Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
No plan to unlawfully take over pension funds – FG
While denying the plan, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy Wale Edun, in a statement, assured…
Tinubu receives Senegalese President Bassirou Faye in Aso Rock
The Senegalese President was received at the Aso Rock presidential villa at the forecourt of the State House at about…
Fubara to Ijaw youths: Celebrate, we’ve defeated our enemies
Fubara spoke against the background of the ongoing struggle for control of the political structure of the state between him…
Tinubu asks Senate to pass anti-doping bill, FCT supplementary budget
In a separate letter, Tinubu also sought the consideration and approval of Senate for supplementary statutory appropriation to the 2024…
Alleged murder: Court sends ex-Oyo PMS boss Auxiliary to prison
The former PMS boss who was arrested by the men of Department of State Service at his Olodo residence, Ibadad…
Nigeria troops kill 227 terrorists, rescue 253 from kidnappers
Giving the breakdown of the operations of the Armed Forces across the country in the past week, Buba said in…
Infrastructure: Group tackles Atiku on pension funds investment
"Atiku and his handlers need to be educated on the fact that when eventually the Federal Government decided to tap…
Edo 2024: Those deserting PDP are disgruntled, says Campaign DG
Iduoriyemkewen who said that the PDP is interested in persons of value, described those who have remained solidly with the…
Police deploy helicopter to rescue abducted Kogi varsity students
However, the spokesperson for Kogi police command, SP Williams Ovye-Aya said as part of the efforts to rescue the remaining…
Tinubu’s first anniversary: Shettima to chair high-level dialogue
Further elucidating on the objectives of the high-level dialogue, Senior Special Assistant to the President on International Cooperation, Dapo Oyewole…
Emirates announces resumption of flights to Nigeria
Emirates Airlines confirmed the the resumption of flight operations to Nigeria from 1, October 2024 in a statement on its…
Swedish govt to return 39 stolen Benin artifacts – Envoy
The Swedish Ambassador to Nigeria, Her Excellency Annika Hahn-Englund, made this disclosure when she paid a courtesy visit to the…
Why Alice Munro, Canadian writer who shocked readers with her writing, will be missed
Alice Munro is a national treasure - a writer of enormous depth, empathy, and humanity whose work is read, admired,…
Rivers crisis: Four pro-Wike commissioners resign from Fubara’s cabinet.
The four commissioners cited the political crisis in the state which resulted from a disagreement between Wike and Fubara, his…
Emefiele gets N300m bail, denies unlawful printing of naira notes
While granting the bail application, Justice Maryann Anenih also ordered Emefiele to produce for two sureties in like sum who…
EFCC grabs 23 internet fraudsters in Enugu
Twenty-three (23) suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in Enugu…
Peter Obi: Nigerian judiciary weak, compromised
Delivering a lecture on the topic “The Judiciary And The Future of Nigeria”, Obi said he won election in Anambra…
MNJTF troops kill terrorist, thwart Boko Haram movement in Lake Chad
The MNJTF spokesperson listed some of the recent strides of the troops to include killing of one Boko Haram terrorist…
NDLEA busts 80 suspects, seizes 3,000kg of drugs in FCT
Mr Kabir Tsukuwa, Commander of Narcotics (CN), NDLEA, FCT Command, said this in an interview with the News Agency of…
Edo: Police confirm kidnap of Dangote Cement workers, rescue 3 injured victims
Meanwhile, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Funsho Adegboye, has given a marching order to the DPO of Okpella Division,…
Edo: 42 killed in 57 road crashes in 4 months – FRSC
The State FRSC Sector Commander, Paul Okpe, disclosed this in a chat with journalists in Benin. According to him, a…
APC Women seek more involvement in delivery of Renewed Hope Agenda
Mrs Patricia Yakubu, the Chairperson of the forum said this while appealing to the party’s leadership to consider its members…
What Gov. Otti told 2 Abia YPP lawmakers who defected to LP
The Governor added that he looked forward to receiving more defectors into the party while noting that the two lawmakers…
Copyright infringement suit: NCC accuses MTN Nigeria CEO of evading service
In the three count-count charge dated March 19 and filed March 20 by Emeka Ogbonna on NCC’s behalf, the prosecution…
Tinubu excited as Nigeria acquires new ‘rich’ maritime territory
‘’When the HPPC briefed former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2022 on the status of the project, the United Nations Commission…
JAMB releases additional 36,540 UTME results
Recall that at the release of the 2024 UTME, the Board had announced that some results had been withheld as…
ASUU issues fresh ultimatum to FG on governing councils, others
Osodeke who said that the union had rejected all the ongoing illegalities and flagrant violation of university autonomy in public…
Explosion rocks Shell gas plant in x Bayelsa
The gas plant feeds the Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) export terminal in Bonny Island, Rivers. A community source said…
Why I was involved in marriage of 100 orphans – Niger Speaker
Addressing a press conference on Tuesday in Minna, Sarking-daji said the purported story was untrue and mere speculations. “I didn’t…
Kano governor Yusuf empowers 5,200 women with N50,000 each
The beneficiaries were 200 women from each of the eight metropolitan Local Government Areas of the state, and 100 women…