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Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe donates house, N3 million to family of policeman killed by Boko Haram insurgents in an attack on his convoy

Gov. Buni mourns 8 Yobe auto crash victims

He cautioned motorists against flouting road traffic rules, saying the increase in road accidents in the state must be checked…
Professor Wole Soyinka. Photo by Ayodele Efunla

1969 Video/ Soyinka at 88: What I lost during civil war detention

Professor Wole Soyinka, the Nobel Laureate, is 88 years old today. He was born on 13 July, 1933 in Abeokuta.…
FILE PHOTO: National Population Commission officials from the 2006 Census exercise.

NPC begins building numbering for trial census

Alhaji Bala Almu-Banye, the NPC’s Federal Commissioner in charge of Katsina State, said the exercise was in line with the…
Publisher of 247ureports.com, Ikenna Ezenekwe arrested in Abuja on July 5

Publishers ask Nigeria police to release journalist Ikenna Ezenekwe

Ezenekwe, according to a statement signed by Austyn Ogannah and Daniel Elombah, President and Secretary General of OPAN respectively, was…
Lagos State House of Assembly

Former Lagos Assembly Speaker Abayomi Kinyomi dies at 82

Kinyomi, was Speaker of the Lagos State Assembly from January, 1992 to November 1993 during the tenure of the late…
Lagos to launch Smart LAG ID Card

‘Why every Lagos resident must obtain new Smart LAG ID Card’

Announcing the launch date, the General Manager, LASRRA, Engr. (Mrs.) Ibilola Kasunmu said the new LAG ID Card will be…
Galadima Abba Itas

Wike: PDP’s North East Zonal treasurer Galadima Abba dumps party

Abba, in his resignation letter addressed to the Ward Chairman, Itas Gadau Local Government Area of Bauchi State complained about…
Goodluck Jonathan and Edwin Clark

How Northern PDP leaders ousted Jonathan from power in 2015 – Edwin Clark

Clark said members of the PDP from the north only worked against Jonathan, but funded the APC its presidential candidate,…
Chief El-stevens Okorouka APGA chairman Ebonyi

APGA elects Ifeanyi Eleje for Ebonyi South senatorial seat

Eleje is the President, Government Secondary School, Afikpo, Old Boys Association Worldwide.
Prof. Wole Soyinka

Soyinka strikes 88 in fine fettle

The towering writer who stunned the world as the very first black man to win the coveted Nobel Prize in…
ASUU, others react to call by President Buhari on striking lecturers to return to classes in his 62nd Independence Day broadcast

ASUU urges Buhari meet with Briggs renegotiation committee

The Briggs committee which was set up by the Federal Government on June 7, is to renegotiate the 2009 Agreement…
Tinubu and Shettima

Much ado about Tinubu’s Muslim-Muslim ticket

The hues and cries about a Muslim-Muslim ticket should stop. If the electorate have the power to make choices, why…
A staff of Anambra Internal Revenue Service (AiRS) registering a trader in line with the new digital system of tax collection in the State

Anambra begins registration of traders for digital tax system

Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo has earlier stated the readiness of his administration to digitize the system of tax collection in…
Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola speaking to officers during his visit to Kirikiri Custodial Centre on Monday. He revealed to them that over 61,000 arrested Boko Haram terrorists are in various custodial centres in North East Nigeria.

Aregbesola: 61,000 terrorists in prisons across North East

Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Tuesday, paid a surprise visit to the Kirikiri Maximum and Medium Security Custodial…
Troops of Operation Safe Haven

Troops kill 2 deadly Plateau kidnappers Umar and Abdullahi

By Sumaila Ogbaje Two notorious kidnappers Abdulrazaq Umar and Idris Abdullahi operating in Plateau State have been killed by troops…
Shettima protected Christians during crisis in Borno - Tinubu

Shettima: Tinubu made a ‘disastrous error’, says ex-SGF Babachir Lawal

“And why Kashim Shettima? He is an overambitious man who has a Machiavellian bent and has lots of money with…
Troops neutralise terrorists, apprehend notorious kidnappers, robbers

Troops neutralise terrorists, apprehend notorious kidnappers, robbers

The troops of Operation Safe Haven have apprehended two notorious kidnappers — Abdulrazaq Umar and Idris Abdullahi at Heipang in…

Abduallahi, Tinubu, Lawan, others rally support for Oyetola

Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate, and the…
President Buhari shares emotional moment with classmates

President Buhari shares emotional moment with classmates (photos)

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Daura, Katsina State, had an emotional reunion with his primary and secondary school classmates…
ASUU strike: Ahmed Musa slams Nigerian politicians with kids abroad

ASUU strike: Ahmed Musa slams Nigerian politicians with kids abroad

Super Eagles striker Ahmed Musa has criticized Nigerian politicians who send their children abroad for education while universities remain shut…
No civil servant was promoted by Gov. Ayade in 7 years – TUC

Gov. Ayade approves 100% increase in salaries of judiciary workers

Gov Ben Ayade of Cross River has approved a 100 percent increment in salaries and welfare package of the state’s…
NPC foils attempt to hack its recruitment portal in Anambra

National Population Commission foils attempt of hackers

The National Population Commission (NPC) in Anambra on Tuesday said it foiled attempted hacking of its online recruitment portal by…
Adeleke: PDP not allowed to use stadium in Osun, Davido cries out

Adeleke: PDP not allowed to use stadium in Osun, Davido cries out

Davido, a popular Nigerian artiste, has claimed that PDP and its governorship candidate in Osun, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, were not…
Zelensky

EU sends €1bn in financial aid to Ukraine

The European Union (EU) has finalized plans to send Ukraine €1 billion ($1 billion) in loans as financial aid to…
‘They will labour to death:’ Tinubu knocks PDP, LP at APC rally in Osun

‘They will labour to death:’ Tinubu knocks PDP, LP at APC rally in Osun

Bola Tinubu said oppositions of the APC in the July 16 Governorship election in Osun will labour in vain till…
Adebanjo

2023 presidency: Afenifere leader Adebanjo endorses Peter Obi

Pa Ayo Adebanjo, leader of Afenifere, a pan Yoruba socio-political organization, has endorsed Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the…

Olamide Bayeroju wins Dratech 2022 Supply Chain Innovation Excellence Award

By Stanley Mgbemele A Recognition of Leadership, Logistics Transformation, and Strategic Innovation in the Global Energy Sector The just-concluded Dratech…
Police foil kidnap attempt, arrest 4 in Edo

1 killed as police, robbers engage in gun duel in Edo

The Police in Edo have killed a notorious armed robbery suspect and recovered one pump action gun and 5 live…
Gumi

Peter Obi: MASSOB tackles Sheik Gumi

“We can never be cowed or intimidated by the chief patron and negotiator of the terrorist movement ravaging the entire…
Tinubu and others in Osun

What transpired when Tinubu, governors stormed Osun for Oyetola (Photos)

At the rally were Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, Dr. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo, Abdullahi Ganduje…