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FEC approves 3 PPP projects for NIMASA, targets $1.1bn revenue

FEC approves 3 PPP projects for NIMASA, targets $1.1bn revenue

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved three Public Private Partnership (PPP) Projects to be executed by the Nigerian Maritime…
Governor Douye Diri votes in the ongoing Bayelsa governorship election, says members of PDP are being prevented from voting in Nembe area

Bayelsa govt. to RMAFC: Obey supreme court order

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

The Supreme Court has shared the disputed Soku oil and gas fields between Bayelsa and Rivers States.
Cocoa farmers protest alleged plan to forcefully evict them from of Oluwa Forest Reserve (OA3A) in Odigbo LG by the Ondo State government

Gov. Akeredolu fires warning to traditional rulers

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has warned traditional rulers in the state against expansionist tendencies.
Buhari

President Buhari is Ekwueme, he has delivered – Femi Adesina

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

The name Ekwueme in Igbo is now the new name of President Muhammadu Buhari. This is according to Femi Adesina,…
APC challenges Osun Governor, Ademola Adeleke, to be ready present evidence to back up alleged $20m fraud against Adegboyega Oyetola

Oyetola vs Adeleke: Forensic expert testifies over BVAS machines, election materials

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

A Forensic expert, Mr. Samuel Oduntan, on Thursday, appeared before the Osun Election Petitions Tribunal in defense of the forensic…
Police prosecute 12 members of APC and two members of PDP over alleged involvement in violence during political rallies in Borno state.

Electoral violence: Police prosecute APC, PDP members in Borno

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Borno Commissioner of Police, Abdu Umar told journalists that the party members were being prosecuted for offences bordering on threat…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo SAN receives in audience the Management of Olabisi Onabanjo University led by its VC Prof. Ayodeji Agboola at the Statehouse, Abuja. 22nd Dec, 2022. Photos; Tolani Alli

More endowments future of university funding – Osinbajo

Ademola Adegbamigbe

3 years ago

Given that budgetary allocations alone cannot sustain the running of public universities, the future of the university system depends on…
Nigeria on path of greatness - Lawan

Why Senate delayed passage of 2023 budget: Lawan

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Lawan said this at the commencement of plenary on Thursday against the backdrop of an earlier announcement that the Bill…
Laolu Akande, spokesperson of VP Yemi Osinbajo clarifies purpose of meeting between his boss and APC presidential candidate Bola Tinubu

‘It’s not about politics’- Osinbajo spokesperson opens up on VP’s visit to Tinubu

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Osinbajo had visited Tinubu in his Abuja home on Wednesday.
Accident

Multiple accident claims one life, four others injured in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Oke-Osanyintolu said further information gathered at the scene revealed that the truck driver lost control due to mechanical fault (brake…
Governor Nyesom Wike appoints new chairman and members for the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC.

I’ll unveil my preferred Presidential candidate in January – Wike

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

He said Nigerians needed to know a reliable candidate that they could trust to deliver the needed national transformation with…
Kebbi

Chinese national Fan Yu, 11 bandits shot dead in Zamfara

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

According to him, the police operatives who responded to the distress call regarding the ambush neutralized 11 bandits while others…

JUST IN: AfDB President Akinwunmi Adesina’s mother is dead

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Adesina took to his twitter handle to announce the death of his mother on Thursday.
It was harvest of arrests by the Oyo State command of the Nigeria Police Force, as no fewer than 19 suspected kidnappers were paraded in Ibadan for kidnapping, killings of prominent citizens and armed robbery offences.

Kidnappers of Ex-UI DVC, Ogbomoso hotelier, LAUTECH student arrested

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Items recovered from the suspects included four AK-47 Rifles,75 K-47 live Aammunition, two pairs of military camouflage and N7.5 million…
Bola Tinubu

Tinubu meets entrepreneurs in Lagos: What he plans to do with nation’s challenges

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The APC candidate said since it is the responsibility of government to secure lives and properties of citizens, if elected,…
Gunmen kill Divisional Police Officer in charge of Maru LG of Zamfara SP Kazeem Kareem, and Inspector Rabiu Umar early Sunday morning.

7 police officers sacked for extortion, brutality in Imo

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The police officers were arrested following complaints from members of the public about their activities including harassment, extortion illegal checking…
PDP

PDP suspends spokesperson in Gombe

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

By Peter Uwumarogie The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended its Gombe State spokesperson, Mr Murtala Usman, over alleged anti-party…
Nwonwu

Cleaner, nanny accused of stealing employer’s N9m property sent to Kirikiri Prison

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Miracle Phillip Umorem, 27, a cleaner and Mary Effiong, 27, a nanny were accused of perpetrating the act after their…
I will restore Nigeria’s fortune - Kola Abiola

2023 presidential poll: Bid to oust Kola Abiola as PRP candidate fails

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Key had sought a consequential order setting aside the submission of Abiola’s name by PRP to INEC on June 15…
Defence Headquarters says troops had in three weeks destroy 57 illegal refining sites, arrest 21 oil thieves in Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers.

Troops destroy 57 illegal refineries, arrest 21 oil thieves

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The troops also destroyed 953 cooking ovens, 68 wooden boats, 172 storage tanks and 149 dugout pits within the period
APC Chieftain Osita Okechukwu, explains why PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar can't get votes like President Buhari in the North

Why Atiku can’t harvest Buhari’s North Vote-Bank: APC chieftain

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

By Emmanuel Mogbede A chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC has explained why Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of Peoples…
Atiku gives reason not to contest 2027 presidency

Atiku’s plan to throw all borders open, a red flag, FG warns Nigerians

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The Minister who accused the PDP presidential candidate of desperation added that the plan by Atiku to throw all borders…
Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Thursday, rejected an appeal by the sacked Chairman of the Action Alliance (AA) party, Chief Kenneth Udeze, seeking to reverse the nullification of the candidacy of retired Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha and others.

2023: Court affirms judgment sacking Al-Mustpha, others as AA candidates

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

The judge also directed the electoral umpire to reject those candidates produced by the factional leader, Udeze, among whom is…
Popular Nigerian comedian Bright Okpocha, better known as Basketmouth, announces breakup with Elsie, his wife for 19 years

Marriage breakup: How Basketmouth met his wife 19 years ago

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Last September Elsie had penned a beautiful message celebrating her husband, Basketmouth when he turned 44, saying he was her…

Police arraign lady Mtomga for alleged theft of baby in Benue

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

She further averred that on Nov. 7, the accused left the informant at Gbagi Village, Ukum LGA, and then on…
Fake visa agent allegedly dupes customer of N100m

Travel agent Kenneth Udemba docked for alleged N1.2m visa scam

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

Ekhueorohan said that the defendant collected N992, 260 from one Mr David Ibeh with a promise to secure an Australian…

Dozens protest in Afghan capital after education ban on women

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

According to witnesses, about 50 mainly female protestors assembled while holding banners and chanted: “Education is our right, universities should…
Sexual assault

Sunday Nwokolo bags life imprisonment for defiling 12-year-old girl

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

“You are hereby found guilty and charged, and hereby sentenced to life imprisonment."
power station

10 killed, 3 communities affected by electric shock in Zaria

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

The accident was a result of a “high tension line snap onto the low tension line”, which resulted in a…
Nigerian troops neutralize 103 Boko Haram terrorists

Nigerian troops neutralize 103 Boko Haram terrorists

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have eliminated 103 Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa State Province (ISWAP) in the…
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