Year: 2021
Akeredolu vows to promote Yoruba heritage
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Friday promised to partner with the Yoruba Heritage Group to further promote the…
ICYMI: APC Somolu members vow to block council election
APC members in Somolu Local Government Area of Lagos State have threatened to stop the council elections scheduled for 24…
Oloyede bags 25 years imprisonment for rape
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Friday sentenced a trader, Adelaja Oloyede, 43, to 25 years imprisonment…
Corps member drills first borehole for Plateau community
Mr Isaac Anshiman, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, has drilled the first borehole for residents of Angwan Timzina,…
Senator Nwaoboshi dumps PDP for APC, meets Buhari
Senator Peter Nwaoboshi has quit the PDP to join the All Progressives Congress. He was welcomed by President Muhammadu Buhari…
JAMB: Enugu cancels Saturday’s sanitation exercise
Enugu State Government said it has cancelled this month’s sanitation exercise scheduled for Saturday to enhance candidates’ access to the…
Nigeria must continue to borrow: Lawan
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has explained that it is necessary for Nigeria to continue to borrow to fund…
Ugandan coach lands in Tokyo with COVID-19 Delta variant
A member of the Ugandan Olympic team who tested positive for the coronavirus upon arrival in Japan had the Delta…
Child soldiers aged 12-14 massacre 130 in Burkina Faso
Child soldiers aged between 12 and 14 carried out the massacre in northeast Burkina Faso in which more than 130…
Police arrest 15 suspected cultists in Eket
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom said it arrested 15 suspected cultists in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom.
ICYMI: Buhari will be away in London for 3 weeks
President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Nigeria today for London for his second scheduled medical appointment this year.
Mike Pence: I did what was right on 6 January
Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said he was “proud” of what he did on Jan. 6 in certifying the…
Nigerian Emeka Obi acquitted in Italy’s ENI-Shell graft case
An Italian appeals court has overturned the jail sentence handed down to Nigerian Emeka Obi for his alleged role in…
JAMB releases results for 2021 UTME: How to check it
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of candidates who sat in more than 720 CBT…
Dangote gets Cameroon’s highest civilian honour
President Paul Biya of Cameroon has awarded Aliko Dangote the country's highest civilian honour – the Commander of the National…
Outrage in Brooklyn over George Floyd’s statue
The two statues of George Floyd, in Brooklyn and in Newark, have been defaced by vandals.
Falgore forest: Gov. Ganduje hails Nigerian Army
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has applauded the efforts of the troops of the 3 Brigade of the Nigerian…
President Buhari prays for Femi Gbajabiamila
President Muhammadu Buhari has prayed for Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, as he congratulated the Speaker of the House of Representatives, on…
Atiku’s citizenship: Court fixes new date for hearing
A Federal High Court in Abuja has scheduled a hearing in a suit challenging the citizenship of former Vice-President Atiku…
IPOB replies ‘terror apologist’ Sheik Gumi
The Indigenous People of Biafra has replied Sheik Gumi after the cleric described the group as haters and killers of…
Super TV CEO, Chidinma: Lecturers, students of UNILAG speak
Some lecturers in the University of Lagos, have confirmed that Chidinma Ojukwu, who allegedly stabbed the Chief Executive Officer of…
Gov. Sanwo-Olu signs 3 bills into law
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has signed three bills into law, toward the development of the state.
Nigeria records 26 new cases of Covid-19
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has registered 26 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections…
Over 320,000 children killed in Boko Haram war: UN
The Boko Haram insurgency has caused the deaths of some 324,000 children under five, mostly from disease and hunger, the…
Pan Ocean Oil staff Onyegbula steals $340K from 17 U.S. States, awaits extradition
Chukwuemeka Onyegbula, an IT staff of Pan Ocean Oil Corporation Nigeria Limited, has been indicted in the U.S. State of…
Governor Sanwo-Olu …so long a journey to 56
“Guys, who is Baba Ijesha, please?” was your question to the Communication Team during the week of the misdirected social…
Ngige’s Sermon on the Mount
Did you watch the interview granted about 10 days ago by Labour and Employment Minister, Dr Chris Nwabueze Ngige, to…
Oscars for Jackson, Danny Glover
Actors Samuel L. Jackson and Danny Glover will receive honorary Oscars next year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and…
Ogu Nigeria’s consul to Shanghai woos Longrich
Chimezie Ogu, Consul General of Nigeria in Shanghai, China has called for closer cooperation between Nigeria and Longrich Industries to…
Chioma Ajunwa 1996 Olympian finally gets her house gift
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday fulfilled government’s pledge of a house gift to Chioma Ajunwa-Oparah, 25 years…