for the present local governments to be scrapped, and allow each federating state to create the number of local governments it needs and can afford.

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The Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Saidu Umar, are challenging the victory of Governor Ahmad Aliyu in the March 18 governorship poll.

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL), a civic group, has condemned the arrest of the recently impeached Chairman of the Ijebu East Local government, Wale Adedayo, over a petition allegedly written against him by the Governor Dapo Abiodun-led state government. Adedayo on Monday disclosed his arrest by the police via a Facebook post on his timeline, adding that he was ready to die.

Emerging musician, 27-year-old Ilerioluwa Aloba alias Mohbad passed away on September 12, 2023 of undisclosed reasons and crowds poured out in the streets. In Lagos, youths marched in Lekki, Iju-Ishaga and Ikorodu with a huge concert at the Muri Okunola Park on Victoria Island featuring leading musicians like Davido, Falz and Zlatan. Youths in Taraba |