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International Widow’s Day: Betty Akeredolu calls for support

Wife of Ondo State Governor, Arabinrin Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has called on all and sundry to continue to show support and…
Senate sets up committee to probe NNPCL’s subsidy regime

Senate approves establishment of Federal University of Medicine, Abeokuta

The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill seeking to establish the Federal University of Medicine and Medical Sciences in Abeokuta,…
Chukwuma Soludo

Anambra poll: APGA crisis deepens, as faction suspends Soludo

The crisis rocking the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra State deepens on Wednesday as a faction of the…
Gov. Oyetola presents a bond certificate to one of the Osun retirees

Osun spends N35b on retirees: Oyetola

Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun said his administration had spent N35 billion on payment of pensions and gratuities of retirees…
CACOL hails Supreme Court judgment affirming Farouk Lawan's jail term

CACOL commends ICPC over Farouk Lawan’s conviction

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, has hailed the conviction and sentencing of a former member of the…
Five corps members recently abducted on Ifon/Owo road in Ondo State explain how they were kidnapped and released after paying N5m ransom

NYSC blocks relocation of 1,000 corps members

The Director-General, National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, says the Corps has blocked the relocation of 1,000 corps…
A family in a Fulani camp

10 members of Fulani family die after taking herbal mixture

Ten members of the same Fulani family have died in Kwara after consuming a herbal mixture said to be the…
Evans

Evans’ hearing stalled as witness fails to appear

The absence of a witness who was to testify in the defence of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike alias Evans…
Yobe youths beg Senate President Lawan to run for governorship

Leaky Assembly: N37bn was never approved for NASS renovation – Senate

The Senate has protested a media report by Channels Television alleging that its leadership approved the sum of N37 billion…
Orji Uzor Kalu

N7.1bn fraud: Court fixes date for Orji Uzor Kalu’s retrial

The Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, fixed July 2 for adoption of all processes filed by parties in a…
Gunmen abduct BEDC driver in Ondo, demand N10m

Gunmen kidnap village head, wife in Ibadan

The Baale of Araromi Village in Ibadan Chief Tafa Apanpa and his wife, have been abducted by some suspected kidnappers.
Governor Seyi Makinde

Oyo government reveals plan to begin residents registration

The Oyo State government has announced plans to commence enumeration and registration of all residents in the state.
Fatahu Muhammad

Lawmaker berates Nigerian youths, says Twitter not food

The member representing Daura Federal Constituency of Katsina State in the House of Representatives, Fatahu Muhammad, has expressed disappointment at…
Fidelis Nweze: Umahi declares public holiday to mourn him

Ebonyi shuts down to mourn late commissioner Nweze

Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi has declared today 23 June, as public holiday to mourn the Commissioner for Infrastructural Development,…
Smugglers balloon Nigeria's daily petrol consumption

Smugglers balloon Nigeria’s daily petrol consumption: NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said smuggling across the borders increased the daily consumption of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS)…
UNIJOS shuts down

UNIJOS employs local hunters to protect students

The outgoing Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jos, Prof. Sebastian Maimako, has said the school employed the services of local…
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Akpabio: NDDC forensic audit ready in July, board members soon

Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, said the final report of the forensic audit of Niger Delta Development Commission…
Controversies over leadership of APGA continue with the incumbent Dr Victor Oye denying claims that he was sacked by Supreme Court on Friday.

Victor Oye: APGA holds Anambra primary today despite INEC query

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) will conduct its primary today ahead of the November Anambra governorship election, the chairman,…
Ibrahim Ahmed Bichi: committee uncovers private school teachers on govt payroll

Kano uncovers 3000 private school teachers on its payroll

Kano State Government said it has uncovered on its payroll no fewer than 3000 teachers working for private, community and…
Kaduna Governor El-Rufai and NLC president Ayuba Wabba

ICYMI: NLC begins another showdown with El-Rufai

NLC President Ayuba Wabba rallies forces for resumption of the suspended strike against Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna
No civil servant was promoted by Gov. Ayade in 7 years – TUC

Ayade appoints APC members into cabinet

The Governor of Cross River State Ben Ayade has appointed members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) into his cabinet.
Lagos bans Commissioners, others from bringing personal assistants from outside

#EndSARS: Most Lekki victims suffered minor injuries, says Muri-Okunola

Lagos Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, on Tuesday testified before the Lagos State Judicial Panel that many of the people…
Chidera Igwe

Canada based Nigerian girl Chidera Igwe writes her first novel at 11

Nigerian girl Chidera Igwe,11, is a Grade 5 student at St Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic School in Canada. She has written…

Temitope Fagade: Sculpting Memory and Heritage in Gold

Jennifer Okundia Temitope Fagade sits at the crossroads of the gravity of ancestral memory and the pull of global modernity…

Killer-labourer Ikechi goes to jail for life in Lagos

Justice Modupe Nicol-Clay of a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), on Tuesday sentenced a 32-year-old…

Nigeria takes delivery of $1m Saudi donated equipment

The Federal Government has taken delivery of medical equipment worth one million dollars donated by the government of the Kingdom…
Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State

Oyetola restates commitment to agriculture development in Osun

Governor Isiaka Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State on Tuesday restated the commitment of his government to making agriculture the bedrock…

Ogun sympathises with victims of Ogere inferno

By Adejoke Adeleye The Ogun State Government has extended condolence to the families of those who lost their lives in…
Police debunk reports that it directed its personnel in Kogi going to Anambra for governorship election to pay N10,000 as transport fare

Gun duel in Edo: Police dislodge kidnappers’ barricade, shoot one dead

Operatives of Ehor Division of Edo State Police Command, on Tuesday dislodged a blockade made by hoodlums suspected to be…
Governor Seyi Makinde: reacts to Supreme Court judgment

Makinde approves establishment of LAUTECH campus in Iseyin

Governor 'Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Tuesday, approved the relocation and establishment of the College of Agriculture and Renewable…