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ASUP suspends its planned nationwide strike following positive steps taken by the Federal Government to address the union’s demands.

ASUP vows to continue nationwide strike

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has vowed to continue its indefinite strike until the Federal Government meets its…
UNILORIN mgt warns public against interacting with social media accounts created in the name of its Vice Chancellor, Prof. Wahab Egbewole

Kidnapping: Unilorin boosts security

Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, the Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin (Unilorin), said the institution has adopted proactive measures to prevent untoward security…

Insecurity: FCTA denies shutting schools

The Education Secretariat of the FCT Administration has denied reports that schools in the Bwari Area Council have been shut…

Police, Okada riders clash in Lagos

Pandemonium broke out in Ogba, Lagos on Friday morning over the alleged shooting of a motorcyclist also known as Okada…
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State

Kwara governor tasks NURTW on accidents

Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has charged the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to help curb carnage on…
Mrs Kudirat Ibrahim

1 dead, 2 injured in Osun accident

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said a passenger has died and two others sustained injuries in an accident that…
accident

UPDATED: 14 burnt to death in Lagos-Ibadan expressway accident

At least 14 passengers — 11 adults and three children — were on Thursday night burnt to death in an…

Battle of Orlu: 8 hoodlums gunned down; 7 cars recovered (photos)

A resident of the area who preferred not to be mentioned said “we slept with our hearts in our hands…
Orji Kalu condoles Kano people over Bashir Tofa’s transition

I’m extremely disturbed – Orji Kalu

Orji Uzor Kalu, former Governor of Abia state and senator representing Abia North, said he is extremely disturbed by the…

Gov. Akeredolu threatens to sanction traditional rulers

Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo has threatened to sanction any traditional ruler in the state who are unable to contain…
Bullion Van

Gunmen attack bullion van in Ondo, shoot 3 persons

Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have attacked a bullion van at Elemosho Village along the Akure-Ondo Expressway in Ondo East Local Government…
President Muhammadu Buhari Presides over a virtual FEC Meeting held at the State House Abuja. PHOTO; SUNDAY AGHAEZE. MAY 5TH 2021

Presidency to Abaribe, other Buhari critics: What do we owe you?

Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, has described Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe and other political and…
NCDC DG Chikwe Ihekweazu: going to WHO Berlin

Nigeria records 28 new COVID-19 infections in 5 states

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) said it registered 28 new COVID-19 infections in five states of the federation…
Gideon Nuka Gbaravopnu at a Milimani court where he was charged alongside a Kenyan Seth Steve Okute

Nigerian Nuka Gbaravopnu, Kenyan Okute docked for fake gold deal

A Nigerian Gideon Nuka Gbaravopnu and a Kenyan were Thursday charged with obtaining money from an Italian by falsely claiming…
Some of the students of Forestry College Afaka Kaduna released today. Photo Channels TV

Why freed students of Kaduna forestry college not released to parents

The Kaduna state government said on Thursday night that the 27 freed students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanization have…
Ganiyu Musa, chairman Nigerian Insurers Association

#EndSARS riots: Insurers pay N4billion to claimants

The Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) said insurance companies paid N4 billion as claims to over 2,000 businesses affected by the…
Many vehicles on Nigerian roads not insured

Only 3million out of 13m vehicles in Nigeria insured

Less than a quarter of the 13 million vehicles on Nigerian roads are insured, the Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) said.

Fire razes Cairo Market in Oshodi

Popular Cairo Market in the Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area of Lagos State has been gutted by fire on Thursday evening.
Dr. Chris Ngige says no doctor is owed salary

Parliamentary staff union apologises to Ngige

The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has apologised to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, over…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and her siblings at the burial of their mother

PHOTOS: Chimamanda Adichie buries mother in hometown

Grace Ifeoma Adichie, mother of the multiple-award-winning author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been buried in Abba, Njikoka Local Government Area…

Guinea Bissau President, Embalo, Buhari meet in Abuja (Photos)

Guinea Bissau President, Umaro Sissoco Embaló on Thursday evening met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.
Dare Adeboye

Lawan, Sanwo-Olu, Wike, Abiodun mourn death of Adeboye’s son

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and three governors have mourned the death of Pastor Dare Adeboye, one of the sons of…

Ogun man Ganiyu stabs mother-in-law to death

A 28-year-old man, Opeyemi Adeola Ganiyu, has been arrested by operatives of Ogun State Police Command for allegedly killing his…

Sanwo-Olu unveils 66 classroom blocks in four Lagos schools

Four magnificent newly completed school buildings were unveiled on Thursday by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu across three Local Government Areas (LGA)…
Benedicta and Daddy Freeze

Daddy Freeze’s wife Benedicta celebrates him at 45

Benedicta Elechi, the wife of On-Air Personality, Ifedayo Olarinde, also known as Daddy Freeze, has celebrated him as he turns…

Mile 12 mayhem: One killed, as police arrest 48 hoodlums

One person has been killed and 48 hoodlums arrested by the police in the mayhem that engulfed Mile 12 area…
Dr Benson Alfred Bana, Tanzanian High Commissioner to Nigeria.

Tanzania woos Nigerian investors

Dr Benson Alfred Bana, Tanzanian High Commissioner to Nigeria, has urged Nigerian investors and businesses to consider investing in Tanzania,…
One Ukaeje John Emeka

Human organs’ trafficker Emeka arrested in Port Harcourt

Ukaeje John Emeka, the leader of a syndicate selling and buying human organs for trafficking to foreigners has been arrested…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila

Reps to investigate failed N2bn safe school intervention programme

The House of Representatives said it would investigate the failure of the N2 billion Safe School Initiative Intervention Programme (SSIIP).
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu

Akeredolu lauds Ondo Justice Ministry reforms

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has commended the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Charles Titiloye, for introducing reforms that…