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Members of Atiku Campaign Council in Rivers secure court order stopping Gov. Wike's govt, security agencies from arresting, intimidating them.

News

Court bars Wike, security operatives from arresting members of Atiku Campaign council

Justice A.T Ibrahim issued the order against the Police, and the Department State Security, DSS, following a motion exparte filed…
Abdulrasheed Bawa: EFCC boss

News, Top Stories

EFCC asks Appeal Court to stop arrest, committal of Bawa to prison

Justice R.O. Ayoola of the Kogi State High Court had last Monday asked the Inspector General of Police to arrest…
Ekiti local government area of Kwara APC Chairman, Hon. Wale Awelewa presenting the party’s flag to some of the defectors in Epe-Opin

2023 Elections, Politics

Kwara APC boosted by hundreds of new members

By Olayinka Owolewa The camp of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara has been boosted ahead of the forthcoming elections…
Ogun governor, Dapo Abiodun reiterates need for Nigeria to move away from depending on oil to agriculture for all round growth of economy.

Business

Investments in energy, agriculture crucial to sustainable economic growth – Abiodun

Governor Dapo Abiodun called for more public private partnership, stressing that Ogun state was extremely committed to partnering with the…
Ogun ADC governorship candidate Ogun, Biyi Otegbeye, says he has no plan to go into alliance or any other party ahead of March 18 election.

2023 Elections

Ogun: ADC’s Otegbeye promises to reinstate 75 sacked coronet Obas

Otegbeye said if elected Governor of Ogun State on March 11, his administration will obey the rule of law at…
Rivers APC governorship candidate Tonye Cole criticises Gov. Siminalayi Fubara 'free bus scheme' fuel subsidy removal palliative

2023 Elections

I will bring jobs back to Rivers – Tonye Cole

Tonye Cole spoke on Wednesday while addressing his supporters at the Ahoada West Local Government Area, Rivers State campaign rally…
Senate clears Nyesom Wike for ministerial role

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Naira swap: Wike disowns Atiku, PDP, hails Supreme Court

PDP and Atiku had despite the hardship inflicted on Nigerians by scarcity of the new naira notes had encouraged the…
Gov. Dapo Abiodun visits man who was hit by a stray bullet during the cash scarcity protest held by angry youths in Abeokuta on Tuesday

News

Naira scarcity: Gov. Abiodun visits victim of Abeokuta protest

Speaking to newsmen after checking up on the victim, the governor noted that violence was not the best way to…

Politics

Atiku Campaign reacts to Wike’s reapproval of stadium for campaign

Wike had on Tuesday announced that he has reconsidered his stand not to allow the PDP presidential campaign council to…
Massive PVC collection in Ondo: 55,859 cards distributed in record-breaking five-day period

News

NIS seizes 6,216 PVCs, National ID cards from migrants

NIS said the cards were seized in ongoing operations to ensure that migrants from neighbouring countries did not participate in…
EFCC

News

N3bn fraud: Gov. Yahaya Bello’s nephew, 4 others remanded in prison

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the remanded one Ali Bello, a nephew of Kogi State Governor,…
APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu and running mate Kashim Shetimma

2023 Elections, Politics

Tinubu campaigns in Kogi, promises to end ‘hardship’ if elected

The APC candidate promised to resuscitate the Ajaokuta Steel Company, complete the dredging of the River Niger and develop the…
The governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule said his administration has fulfilled all promises made during the 2019 electioneering campaign.

News

We’ve delivered on our electoral promises – Gov. Abdullahi Sule

Based on the promises delivered, Sule declared himself better positioned to be entrusted with the mandate of leading Nasarawa for…
Outgoing NLC President Ayuba Wabba, urges government to finds solutions to scarcity of naira notes and petrol across the country.

News

Wabba: Nigerians pushed to the wall, anything can happen

Wabba spoke on Tuesday in Abuja at the congress’s 13th Quadrennial National Delegates Conference lamented that people are queuing to…
A woman was rescued alive after being trapped in the rubble of a building that collapsed 52 hours earlier following the earthquake in Turkey.

World News

Woman pulled out of rubbles alive after 52 hours in Turkey

Pictures from broadcaster NTV on Wednesday showed emergency services in the province of Kahramanmaraş, near the border with Syria, carrying…
Supreme Court

News, Top Stories

Breaking: Supreme Court stops FG, CBN from withdrawing old Naira Notes

The apex court delivered the ruling in a suit filed by Governors Nasir El-Rufai Yahaya Bello and Bello Matawalle of…
EFCC

News, Top Stories

Breaking: IMF advises CBN to extend date for currency swap

The IMF has advised the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN to extend the deadline for the swap of the old…
Nollywood actress, Patience Ozokwor, a.k.a Mama G organises candle night in honour of late CEO and founder AMAA, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe

Entertainment, Nollywood

Nollywood practitioners pay tributes to late Anyiam-Osigwe in Enugu

Speaking at the event, Ozokwor said the candle night was their own little way of appreciating and honouring late Anyiam-Osigwe…
Ex-Ondo Commissioner Olusegun Aiyerin, dumps APC, saying he has not been rewarded for supporting emergence of Gov. Akeredolu administration.

Politics

Why I can’t continue as member of APC: Ex-Ondo Commissioner

Former commissioner Olusegun Aiyerin announced his decision to dump the APC in a letter addressed to the chairman of APC…
The court finds that the plaintiffs had previously instituted two similar suits, challenging the same PND directives issued by ICPC

Headlines, News

ICPC arrests bank managers for hiding N258m new naira notes

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said its operatives have arrested Regional and Service managers of…
en. Shehu Sani with adopted baby

Headlines, Metro

Sen. Sani adopts abandoned 2- week-old baby.

Jordan Shehu By Cecilia Ijuo Activist and former senator of Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, on Tuesday, visited the Restored Destiny…
Buhari

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Naira, fuel crises: TUC asks Buhari to end suffering of Nigerians

While lamenting the hardship inflicted on Nigerians by the scarcity of cash and fuel across the country, TUC asked President…
Governor Nyesom Wike appoints new chairman and members for the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC.

Headlines, Metro

Wike doles out N70 million to families of 3 slain police officers

While Wike gave each of the widow of the slain policemen N20 million, the injured police officer who is still…
Enugu Police

Metro

Fake DSS officer Olaleye Oluseyi busted in Osun

By Olajide Idowu A 46-year-old man, Olaleye Oluseyi, has been arrested in Osun State for posing as an officer of…
Senate clears Nyesom Wike for ministerial role

Politics

Wike: Why I reapproved Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium for Atiku rally

Wike had cancelled approval it earlier granted the PDP Presidential Campaign Council to use the stadium for its rally over…
Governor Dapo Abiodun commits to modernization, unwavering judicial independence as Ogun State Judiciary marks 50th anniversary

News

Ogun: Gov Abiodun reacts to protests over scarcity of new naira notes

The Governor spoke against the background of protests which rocked some parts of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Tuesday…
Rivers governor, Nyesom Wike, throws weight behind the calls for the national chairman of PDP, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu to vacate office

News

Wike accuses Ayu of lying, plot to blackmail G-5 Governors

Wike also said he and his colleague in the G-5 are determined not to allow any person to chase them…
Six months after he was attacked in New York, Salman Rushdie shares photo showing scars to his face and a darkened lens in his glasses

Art, Headlines

Salman Rushdie shares photo of new look six months after brutal attack

Rushdie himself released the photo via his Twitter handle on Tuesday 7 November in apparent reaction to the photo the…
Salman Rushdie speaks in a rare and rich interview with David Remnick, six months after his brutal attack onstage at an event in New York.

Art, Headlines

What Salman Rushdie said in first ‘public outing’ after brutal attack

According to the BBC, in the interview Salman Rushdie's voice sounded as it ever did - witty, fie
Club confirms rescue of Christian Atsu, a Ghanaian player from the rubble of a collapsed building following the earthquakes in southern Turkey

Football, Sports

Ghanaian international Christian Atsu rescued from earthquake rubbles in Turkey

"Christian Atsu was rescued injured," Hatayspor vice-president Mustafa Ozak told Turkish broadcaster Radyo Gol.
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