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4,250 Edo residents trained to boost food security

No fewer than 4,250 youths and women in Edo state have commenced a six-day training on agribusiness to boost food…
Mohammed suspends Bauchi Govt. tasks 17 new Permanent Secretaries on professionalism, integrity, swears in new appointees

Bala Mohammed: Buhari known for giving lopsided appointments

Bauchi governor, Bala Mohammed said Southern Governors are right in their claim that Buhari's administration gives lopsided appointments.
Monzor Olowosago

Buhari belatedly rejoices with Olowosago, publisher of Oriwu Sun

President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced, although belatedly with Chief Monzor Olowosago, Publisher of Ikorodu-based Oriwu Sun, a community newspaper.
ICPC says all actions it has taken against former Governor Nasir El-Rufai were in strict compliance with the law, including ACJA 2015

El-Rufai pledges more infrastructure in Zaria

Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Friday pledged to provide more infrastructure in Zaria and other parts of the…

Customs repel attempt to abduct officer in Oyo

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, on Thursday revealed that three persons were killed as the…
Police declare 4 persons missing in Ebonyi community

Why native doctors buried two young men alive in Ebonyi – Police

Police explain why two young men whose decomposed bodies were recently discovered in a shallow grave in a forest in…
Chief Judge of Edo, Esther Edigin

Edo Chief Judge bows out of office May 17

Justice Esther Edigin, the seventh substantive Chief Judge of the state, will be bowing out of office on Monday.
Gunshots as two NURTW factions clash in Lagos

Cult clash claims 8 lives in Akwa Ibom

The Police in Akwa Ibom has confirmed the death of eight people in a supremacy cult clash in Esit, Eket…
Mr Adekunle Ajibade,

Motor boy escapes death in Ogun

The Ogun Traffic and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) on Friday, said a motor boy escaped death when a truck plunged into…

Fire razes INEC office in Enugu (Photos)

The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Obollo-Afor, Udenu local government area of Enugu State was razed…

Low turnout of workers in Osun after Eid-el-Fitri

There was a low turnout of workers in Osogbo, Osun, on Friday after the Wednesday and Thursday public holiday declared…
Deborah Agbonayinma

Deborah Agbonayinma, daughter of ex-Reps member, wanted for certificate forgery

Miss Deborah Ighiwiyisi Agbonayinma, daughter of a member of the House of Representatives, has been declared wanted by the ICPC…

Customs men, smugglers clash in Iseyin; 4 killed

Personnel of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday in Iseyin, Oyo state, engaged suspected smugglers in a shootout during…
Nigerian Army says a soldier in Maiduguri shoot a staff of an NGO, his colleague dead and injured a UN helicopters pilot on Thursday

Gun-battle in Imo again: Security forces shoot two gunmen dead

Two unknown gunmen have been killed in a joint operation carried out by the Nigerian Army, Air Force and the…
Erelu Bisi Fayemi: Chairman of the Nigerian Governors' Forum and wife of Ekiti state Governor: tasks husbands on effective tackling of insecurity, protection of girl child, women

Nigerian governors’ wives send message to husbands, security operatives

The Nigerian Governors' Wives appeal to husbands, leaders and heads of security agencies to ensure adequate protection for Nigerians

Lagos demolishes shanties on Iganmu under-bridge

The Lagos State Taskforce on Thursday demolished shanties erected under the bridge in Iganmu area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.

Heartless driver Udoka elopes with principal’s car, arrested in Benin

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a driver, Ibeh George Udoka for eloping with his principal's Toyota Corolla to…

Abductors of Ondo Deeper life Pastor demand N30m ransom

The abductors of a Deeper Life Bible Church Pastor, Otamayomi Ogedengbe in Ondo State have demanded N30 million for the release…
Fasunle Omowumi

Ajasin varsity student Fasunle Omowumi dies with no suicide note

Feranmi Fasunle Omowumi, a 200-level female student at the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, has committed suicide

Sallah: Tambuwal tasks Nigerians on charity, brotherhood

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has called on Nigerians to be steadfast, imbibe the culture of compassion, keep the…
Just for illustration : Atta police station attacked in imo

100 gunmen hit Bende police station in Abia, free detainees

Dare-devil gunmen, numbering at least 100, have attacked Bende Divisional Police Station in Abia, leaving two operatives with gunshot wounds.
Iniobong Umoren and her killer Uduak Frank Akpan

Uduak who killed Umoren alive: Police

The Akwa Ibom Police Command has debunked the reports that Uduak Frank Akpan, who murdered Akwa Ibom job-seeking lady Iniobong…

Despite attacks, Abia remains one of Nigeria’s safest states – Commissioner

Abia State Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, has said Abia remains one of the safest states despite recent…
Jigawa Govt. declares Monday work-free day

Jigawa declares Friday public holiday

The Jigawa State Government has declared Friday, May 14, a work-free day to mark this year’s Eid-el-Fitr celebration in the…

National Theatre to create 16,000 jobs after renovation

Prof. Sunday Ododo, the General Manager of National Theatre said the 44-year-old complex will provide over 16,000 jobs during and…

Kufre Effiong speaks: Uduak, who murdered Umoren, is my cousin

Kufre Effiong has finally broken silence after a report by one David Hundeyin linked him to the murder of Iniobong…
Police rescue wife of retired AIG Hakeem Odumosu who was abducted in her residence in Arepo area of Ogun State about a week ago

Baba Ijesha: Lagos CP Odumosu replies Yomi Fabiyi, others

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has replied to the questions raised by Yomi Fabiyi and his group…

Olatunde Oyeyiola: 41-year-old multimedia guru now GM of Kwara TV

Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has appointed a multimedia guru, Mr Olatunde Oyeyiola, as the new General Manager of Kwara…

Ex-Lagos council boss Sakiru Asekun busted with cocaine, N145m seized

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a former Vice Chairman of Lagos Island East local Council Development…

Family petitions Sanwo-Olu, IGP over invasion of farmland in Epe by herdsmen

Farming activities in some parts of  Epe Local Government in Lagos State have been halted following Fulani herdsmen's invasion of…