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Edo High Court remands 38-year-old Pastor, Simeon Okehielem, for allegedly raping and impregnating a house wife, Mrs Isoken Vivian Aigbedo.

Metro

Jos trader Yusuf Ibrahim jailed for impersonation

By Zainab Oyekan A Magistrate Court in Jos on Monday sentenced a 31-year-old trader, Yusuf Ibrahim, to six months imprisonment…
10 lawyers file suit to stop mega rally for Peter Obi in Lagos

Politics

Peter Obi sends message to ‘Obidients’ after LP’s poor outing in Osun election

Obi, sent the message to his supporters, popularly known as 'Obidients' in his congratulatory message to the winner of the…
Wanted notorious bandit kingpin, Ado Aleru: Zamfara Govt suspends Aliyu Marafa, the Emir of Yandoton Daji for conferring chieftaincy title on him

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Zamfara Emir suspended for coronation of bandit kingpin Ado Aleru

Ado Aleru is alleged to be the leader of deadly bandit group terrorizing many communities in Katsina and Zamfara States.
Deputy President of the Senate. Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege at the meeting with some leaders of Ijaw ethnic nationality in Delta state.

News

Delta Govt unfair to Ijaws – Omo-Agege

Omo-Agege said that with the support from his side, together and a sustainable support from the Ijaw leadership, he was…
ASUU

News

ASUU strike: NUBIFIE threatens to shutdown banks, others

The NLC had said that it would embark on a nationwide protest on July 26 and July 27 in solidarity…
NiMet

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NiMet predicts 3-day cloudy , rainy weather activities from Monday

Airline operators are advised to get updated weather reports from NiMet for effective planning in their operations
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike (2nd right); Minister of Youths and Sports, Sunday Dare( 1st right) and President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick (1st left), during the presentation of the 2021/2022 Nigeria Professional Football League trophy to Rivers United at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt on Sunday.

News

Final standings in 2021/2022 NPFL

Rivers United win title, and qualify alongside Plateau United for 2022/2022 CAF Champions League
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike (middle); Minister of Youths and Sports, Sunday Dare (right) and the Captain Rivers United, Festus Austin receiving the 2021/2022 Nigeria Professional Football League trophy from Governor Wike at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt on Sunday.

Football, Sports

Wike presents 2021/2022 NPFL trophy to Rivers United FC

Rivers United were confirmed as winners of the 2021/22 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) on June 26 following Plateau United’s…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo

News

FEC wishes VP Osinbajo quick recovery

Osinbajo's surgical operation, possibly related to a long standing injury associated with the game of squash, was performed by a…
Acting Executive Chairman of FCT-IRS, Mr Haruna Abdullahi (4th from left) during a courtesy visit to Tax Appeal Tribunal

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FCT-IRS to clamp down on tax defaulters

The Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) was established by FCT Internal Revenue Service Act of 2015.
Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege has said that enthroning Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s president in 2023 would help address the problem of marginalisation of the Itsekiri nation, as he was an in-law and member of the nation.

News

Delta 2023: Omo-Agege gets blessings of 24 traditional rulers

By Naomi Sharang Traditional rulers in Urhoboland in Delta, have offered royal blessings to the Deputy Senate President and Delta…
NIMASA anti piracy assets

Business

IMB confirms piracy decline in Gulf of Guinea

The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) in its half-year report of 2022 has lauded the reduction in piracy in the globally…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday in Lagos thrilled participants at UN Tourism Confab to the rendition and dancing of Nigerian ace singer, Kizz Daniel’s hit song, “Buga’’.

News

‘A true leader ‘ – NMA hails Osinbajo’s local medical treatment

VP Osinbajo underwent a successful surgery for a leg fracture at Duchess International Hospital in Ikeja, Lagos State.
ICPC team on election monitoring duty during Saturday's Osun governorship election

#OsunDecides

#OsunDecides: ICPC team attacked, 3 vote buyers arrested

The team, according to a statement by ICPC, was attacked at Polling Unit 1, Ward 7, opposite Polaris Bank, in…
Voters in Ede during the Osun governorship election

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#OsunDecides: Codes, coupons used to buy votes – CSOs

“There was open negotiation of buying and selling of votes well-coordinated by the polling agents in many of the polling…
A large crowd at Iragbiji Polling Unit

#OsunDecides

Osun election: YIAGA Africa exposes how APC, PDP agents bought votes

Yiaga Africa WTV observed the early arrival of polling officials and materials at polling units across Osun state for the…
Father John Mark Cheitnum, left, and Father Denatus Cleopas, right. | Photos courtesy of Archdiocese of Kaduna

News

Catholic priests Rev. Frs. Cheitnum, Cleopas abducted in Kaduna

The two priests were kidnapped on Friday at the rectory of Christ the King Catholic Church, Yadin Garu, in Lere…
President Tinubu appoints retired DIG Johnson Babatunde Kokumo Coordinator National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons

News

#OsunDecides: DIG Kokumo reacts to reports of vote-buying

Police deployed 21,000 personnel to ensure hitch-free conduct of Osun governorship election.
Gunmen abduct Islamic cleric, Alfa Fasasi Ola Mejabi, younger brother along Lokoja/ Obajana/ Kabba road of Kogi State

News

NDDC official Kingsley Okorafor abducted in Imo

Okorafor was kidnapped close to his residence in Umuadara Umulogho autonomous community in Imo.
Deputy Governor, Benedict Alabi, casting his vote at ward 6 unit 7, Baptist Day School, Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area of the state in the ongoing Osun election

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#OsunDecides: APC will win convincingly, says Dep. gov. Alabi

By Victor Adeoti Osun deputy governor, Benedict Alabi has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the ongoing Osun…
INEC officials in the ongoing Osun governorship election

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#OsunDecides: INEC Officials arrive at polling units ahead of time

Their official time of arrival set for the polling officers is 8.30 a.m. to enable them to settle down and…
95-year-old Adekunle Benjamin and 90-year Shabina Oladipo waiting for accreditation at Unit 7, Ward 8, Oogi Town, Ayedaade Local Government in the ongoing Osun election

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95-year-old Osun voter Benjamin: I still have faith in Nigeria

By Victor Adeoti Adekunle Benjamin, a 95-year-old man spotted waiting to vote at polling unit 7, Ward 8 in Oogi,…
Voters in Ede in the ongoing Osun election

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#OsunDecides: Massive turnout of voters in Oyetola, Adeleke hometowns

The 2022 Osun governorship election, according to INEC, is taking place in all the 30 local government areas of the…
Voters in ongoing Osun governorship election

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#Osundecides: Voting begins in Osogbo

Richard Elesho Osun governorship election started on a peaceful and expectant mode Saturday morning in Oshogbo, the state capital. As…
voters on queue to cast their ballots in the ongoing Osun governorship election

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#Osundecides: 12 facts on Osun governorship election

15 political parties are participating in the election in which incumbent Governor Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, APC…
Suspected vandals, Abdullateef Abdulrahim and Aliyu Lawan; arrested with a pile of already cut crash barriers in Lagos

Metro

Crash barrier vandals Abdulrahim, Lawan nabbed in Lagos

According to RSS, the crash barriers were vandalized from the sides of overhead bridge around Lagos State Trade Fair.
Planned voter revalidation: Good policy, wrong timing – Yiaga Africa

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#OsunDecides: Yiaga Africa vows to expose INEC

Yiaga Africa’s data said its data centre in Osun will receive 4,500 text messages containing approximately 54,500 individual pieces of…
The death of Justice Bamidele Adeyeye was announced ‎by Ayodeji Akinsanya, the Chief Registrar of Ondo State High Court in Akure

Headlines, Top Stories

CJN to earn N10m monthly as court orders increment of judges’ salaries

The court also ordered a minimum monthly salary of N8 million for the Chief Judge of Federal High Court, and…
Ogar Osim, Chairman of the Labour Party t (LP) in Cross River (rigt): Battles NLC and TUC over selection of candidates for 2023 election

Headlines, Politics

2023: Cross River LP chair Ogar Osim battles NLC, TUC over candidates

Osim told the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Cross River that its mandate was to mobilise workers to support Labour…
Abduallahi, Tinubu, Lawan, others rally support for Oyetola

News

AD declares support for Oyetola, Tinubu

AD, one of the de-registered party by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is not allowed to field candidate for…
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