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How gunmen razed my 5-bedroom country home – Rep Agbordike

By Chimezie Anaso “As I am talking with you, I am homeless, my building was completely burnt in the village…
Pastor Taiwo Odukoya dies in the United States

Headlines, News, Top Stories

Fountain of Life Church Pastor Taiwo Odukoya is dead

Pastor Taiwo Odukoya was said to have died on Monday August 7 in the United States of America (USA)
breastfeed

Health

Why husbands should suck pregnant wives’ breasts – Health Official

Essien added that alternatively, if the husband does not suck, he should use his fingers on the nipples to make…
Police operatives in Lagos arrest 44-year-old woman, who was allegedly used her 10-year-old niece as a drug courier.

Metro

Lagos woman arrested for using 10-year-old niece as drug courier

According to Lagos Police command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the suspect was arrested last Wednesday, after her niece was found…
block of classrooms within the premises of the Skill Acquisition Centre by OSSAP-SDGs, a contract was awarded to Cocoon Nigeria Ltd for the construction of 1No six classrooms block at the Skill Acquisition Centre, along Biu Byepass, Akko LGA, Gombe State.

News

OSSAP-SDGs denies allegation of diversion of projects in Gombe

While further disputing claims in the report, OSSAP-SDGs noted that contrary to the claims in the story, it did not…
Businessman Gyang Dung jailed 3 months for stealing policeman’s phone

News

Alleged N4bn fraud: Kano Court grants bail to former KASCO MD, son

The Court granted the former KASCO boss bail on self recognition, while his son, Inuwa Mohammed, was granted bail in…
Ex- Kano lawmaker Yusuf Sulaiman says emergence of Abdullahi Ganduje as National Chairman of APC has sent jitters to the camp of the PDP.

Politics

Ganduje’s emergence as APC National Chairman threat to PDP, says Kano lawmaker

Sulaiman who was elected member of Kano state House of Assembly 2011 and 2023, told journalists in Kano on Tuesday…
Akabio

News

Senate constitutes standing committees (Full list of Chairpersons)

Akpabio announced the committees and their chairpersons after lawmakers reconvened for plenary from their short break after confirmation of the…
Ebitari, wife of Olafuro Peterside, a father of three shot dead by a policeman in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, seeks justice over the murder.

Metro

Wife of man shot dead by policeman in Rivers demands Justice

The 39- year -old mother of three also dismissed claim by Rivers Police Command's Spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, that her…
Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka speaks on why he studied the Koran as a student and continues to peruse it and also study other religions.

Art, News

Why I studied the Koran and continue to peruse it – Prof. Soyinka

Soyinka said: "I was also in prison. But that wasn’t where I studied the Koran. I was always a curious…
Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka speaks on why he studied the Koran as a student and continues to peruse it and also study other religions.

News, Top Stories

Mubarak Bala: Soyinka calls for national dialogue on religion, tasks NMA, security agencies

Soyinka also said Bala raised some charges in his letter about how he was unfairly treated, which shouldn't be kept…
LASTMA rescues eight passengers from an accident involving a broken down truck and a fully loaded mass transit bus at Ojota, Lagos state.

Metro

LASTMA rescues 8 accident victims

By Aisha Cole The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Monday rescued eight passengers from3 an accident involving a…
Embattled Edo Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu, denies plan to dump PDP and his principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki for APC

Politics

‘Why Shaibu dragged me to court’ – Obaseki opens up on rift with deputy

Obaseki said the deputy governor has been actively engaging with senior actors both at the national and state level of…
Edo PDP leaders chide Shaibu

Politics

‘You’re a disgrace’- Edo North PDP leaders slams Shaibu over rift with Obaseki

The embattled deputy governor who is a son of Afemai, came under fire on Monday at a press briefing addressed…
Kano government denies giving directives to the state police Command to ban durbar in the state during Eid-el-Kabir festivities.

News

Kano: Governor Yusuf appoints 10 more special advisers

By Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Kano state Governor, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf has approved the appointment of 10 additional Special Advisers into…
Police rescue five villagers from terrorists after a fierce gun duel at Sabon Gida village, Malumfashi LG of Katsina State.

News

Gunshots as police rescue 5 victims from terrorists in Katsina

The victims made up of housewives, a child along with a man, were rescued from the terrorists who attacked the…
Enugu

Metro

Enugu govt bans unauthorised use of vehicle with tinted glasses

According to Onyia, the ban is in line with the state government’s determination to combat the nefarious activities of kidnappers…
SDP's Adewole Adebayo says the party will sanitise ex- governor, Nasir-El-Rufai, others now joining the party ahead of 2027 general election.

Politics

‘Poorly presented, comically argued’- SDP’s Adewole on Atiku, Obi’s petitions against Tinubu

“Obi/ Labour vs Tinubu/INEC will be dismissed in limine; ditto for Atiku/PDP vs Tinubu/INEC. These petitions lack merit and are…
Niger waits for a response from ECOWAS, after coup leaders in Niamey ignored a deadline to reinstate the ousted president

World News

Niger waits ECOWAS’ response after junta rejects ultimatum

ECOWAS has said it would issue a statement on its next steps in response to the Niger junta’s refusal to…
Dr Akil Khalfani, Pan African Diaspora Ambassador to the Ooni of Ife, explains why novel, Things Fall Apart, is still valued after 65 years

Art, Books

Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart a demonstration of Africans’ heroism – Don

Things Fall Apart is a book that demonstrates the heroism, the heroism of the Africans; Chinua Achebe demonstrates that despite…
ECOWAS insists military junta in Niger must restore constitutional order by reinstating President Mohamed Bazoum, dismisses transition plan

World News

Coup: Niger Republic shuts air space, warns ECOWAS

Nigeria's led ECOWAS had last Sunday issued the military junta seven days's ultimatum to hand over power to Bazoum or…
There is unease among the bosses of REMASAB and KAROTA following disapproval of performance of the two Kano agencies by Governor Abba Yusuf

News

Kano governor Yusuf approves 15 appointments

A Statement by his Kano governor Yusuf Chief Press Secretary, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, indicated that the appointments take immediate…
Ray Ekpu

Opinion

Uncle Ray is 75

Uncle Ray has a way with words. I have dreamt of being his remote journalism student.
Angry fans threaten to boycott BBNaija All Stars reality show

Entertainment

Princess evicted from BBNaija All Stars: Read why

The reason Princess was evicted is obvious. Princess, who says she is a serial entrepreneur, took a long time before…
Kano SSG, Dr. Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, flags off dredging of drainages and waterways across the state, as part of steps to checkmate flooding

News

Flood: Kano SSG flags-off dredging of waterways, others

By Maduabuchi Nmeribeh /Kano Secretary to the Government (SSG) in Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, on Sunday, flagged-off dredging…
Miss Ngozi Kekwaru, a customer care staff of Eko Hotels, Lagos, has been honoured in Rivers State for returning $70,000 forgotten by a guest

Metro

Honest Eko Hotel Staff Ngozi Kekwaru honoured in Rivers

Kekwaru also received N2million Cheque from Ikwerre Local Government Council Chairman, Dr. Samuel Nwanosike at the Council Headquarters, Isiokpo
Tinubu

Opinion

President Tinubu: There is need to abort the suicide mission to Niger

Right now, the Nigerian people have more than enough to worry about, with so much hunger in the land and…
Mr. Adeniyi Sanni, senior aide to Ogun West Senator, Solomon Adeola has been killed in yet to be ascertained circumstances in Lagos

News

Just In: Senator Adeola’s top aide, Adeniyi Sanni, murdered in Lagos

| Mr Adeniyi Sanni, a senior aide to Solomon Adeola, the senator representing Ogun West in the National Assembly has…
Akabio

News

Senate condemns Niger coup, says Tinubu did not seek permission to deploy troops

The Senate said this after a closed door session in which members deliberated on President Tinubu's letter on the resolutions…
Edo High Court remands 38-year-old Pastor, Simeon Okehielem, for allegedly raping and impregnating a house wife, Mrs Isoken Vivian Aigbedo.

Metro

Delta Assembly staff bags 2 years in jail over salary fraud

Akpoghene was charged by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) before the Delta State High Court,…
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