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Emmanuel Eneji arrested with 19 other internet fraud suspects

Movie producer Eneji, 19 others arrested for internet fraud

Emmanuel Eneji, a 23-year-old movie producer and nineteen others have been arrested in Calabar by the EFCC for alleged internet…
President Muhammadu Buhari

Buhari admits Boko Haram pushes back into Nigeria

In an article published in the French news magazine, Le Point, President Buhari admitted the gains made by Boko Haram…

Rail track thief arrested in Enugu

One Ejike Okeke, a member of syndicate who specialises in rail track vandalism has been arrested by the Enugu Police…
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu has said Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State is currently incapacitated and receiving treatment abroad. Akeredolu is understand to be suffering from leukemia and has been off duty for over a month to attend to his health.  But Adamu at a meeting between the national leadership of the party and APC state chairmen, said the governor is incapacitated. “We regret to announce the extreme incapacity of the Governor of Ondo state who we understand has been hospitalised overseas. We wish and pray for him for a speedy recovery,” Adamu was quoted as saying by Daily Trust. He also said the list of ministers to serve in the government of President Bola Tinubu was not ready as the president is still consulting wide to get the best team. According to him, Tinubu had just begun "and he is doing his extensive consultation before coming up with his nominees for ministers." He said the nomination of the ministers would come first, adding that "They will go through their screening until they are pronounced after they have been submitted by Mr. President. And Mr President will formally appoint his Ministers and swear them in."

Ondo records 161,000 poor households

The Ondo state government said it captured 161,000 individuals from Poor and Vulnerable Households (PVHHs) on its Social Register in…
Nigerian Senate told to explain delay in clearance of Nasir El-Rufai

Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s courage vs NLC rage

Governor Nasir El-Rufai is fighting a new war that both the Federal and other 35 States and the FCT are…
Alfred-Diete-Spiff

Bayelsa monarch Alfred Diete-Spiff flees kingdom

Alfred Diete-Spiff, the traditional ruler of Twon Brass community in Bayelsa, hosts to Agip’s Crude Export Terminal, has fled his…
APC leaders plot Aregbesola's downfall in Akande's house

FG gives passport issuing centres deadline to clear backlog

The Federal Government has ordered all Passport Issuing Centres in the country to clear the existing backlog of applications on…
Buhari blames COVID-19 for Boko Haram gains

Buhari seeks debt relief, vaccines for Africa

Buhari calls on European countries and financial institutions to restructure debt portfolios and provide complete debt relief for Africa
Gov. Masari tells Katsina people to get weapons

ICYMI: Gunmen kidnap Katsina Sharia judge Sama’ila

Some unidentified gunmen kidnapped a Sharia court judge, Alhaji Husaini Sama’ila in Katsina on Tuesday.

Lagos Fourth Mainland bridge to gulp $2.5bn 

Lagos State Government on Tuesday said the proposed Fourth Mainland Bridge will gulp $2.5 billion under the Public Private Partnership…
Igboho and Nnamdi Kanu

Igboho warns FG: ‘Attack on IPOB an attack on Yoruba nation’

Self-acclaimed Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho has warned the Federal Government not to attack members of…
Harry Udu HoS Anambra state

Anambra explains deductions from workers’ salaries

The Anambra government on Tuesday said that the deductions being made from salaries of state workers are to stabilise the…
Salamatu Hussaini Suleiman

Senate confirms Salamatu Suleiman as NHRC boss

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Salamatu Hussaini Suleiman as Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission by…

FG meets CBN on auto-gas conversion kits

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, says the Federal Government is working with the Central Bank…
Senate sets up committee to probe NNPCL’s subsidy regime

Senate okays Federal Medical Centres bill

The Senate has passed a bill for an Act to provide the legal framework to establish Federal Medical Centres in…

Police arrest suspected fake female Surveyor Olukanni for impersonation

By Paul Iyoghojie The police at the Area G. Command, Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos have arrested a former administrative clerk, Olaide…

EFCC boss Bawa, others take fresh oath of allegiance

Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have taken fresh official oaths, pledging among others, to perform their…

IGP orders ‘Operation Restore Peace’ to crush IPOB, secessionist agitators

The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba on Tuesday ordered the new special operational action plan, code-named, "Operation Restore Peace"…
Police confirm killing of a soldier in a patrol van escorting another vehicle loaded with 'Ghana Must Go' bags in Benin city, Edo State

3 soldiers killed in Niger’s Magama in shootout with terrorists: Gov. Bello

Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger has confirmed the killing of three soldiers by gunmen in Magama Local Government Area of…
ICPC says all actions it has taken against former Governor Nasir El-Rufai were in strict compliance with the law, including ACJA 2015

End attacks on workers, protesters now, SERAP tells El-Rufai

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai to immediately end the growing crackdown on…
Professor Francisca Aladejana

Fayemi mourns Professor Francisca Aladejana

Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has expressed sadness over the sudden death of his Special Adviser on Basic Education, Prof.…
Tajudeen Ajide

Lagos Assembly lifts suspension of Surulere LG chairman Ajide

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday lifted the suspension slammed on Tajudeen Ajide, the chairman of the Surulere…
Labour leader Issa Aremu sends message to PDP's Atiku Abubakar and LP's Peter Obi on President Tinubu's Supreme Court victory

Buhari gives Issa Aremu, Abubakar Fikpo appointments

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed prominent Labour activist, Issa Aremu, as the Director of the National Institute for Labour Studies…

Lagos evacuates 3,041 beggars, lunatics from streets

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said it has evacuated 3,041 beggars, lunatics and destitute from streets across the State.
Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe: UNILAG VC

UNILAG attracts N12b research grant, says Ogundipe

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) attracted N12 billion research grants in the past three and half years, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof.…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa

Breaking News: Okowa sacks CoS, SSG, commissioners, political aides

Delta Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has dissolved the State Executive Council and sacked all the commissioners and political appointees.

Massive harvest: EFCC busts army deserter, 33 fraudsters in Osun

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, have arrested thirty-four people for suspected internet fraud.

Lagos to deworm 1.3 Million children

Lagos State Government on Tuesday commenced mass administration of deworming medicine in 10 local government areas of the State.
Nigerian Senate President, Ahmad Lawan

FG seeks Senate’s approval of donor fund projects

The Senate has received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari to approve donor fund projects under the 2018-2020 Federal Government…

Report suspicious movements around you: Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State First Lady, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu has urged residents to be more security conscious and promptly report any suspicious…