Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
Edo 2024: Ex-Rep dumps PDP, says party makes contributing to nation-building difficult
Ogun was one of the frontline aspirants for the next year's governorship election in the state on the platform of…
Court orders Minister to explain how N535m was spent on school feeding during lockdown
By Taiye Agbaje A Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered Dr Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management…
2024 UTME: JAMB announces dates for sale of forms, registration, exams
According to JAMB, the UTME 2024 application document will be on sale from January 15 to February 26, 2024 while…
Tinubu presents N27.5 trillion budget to National Assembly
The Federal Executive Council (FEC)on Monday approved N27.5 trillion as the 2024 budget estimate.
Just In: Supreme Court extends validity of old naira notes indefinitely
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN had earlier said the N200, N500 and N1,000 denominations redesigned in October 2022 will…
SAA, KSADP establish 15 rice processing centres in Kano
According to him, the processing centres are equipped with rice milling and destoning machines, to ease the difficulties faced by…
Murder of DPO Angbashim: Police react to denial by wanted cult kingpin 2Baba
The Rivers State Police Command urges Gift David Okpara, aka 2Baba, to come forward and submit himself to the authorities,…
AU chairperson attributes resurgence of coups in Africa to bad governance
The AU chairperson, who was in New York to attend the seventh high-level dialogue, spoke in the context of the…
Why more men commit suicide in Africa – Africa CDC Advisor
Men do not reach out for help for mental health concerns or issues that they face because of the culture…
Appeal court affirms Agbu Kefas’ election as Taraba Governor
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced Agbu as the winner of the Taraba governorship election conducted on March 18,…
FG to develop procedures for prosecution of GBV in schools , says AGF
Fagbemi said this while noting that Nigeria has benefitted from the Spotlight Initiative established to tackle widespread of GBV and…
Alake woos investors for Nigerian mining sector at UK Conference
Alake assured foreign investors of a conducive business environment and a low production cost that will enhance their profitability if…
$43.7bn trade, investment deals sealed at IATF2023 – Afreximbank
Afreximbank, working with the African Union and other strategic partners, inaugurated the Intra-African Trade Fair in 2018 as a key…
Court dismisses alleged Boko Haram financier Abba Maina’s suit against DSS
Maina was arrested on Sept. 19th, 2022 at a bank by the DSS in Abuja after investigations linked him to…
Murder of DPO: Court grants bail to 2 Rivers traditional rulers, 5 others
The Judge ordered that they must also deposit their international passports with the Registrar of the Court and sign a…
Singer Orezi escapes death as fire guts his Lekki residence
By Nehru Odeh Popular Nigerian singer Esegine Allen, better known as Orezi, is over the moon, thanking God for saving…
TY Danjuma donates medical centre to Enugu community
Former Defence Minister, Gen. TY Danjuma (Rtd) on Tuesday inaugurated a multi-million healthcare facility christened Naira Goodwill Medical Centre (GMC)…
Customs hands over $54,330 tramadol bribe money to EFCC
Nandi said the tramadol importers had falsely declared the tramadol as electrical appliances valued over N856 million with a view…
Robbers shoot DSP dead in Delta, 8 arrested
By Carol V. Utulu Suspected armed robbers shot a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Sunday Okoebor, dead in Asaba on…
Gov Abiodun to distribute 5000 C of O on Friday
The beneficiaries are drawn from the Ogun State Land Administration and Revenue Management System (OLARMS) and the immediate past administration’s…
Fintiri announces N10,000 monthly fuel subsidy allowance for NYSC members
The governor, who congratulated the NYSC members for being in the state and charged them to be security conscious, said…
EFCC calls 3 witnesses as 1.2bn procurement fraud trial of Emefiele begins
The anti-graft agency had in August, first charged Emefiele and one Mrs Sa’adatu Yaro and a company, April 1616 Investment…
Wike, Fubara feud will be over soon, Ex-Rivers PDP Chairman Akawor assures
Akawor, who spoke when he met with members of the State Executive Committee and LGA party chairmen of the Peoples…
Edo 2024: Why I’m most qualified to get APC ticket – Joe Ikpea
By Jethro Ibileke An aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the 2024 governorship election in Edo State, Mr.…
Ogun set to hand over Agro-Cargo Airport to concessionaire – Abiodun
Prince Abiodun said that because of the world-class facilities available at the airport, the state government received many concession offers.
Kano governorship tussle: Leadership of Singer market shun calls for protest
By Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano The leadership of the famous Singer Market in Kano has shunned calls to shut down the market…
NDDC emphasises stakeholders’ engagements, Ogbuku tells MOSOP
He urged the MOSOP delegation to continue to support the NDDC in its efforts to develop the region, advising them…
Wanted Rivers cult kingpin 2Baba opens up on murder of DPO, why he took up arms
Speaking through a voice note he released exclusively to a Port Harcourt-based radio station, Nigeria info FM, 2baba, revealed that…
CJN Ariwoola pushes back at critics of judiciary
Aside from the tribunals, the Court of Appeal has come under heavy criticism in the past few weeks over what…
Kano: NDLEA seizes 15,193.365kg of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances
Our Correspondent reports that between October 8, 2020 and October 17, 2023, a combined weight of narcotic drugs seized is…