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Nigeria’s Super Eagles have been ranked as the 34th best team in the world in the latest FIFA world ranking. The rankings released on Thursday on the official website of the world’s football governing body, saw Nigeria drop seven places from their previous position. The drop has also forced the Gernot Rohr team to lose their initial third spot in Africa...

The Indonesian government has formally apologised to the Nigerian government over the manhandling of its diplomat in the South-East Asian country. A video of an accredited Nigerian diplomat, Mr. Mohammed Buba, being rough-handled by Indonesian immigration officials, went viral on social media platforms on Monday, prompting Nigeria to threaten to review its relationship with the country. Following the incident, the Nigerian government...

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, on Wednesday, broke silence on the passing of his father, Pa Emmanuel Abiodun, describing his demise as “painful and a great loss to him and his family”. Abiodun spoke 10 days after his father died at the age of 82 when he received sympathisers during a condolence visit to his family house in Iperu-Remo. He...

Nigeria has recalled Ambassador to Indonesia, Usman Ogah as the relationship between both countries grew sour over the assault of a Nigerian diplomat by immigration officials in Jakarta, the Asian country’s capital. A video of Indonesian officials torturing a Nigerian diplomat identified as Ibrahim had gone viral over the weekend, prompting Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama to summon the...

The Federal Government has set aside N4.87 billion for tracking of Whatsapp and telephone calls by security and intelligence agencies in the country. Analysis of the 2021 supplementary budget obtained from the Budget Office on Tuesday revealed that the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) would spend N2.93 billion on Thuraya interception solution- a device used to automatically detect and monitors voice,...

The Federal Government has approved N4billion for fueling of police operational vehicles across 36 states of the country and the Federal Capital Territory. The Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, disclosed this at the National Institute of Police Studies in Abuja on Tuesday. Dingyadi stressed that approving such a large sum of funds for fueling under the 2021 budget is...

The Board of Trustees (BoT), governors, former ministers, National Assembly Caucus and former governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday met and asked the party’s National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus to convene a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting next week. The meeting also resolved that Secondus’ tenure which was supposed to elapse in December should now end in...

An Ilorin Magistrate court on Tuesday remanded a sixteen-year-old girl, (name withheld), for allegedly setting her colleague, Fatimoh Jako ablaze over a minor misunderstanding that ensued between them. She was dragged before Magistrate F.O Olokoyo for alleged Criminal Trespass, Mischief by Fire and Culpable Homicide contrary to sections 327, 342 and 221 penal code law. The incident occurred at Moshegada, Kaima local...

The caretaker committee chairman of the All Progressives Congress- Ebonyi state chapter Hon. Stanley Okoro Emegha has commended party faithfuls and stakeholders for the smooth conduct of party Ward Congress in the state. In a statement signed by the chairman, he also thanked leaders for their support. Read Full statement: On behalf of the Caretaker Committee of the All Progressive Congress...

Bandits who abducted the Niger State Commissioner for Information, Muhammed Sanni Idris, have made a N500 million ransom to secure his release. Ripples Nigeria had reported how heavily armed gunmen kidnapped Idris from his country home in Baban Tunga, Tafa Local Government Area of the state in the early hours of Monday. Confirming the ransom demand by the bandits to Ripples Nigeria on...