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Rivers Unity House Foundation, UHF, to launch Education Champions League aka ECL Quiz and Debate Competitions for secondary school students

Fubara, Wike political battles scaring off investors from Rivers – Wali

As a way out of quagmire, Wali, who is also a lawyer, charged the the media to downplay the reportage…
Police ban Durbar activities during the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir celebrations in Kano over the ongoing Emirship tussle in the state

Kano: 11 kidnappers among 178 suspects arrested by police

Other arrested suspects committed crimes ranging from armed robbery, drug peddling, cattle rustling, banditry, thuggery, car theft, and motorcycle snatching,…
Troops of Nigerian Army working with CJTF raid Boko Haram/ISWAP stronghold in Lake Chad Region, kill 3 terrorists, recover dangerous weapons

Troops kill 3 BH/ISWAP terrorists in Lake Chad, recover MRAP, gun truck, others

The weapons recovered from the stronghold of the insurgents to include a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle, gun truck…
Kano governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf urges Islamic to help him deliver good governance to the people through prayers and constructive advice.

Kano: Gov. Yusuf seeks support of Islamic clerics on good governance

Governor Yusuf who returned from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, after performing the lesser hajj in the Holy Land, appealed to…
Kano lawyer, Musa Tudunwada ask Hisbah Board boss to clarify how bags of rice donated by the state to his officers and staff were distributed

Kano Hisbah boss resigns after criticism by Governor Yusuf

But in his reaction  reaction, Daurawa,  said Hisbah  under his stewardship, had done its best and what was right under…

Edo Labour Party bigwig decamps to PDP, drums support for Ighodalo

“And I am going to be pulling out my resources and political structure within the five local government areas in…

Revert to old cement prices, Tinubu tells Dangote, BUA, others

President Bola Tinubu has directed  cement producers to revert to the old prices for their products, says Minister of Works,…
Nigeria Customs intercept container with donkey genitals

Customs Seizes N1.7bn fake drugs

He also expressed his gratitude to the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, for his magnanimity and support to the command,…

NURTW donates N3.5m, clothing materials to 360 drivers, widows in Kaduna

Also speaking, Alhaji Alhassan Haruna-313, the National Coordinator, Heavy-Trucks of NURTW in the state , said that indigent drivers and…
APC chieftain warns against ”dangerous” governorship endorsement in Abia

Deputy Speaker reveals when amended constitution will be ready

“And with this, we are sure that our target to get this job done in 24 months will be achieved…

‘Juju’, state police can solve security problems in Southwest — Yoruba Obas

 In a communique issued  by  the summit and signed on behalf of the others by the Ooni of Ife, Oba…

Kaduna dismantles roadblocks mounted by protesters

According to Aruwan, in the company of security forces, they dismantled the road blocks erected and subsequently opened up the…

Two fraudsters bag jail terms in Kaduna

Each of them was prosecuted on a  one-count charge bordering on cheating and impersonation.
Priscilla Otti, wife of Abia Governor distributes 600 bags of 50kg rice, 1,000 kegs of 2.5 litres of groundnut oil, cash to PWDs in the state.

Abia: Otti’s wife doles 600 50kg bags of rice, cash, other items to PWDs

In a speech at the event in Umuahia, Otti said that the gesture was a demonstration of her commitment toward…
Police recover pistol, ammunition, arrest one suspect during a raid on a criminal den in Masaka community of Nasarawa State

PoS operator Louis Enoshi shot dead in Ebonyi

A resident in the area, Monday Nweke, confirmed that the deceased was shot dead at his house on Wednesday morning.
Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, aka K1 De Ultimate says he will not celebrate his 67th birthday because of the situation in the country

‘People are crying, lamenting,’ K1 on why he can’t celebrate 67th birthday

However, K1, in the statement urged his family and friends to rather use the occasion to reach out to the…
Otti mourns U.S.-based Nigerian doctor on Abia free medical mission

My contributions to realisation of Aba Geometric Power Project – Gov Otti

Otti was, however, categorical that he has no evidence that his immediate predecessor invested the State's fund in the Geometric…
Sexual predator Berbers to rot in London jail 11 years for raping two teenage girls

Sexual predator Berbers to rot in London jail 11 years for raping two teenage girls

Berber  raped two 15-year old girls, one in London and one in Hove. Apart from the 11 years prison sentence,…
Soyinka is an inspirational global icon who brought great pride to our country with his contributions to literature and the arts in the world

Coup d’état a big lie – Soyinka

Soyinka made this assertion on Thursday while delivering a public lecture entitled "Recovering The Narrative." The public lecture was organized…
Ogun ritual killer, Adebayo Azeez, narrates how he and other accomplices lured seven women to their deaths through MyChat a hookup app.

‘How I got 7 women we killed for rituals,’ Ogun man, Azeez confesses

Azeez who had been on the run and was later arrested by the police, said he joined the gang in…
Tinubu

Breaking: Tinubu departs Lagos for Qatar

Ngelale said during the visit, Tinubu would witness the signing of several agreements focused on boosting Nigeria's real sector and…
Reps

Hardship: Reps ask JAMB to extend UTME registration by 2 weeks

Adopting the motion, the house urged JAMB to extend the registration by two weeks, while mandating the relevant committees on…
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka reacts to President Tinubu's national broadcast on the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests

It is time to decentralise Nigeria – Soyinka 

"Palliatives remain crude, short term, stop-gap measures only. As a veteran of food security working conferences from Uganda to India,…
No fewer than 350 teachers trained in STEAM under the Seplat Teachers Empowerment Programme (STEP) graduate in Benin, Edo State

Seplat JV Energy trains, empowers 350 teachers in Edo, Delta states

Akin-Olusoji while congratulating the graduating teachers and other participants, also congratulated SEPLAT and its partners for sustaining the initiative over…

Nigeria imports 4bn dollars worth of steel annually — Minister

Audu said this during a familiarisation visit to the National Metallurgical Development Centre (NMDC) in Jos on Thursday
Gombe governorship: Tinubu meets Transportation Minister after resignation

Red Line Rail: ‘Emulate Lagos’ – Transport Minister tells governors

Additionally, Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria Mr. Cui Jianchun lauded Nigeria for allowing completion of the Blue Line project, foreseeing its…
NLC Rejects 35% pay rise, insists on living wage

Tinubu jibes at Labour: ‘four strikes unacceptable, you’re not the only voice in Nigeria”

Tinubu said if the unions wanted to participate in the electoral process, they should wait till 2027.
Pandemonium trails killing of a Hausa resident by stray bullet fired by a policeman at Benin/Asaba Road, by Igueomo Junction on Wednesday

Pandemonium as police stray bullet kills man in Benin

The yet-to-be-identified victim was said to have been hit by a stray bullet in front of the house of a…
JUST IN: Tinubu inaugurates iconic Lagos Red Line Rail project

JUST IN: Tinubu inaugurates iconic Lagos Red Line Rail project

The president said he agreed that corruption and smugglers are fighting back, saying "we will fight them, corruption will go…
Troops of the 6 Division of Nigerian Army discover 40 illegal crude oil wells in Rumuekpe community in Emohua LGA of Rivers State.

Army uncovers over 40 illegal oil wells in Rivers

Major General Abdusallam said the discovery was significant in the fight against oil theft and illegal bunkering in the Niger…