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Why we will allow Atiku to use stadium for campaign rally -Wike

Wike, however, explained that the approval granted at no cost to the Presidential Campaign Council, is that the Stadium will…
Traders in tears as fire razes building housing many stores inside Lagos Market, Oba Market, Ring Road, Edo State

Metro

Traders in tears as fire razes part of Edo market

The one-storey building housing many lockup shops allegedly belongs to a woman popularly known as Madam Lagos.
Operatives of NDLEA bust cannabis syndicate operating in the Opuje forests in Opuje community, Owan West LGA of Edo State.

News

Edo: NDLEA operatives bust cannabis syndicate, arrest fake police inspector

Massive warehouses and tents storing over 317,417 kilograms (317.4 metric tons) of the psychoactive substance were also destroyed and set…
FUTA shuts school, orders students to vacate hotels after fee hike protest

News

Shock as ‘jovial’ FUTA student hangs self

Some of the FUTA student's neighbours described him as jovial and friendly man, who never entered into arguments or fought…
Members of Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF fighting Boko Haram in Borno State

News

1,773 CJTF operatives die fighting terrorists

By Hamza Suleiman At least 1,773 members of Civilian Task Force have died fighting Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists alongside the military…
Elder statesman John Filani, says candidate of APC in 2023 poll, Bola Tinubu has capability to turn the country around if elected president.

Politics

‘Tinubu will turn Nigeria around if elected president’

By Funmilayo Okunade Elder statesman and former Commissioner for Fiscal Responsibility Commission in Ekiti, Chief John Filani, has said the…
Security agencies, vigilante operatives in Plateau rescue first class traditional ruler, Dr Isaac Wakili, the Agwom Izere, from kidnappers.

News

Plateau first class traditional ruler Isaac Wakili rescued from kidnappers

The first-class traditional ruler was kidnapped by gunmen who overpowered his security guards in the early hours of Friday in…
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, (AIG) Zone 9, Umuahia, Isaac Akinmoyede, has lamented that secondary schools' students and artisans are now involved in cultism. Akinmoyede who is former Commissioner of Police in Plateau and Imo noted that cultism is now “really a big headache” for the police and the society.

Metro

‘Secondary school students, artisans now into cultism’

Akinmoyede who has also served as Commissioner of Police in Plateau and Imo noted that cultism is now “really a…
Mr Amitolu Shittu, an ally of former Governor Rauf Aregbesola, on Friday announced his resignation as the first boss of Osun Amotekun Corps.

News

Commander Osun Amotekun Corps Amitolu Shittu resigns

Mr Amitolu Shittu, an ally of former Governor Rauf Aregbesola, on Friday announced his resignation as the first boss of…
Gunmen abduct Islamic cleric, Alfa Fasasi Ola Mejabi, younger brother along Lokoja/ Obajana/ Kabba road of Kogi State

Headlines, News

‘How Baptist Church paid N10m to free 4 abducted members in Osun’

The four abducted church members were released on Friday, bringing to an end the sad episode which commenced on 11…
The CBN says most banks in Ogun State now have the new notes ahead of the 31 January deadline for withdrawal of old notes from circulation.

Business, News

Banks in Ogun have sufficient new naira notes to dispense to public – CBN

The CBN also said its monitoring of activities of banks in Ogun state for the past two weeks have revealed…
Sen. Godswill Akpabio reacts to claims that he looted over N1 trillion as Akwa Ibom governor and Minister of Niger Delta Affairs

Politics, Top Stories

Akpabio wins battle for APC Senatorial ticket at Supreme Court

Justice Saulawa said after reviewing the arguments canvassed by Akpabio, the Supreme Court consider his appeal was meritorious and therefore…
Gunmen kill Emmanuel Rufus, kidnap 2 others in Edo

News, Top Stories

Gunmen abduct 6 pupils on way to school in Nasarawa

The pupils aged between seven and eight years were abducted at about 7: a.m, Nasarawa Police Command spokesperson, DSP Ramhan…
Members of Rivers APC jubilate over Court of Appeal judgement restoring Tonye Cole, as governorship candidate for 2023 election.

News

Rivers: Appeal Court restores Tonye Cole as APC governorship candidate

Tonye Cole has been going in and out of court over cases instituted to nullify his candidacy and stop APC…
Police arrest Brazil’s World Cup star, Daniel Alves in Spain over allegation of sexually assaulting a woman at a Barcelona nightclub

Sports

Brazil’s World Cup star Daniel Alves arrested for sexual assault

Alves, who played for Brazil at the World Cup in Qatar,was taken into custody on Friday, the G1 news portal…
Businessman Gyang Dung jailed 3 months for stealing policeman’s phone

Metro, News

My husband forces me to observe ”marathon fast” during pregnancy – housewife

Zakari who was seeking dissolution of her marriage told a Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan that her husband…
Court accuses EFCC of dishonesty, vacates interim forfeiture order on 40 landed property Sen. Ike Ekweremadu and wife, Beatrice.

Headlines, News

Ekweremadu: Judge says EFCC dishonest, vacates order on property

The Judge said EFCC ought to know that in their present circumstances, the Ekweremadus cannot defend themselves or show cause…
Inuwa Uba, husband of Asiya, daughter of Governor Ganduje, lists conditions on which he will grant his estranged wife's request for divorce.

Metro

Divorce: Ganduje daughter’s husband demands house certificates, cars, rice coy, others

Asiya Ganduje who said she is fed up with her marriage to Uba wants to divorce her marriage through Islamic…
Prince Yemisi Shyllon

Art, Headlines

How we shortchange ourselves in Nigeria – Yemisi Shyllon

By Nehru Odeh Omooba Yemisi Shyllon wears many hats. Aside from the fact that he is an engineer, he is…
Ex-Lagos commission Jide Idris explains why Bola Tinubu of APC is the best among all the presidential candidates for Nigeria's health sector.

News

‘Why Tinubu is best for Nigeria’s health sector’

The former commissioner said Tinubu’s leadership qualities and his performance and legacy in the health sector as governor of Lagos…
Adamawa

News

Police in gun battle with ESN operatives in Imo: 3 dead

The ESN members were shot dead as they were trying to set a police station in the area ablaze.
The Osun Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Adegboyega Leye, made this known in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi, in Osogbo.

Headlines, News

‘We aren’t happy’ – FRSC reacts as 324 die in Kogi road crashes

FRSC said the casualty and the rate of crashes in Kogi was very high and unacceptable considering the number of…
Abdullahi Bodejo, President, Miyetti-Allah tells Seyi Tinubu why his group endorsed his father, the APC candidate for 2023 presidential poll

Politics

Miyetti-Allah: Why we endorsed Tinubu as Nigeria’s next president

Bodejo spoke when he received Seyi, the son of Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate at his residence in Karu, Nasarawa…
Sunday

Metro

Abuja trader jailed for sodomising 9-year-old boy

By Ugochi Ugochukwu Joy A trader based in Abuja, Mudasirru Sadiq has bagged 10 years imprisonment for pleading guilty to…
Ogun governor, Dapo Abiodun, laments deplorable conditions of the linking road linking Abeokuta, to Igbo-Ora in Odeda LG of the state.

News

Gov. Abiodun apologises over deplorable state of Ogun road

By Adejoke Adeleye, Abeokuta Ogun governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Wednesday lamented the deplorable conditions of Elega-Bode-Olude Road, the linking…
NCDC says 172 deaths have been recorded from Lassa fever in 21 states so far, 17% higher than that recorded in the same period in 2024.

Health

Edo raises alarm on spread of Lassa fever, accuses FG of neglect

Over 50 persons have been effected with the Lassa fever in Edo with 5 per cent mortality rate which is…
Police arrest members of syndicate luring young ladies for kidnapping, rape and robbery through use of online dating apps in Rivers

News

Police bust syndicate luring ladies for kidnapping, rape with online apps

According to the Rivers Police Command, the suspects confessed that their modus operandi is to lure girls out through chats…
Tonye Cole, the governorship candidate of Rivers APC at the kick of his campaign in Etche LGA

2019 Elections

Rivers PDP tackles APC over crowd at rally for kick of Tonye Cole’s campaign

While APC is celebrating the huge attendance at the rally, the Chairman of Etche Local Government Area, Obinna Anyanwu, has…
Huge crowd as campaign train of PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his running mate Ifeanyi Okowa hits Abeokuta, Ogun state

Politics

Huge crowd as Atiku/Okowa campaign train hits Ogun

The PDP presidential candidate and his running mate, met with the PDP State Executive at the Party Secretariat at NNPC/Oke-Mosan…
Sister André, a French Nun who was listed as the oldest person alive by the Gerontology Research Group in April 2022 has died at the age 118.

News

World’s oldest person, Sister André, dies aged 118

Sister André was also regarded as the oldest COVID-19 survivor after an infection in 2021.
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