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Saudi Arabia arrests 2 more women rights activists – HRW

Saudi Arabia has arrested two more women’s rights activists, the latest to be swept up in a government crackdown on…

Sokoto police arrest suspected miscreants, drug dealers

The Police Command in Sokoto state says it has arrested 19 suspects for alleged involvement in criminal activities in the…

Waste management: LAWMA partners NIBSS

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), says it has partnered with the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS), to boost…

Mixed reactions trail Gov. Tambuwal’s defection to PDP

Some residents of Sokoto on Wednesday expressed mixed reactions over Gov. Aminu Tambuwal’s defection to People Democratic Party (PDP) from…

Ebola: Congo declares 4 new outbreak in eastern province

Officials from the Health Ministry said four people have tested positive for Ebola in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo…
IPMAN says tankers will no longer load more than 45,000 liters of the product from Oct. 1. to reduce accidents and damage to roads.

IPMAN bemoans inadequate fuel loading at Ibadan depot

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on Wednesday said that petrol allocation by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation…

Apapa gridlock: Overstretched infrastructure responsible – NECA DG

The Director- General of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), Mr Olusegun Oshinowo, on Wednesday blamed the perennial gridlock in…

EU, Oxfam project to plant 700,000 trees in Katsina

The EU and Oxfam Project in Katsina State on Wednesday said that they were collaborating with farmers to plant 700,000…

Adamawa Assembly, screens, approves commissioner nominees

Adamawa House of Assembly on Wednesday screened and confirmed two commissioner nominees whose names were sent to it by the…

Congo declares 4 new Ebola cases

Officials from the Health Ministry said four people have tested positive for Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo just…

N-Power: 12,000 youths successful in Kano state

No fewer than 12, 000 unemployed youths have been selected in the second phase of the Federal Government’s N-power programme…

Insecurity taking toll on businesses – NECA

The Director-General of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), Mr Olusegun Oshinowo, said in Lagos on Wednesday that the pervading…

Indian minister defends controversial citizenship test

An Indian minister on Wednesday defended a controversial citizens’ list to detect illegal immigrants from mainly Muslim Bangladesh, saying the…

APC spokesman, Abdullahi, quits party

National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC), Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, on Wednesday announced his resignation from the party.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa

President Mnangagwa calls for calm amid Harare clashes

President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe called for calm on Wednesday as opposition supporters clashed with police in central Harare ahead…

Man allegedly stabs customer with knife

A 30-year-old man, Muhammad Hassan, was on Wednesday docked at an Oredo Magistrates’ Court in Benin City for allegedly stabbing…
Court jails 70-year-old Lagos APC chieftain Wahab Hamed for involvement in vote buying during the Feb. 25, 2023 presidential, NASS election.

“Vote Buying”, new election rigging method in Nigeria – observer group

An election observer and monitoring group, Yiaga Africa, has described vote buying as a new way of elections rigging by…
Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo

Kwara PDP chairman, members quit en masse to APC

Senate President Bukola Saraki and Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, formerly members of the All Progressives Congress, will be inheriting an empty…
APC, PDP

Kwara PDP members defect to APC

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara led by the state Chairman, Mr Iyiola Oyedepo, on Wednesday announced…

Police urge Kano politicians to shun violence, hate speech

The Police Command in Kano State has urged residents, especially politicians to shun politics of violence and hate speech ahead…
Four Fulani herders die in Takum LG of Taraba State after reportedly eating a fish they picked up at the bank of a river while grazing

Suspected herdsmen attack farmer in Edo

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have allegedly attacked a 50-year old farmer, Bashiru Aliu (50), in his…

Work begins on Lagos-Ibadan Standard Rail Gauge

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Rail Gauge has started fully as the challenges…

Cancer awareness campaign: Aisha Buhari departs Abuja for Ouagadougou

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Wednesday departed Abuja for Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to attend a high-level seminar…

Ambode thanks Lagosians for support, promises better deal for retirees

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Wednesday thanked Lagosians for their unflinching support to his administration and promised a…

23 Kwara lawmakers defect to PDP

Twenty-three members of the 24-member Kwara House of Assembly, including all principal officers on Wednesday defected to the Peoples Democratic…

Yobe calls for calm over distribution of fertilizers

The Yobe Government on Wednesday appealed to farmers in the state to be calm over the late distribution of fertilizer.

South Africans protest against growing gender-based violence

Thousands of South Africans went to the streets across the country on Wednesday in protest against growing gender-based violence.

Photo News: Buhari presides over FEC meeting

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) Meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Here…

Education minister urges stakeholders to collaborate with governments

The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, on Wednesday urged all stakeholders to collaborate with the Federal and State Governments…

Lagos corp members advised to be security conscious

The National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) has again advised corp members to be security conscious during the service year.