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2021 UTME: Mixed reactions trail exercise in Lagos

Mixed reactions trail the conduct of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which started in all centres across Lagos…

Canada committed to improving Nigerians’ health, wellbeing

Mr Nicolas Simard, the acting Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, has reiterated Canadian Government’s commitment to work with donors, Federal…
Yahaya Bello

Kogi launches special website

The Kogi State government has launched an e-compendium, a special website to showcase the achievements, projects, news, and events of…
Governor Dapo Abiodun with LASEMA official at OPIC Plaza on Friday

OPIC Plaza gas fire: LASEMA gives final death toll, explains cause

The fire that gutted a moving cooking gas truck in Lagos on Thursday came from the kitchen of a Chinese…
Woro attack

Abdulrahman leads 20,000 rebels out of Kwara APC

About 20,000 members of the All Progressives Congress in Kwara have dumped the party to join a third force political…
Post-UTME

2021 UTME hold smoothly in many centres, power outage in some

Many candidates who sat for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Mararaba and some parts of Abuja, described…
PDP

Ex-Taraba PDP lawmakers protest neglect

Former members of the Taraba State House of Assembly have expressed dismay at the alleged failure of being involved in…
Police

Bandit arrested, AK47 rifle recovered in Kaduna

The Police Command in Kaduna State said its operatives arrested a suspected bandit and recovered an AK-47 rifle in the…

Bauchi residents lament erratic power supply

Some residents of Bauchi metropolis have expressed concern over the erratic power supply in the area.
ASUU strike: CAANU sends message to Nigerian govt.

ASUU to begin fresh strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on another strike over the refusal of the AGF…

Voter apathy mars Kaduna bye-election

Low turnout of voters has characterized Saturday’s State Assembly bye-election in Sabin Gari constituency of Zaria town in Kaduna state.
Chidi Alexandra Onyemelukwe

Onyemelukwe is the governor Anambra needs now

Unlikely as it may seem, a woman might emerge as Anambra’s next Governor and she may be Lady Chidi Onyemelukwe,…
Gastroenteritis kills 39 persons in Sokoto

Bauchi health agency moves to contain gastroenteritis

The Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BSPHCDA), said it has deployed 180 workers to stem the spread of gastroenteritis…
JTF seizes 2 vessels, arrests 17 in Illegal diesel haul

Nigerian vandals smuggling diesel to Benin arrested in Lagos

The Nigerian Navy has arrested 10 suspected vandals conveying 210,000 litres of diesel, Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), concealed in water…
Governor Bagudu at the Federal Government College Birnin Yauri

Gov. Bagudu: Kebbi bandits overpowered 22 crack policemen to abduct students

Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, has disclosed that the bandits who abducted students in Birnin-Yauri overpowered 22 crack policemen deployed to…
Combo picture show the students of Federal Government College Birni-Yauri leaving the school after the bandits attack on Thursday

Kebbi kidnap: Officials keep mum on number of abducted students

Two days after bandits abducted students and staff of Federal Government College, Birni Yauri in Kebbi state, officials are still…
Atiku Bagudu

Updated: Bagudu confirms rescue of some kidnapped Kebbi college students

Kebbi State Government late Friday night says all students and teachers kidnapped from Federal Government College, Birnin-Yauri, Kebbi have been…

Rainfall: NiMet cautions airline operators on precautionary measures

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has advised aviation stakeholders to take precautionary measures during onset of rainfall for smooth and…
Road accident

Drunk truck driver John rams into cars on ACME Road

A drunk truck driver who identified himself as Sunday John ran the big vehicle which carried a container on cars…
WHO needs $87.4m to contain Mpox outbreak

WHO chief Tedros worried over explosion of COVID-19 cases in Africa

World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said COVID-19 cases and deaths are rising in all regions of the world,…
Prof. Benjamin Okaba President Ijaw National Congress : demands true federalism

Ijaw group demands true federalism, plans summit

The Ijaw National Congress (INC) says only the upholding of true federalism in the constitution would address their concerns in…

Tension, as Obaseki’s SUV gets stuck in mud

There was palpable tension on Friday in Edo Central part of the State, when the official vehicle of the State…
NiDCOM says the official Twitter account of Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, its Chairman, has been compromised by hackers.

NiDCOM, NDLEA set to build rehabs in Nigeria

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is set to collaborate towards building…
Babagana Zulum

Zulum approves N88.5m for staff training

Borno State Government has approved N88.5 million for the training of 1,050 civil servants.

Final burial rites of late Olu of Warri begins

The final burial rites of the late Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli, has commenced with a commendation and funeral service…

Photos from the commissioning of 4 Ikoyi roads

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu commissioned four road networks; the Mac Donald road/Lateef Jakande road, Milverton Road and Thompson Avenue in Ikoyi

Sanwo-Olu commissions 4 road networks in Ikoyi

The heavy flow of traffic associated with the perennial flooding in the Ikoyi-Obalende area of Lagos State is now past,…
President Muhammadu Buhari : SERAP sues RMAFC to cut allowances

Buhari assures Nigerians of 2015 promises

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that he will continue to work dedicatedly to achieve the objectives that the administration…

Wike tasks FG to complete neglected East-West road

Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has urged the federal government to expeditiously complete the abandoned East-West road because of its economic…
Omokri

Omokri: N100m bounty should be on Bandits, insurgents not Nnamdi Kanu

By Muhaimin Olowoporoku  Reno Omokri, an author and aide to ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan has questioned why Northern groups in the…