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Passport Office sends message to diaspora Nigerians coming home for yuletide

"Nigerians belong to Nigeria, if a Nigerian needed to visit his or her home country, NIS won’t prevent such a…
Gov. Sanwo-Olu seeks support for ”Greater Lagos Rising”

Monthly house-rent payment still on course – Sanwo-Olu

The Governor said that the delay in the initial take-off date for the planned monthly rental payment for accommodation was…
Anambra Assembly majority leader, Nnamdi Okafor

Anambra lawmakers hold valedictory session for late Nnamdi Okafor

“Until his untimely death, Late Okafor was an erudite lawmaker and a distinguished Majority Leader with deep knowledge in law-making.…
Kaduna government says 25 suspects prosecuted over involvement in gender-based violence (GBV) in the state have been sentenced to death

Edo man Taofeek Isah sentenced to death for rape, kidnapping

By George Edomwonyi An Edo High Court, sitting in Auchi, on Thursday sentenced one Taofeek Isah to death by hanging…
Emefiele: EFCC vows to appeal N100m fine

JUST IN: House of reps summons Emefiele over cash withdrawal limit policies

The CBN had on Tuesday limited the maximum cash withdrawal an individual can withdraw from Automated Teller Machine (ATM) to…
INEC sets aside eight days for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for the September 21, 2024 Edo governorship election.

INEC releases total number of PVCs so far collected in Lagos

“These uncollected cards and the expected PVCs for fresh registrants, transfer or review from January to July will be available…
Outgoing NLC President Ayuba Wabba, urges government to finds solutions to scarcity of naira notes and petrol across the country.

Plateau NLC, TUC declare 5-day warning strike

Mr Titus Malau, the Chairman, Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC), Plateau chapter, told NAN that the warning strike…
President Buhari

Buhari directs NALDA to buy additional 5 spraying aircraft

Buhari, represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, gave the directive when the agency…
2nd Niger Bridge opens to traffic on December 15

2nd Niger Bridge opens to traffic on December 15

Contrary to all controversies about the possibility of it becoming a reality in 2022, the new Second Niger Bridge has…
Mr. Adeniyi Sanni, senior aide to Ogun West Senator, Solomon Adeola has been killed in yet to be ascertained circumstances in Lagos

Ogun West: Court dismisses suit against APC’s Sen. Adeola

Senator Solomon Adeola defeated the incumbent senator of the district, Senator Tolu Odebiyi by a total vote of 294 against…
Some RRS operatives at the Lekki Tollgate

Police arrest armed robbery suspect in Ketu Lagos

“At 11: 45 p.m. yesterday, Wasiu Ajepe, wielding a machete, in the company of two armed others (now at large)…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo set to inaugurate common area facilities for the use of operators of MSMEs across eight states on Tuesday.

FG inaugurates National Strategic Documents

According to Osinbajo, the strategic documents had received wide stakeholders' inputs and contributions before validation.
NCS Zone A FOU dashes hope of smugglers

Nigeria Customs Service dashes hope of smugglers in Lagos

Esther Komolafe Nigeria Customs Service Federal Operation Unit Ikeja Lagos yesterday revealed how smugglers met with disappointment as contrary to…
People help firefighters to extinguish a fire after blasts ripped through a fireworks warehouse in a shopping mall in Yerevan, Armenia August 14, 2022. Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via REUTERS

Fire kills 3, destroys N860m property in Sokoto

Kafindangi lamented that based on disaster forecasts, NEMA had issued five letters of caution, the need for early response and…
The mother of the girl uncovered the act after she discovered a whitish slimy substance on her daughter’s underwear while doing laundry, Osun Police Command spokesperson, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi said

Court remands man for allegedly raping 14-year-old girl

The prosecutor further said Sanusi brought out a knife and threatened to stab her if she shouts for help.
Mr Haliru Nababa Controller-General of Nigerian Correctional Service, NCS

NCoS inaugurates 11-member parole board

Some of the members include the NCoS Controller in the state, representatives of the Police, the Ministry of Justice, the…
Sen. Sani Musa

Reports claiming I defected to PDP mischievous – Sen. Musa

He called on his supporters to ignore fake news created by desperate politicians who would have nothing to offer the…

Osinbajo attends meeting on African Carbon Market in New York

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday departed Hanoi, Vietnam and travelled to New York for a meeting. In a major push…
Oil rich Delta State turns into one party with defection of House of Assembly Speaker, Dennis Guwor, 21 other lawmakers from PDP to APC

Delta Assembly passes N571.6bn 2023 budget

The budget is made up of recurrent expenditures of N235.5 billion and capital expenditures of N336.1 billion.
Aggrieved parties file 25 petitions, tackle Gbajabiamila, Faleke, others

Bill to establish institute of entrepreneurship scales 2nd reading

The bill is expected to tackle unemployment in Nigeria as students of the institute would be trained to utilise their…
Minister Sambo blows hot over cargo evacuation from Lekki Deepsea Port

MARAN set to celebrate 34 years of existence in grand style

Esther Komolafe The Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria, MARAN, is set to celebrate its 34 Years of existence and reportage…
power station

Why Nigeria must localise electricity distribution

According to the experts, the distribution of electricity was a local business and should be treated as such to allow…
Gunmen kill Emmanuel Rufus, kidnap 2 others in Edo

Gunmen kidnap 4 after police deploy tactical team on Calabar highway

Mrs. Rose Bassey, a former Accountant General of Cross River, and three others have been abducted by gunmen in the…

Dratech 2022: Funmi Eko Ezeh joins top tier of Health Impact Award recipients

By Nina Kingsley Funmi Eko Ezeh, a public health and communication professional, has been named one of the Top Three…
Nigeria's First Lady, Mrs Remi Tinubu dismisses threat to her life in Bauchi, says at over 60 years, she was too old to be afraid of death.

Remi Tinubu: Muslim-Muslim ticket will set tone for future politics

The wife of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, said the Muslin/Muslim ticket of the party…
MURIC

Islamic organization slams INEC for holding meeting in church

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned the Lagos Headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for scheduling its…
Auchi Polytechnic

Auchi Polytechnic expels 40 students

By Jethro Ibileke The Management of Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State, has confirmed the expulsion of 40 students over falsification…
APC challenges Osun Governor, Ademola Adeleke, to be ready present evidence to back up alleged $20m fraud against Adegboyega Oyetola

Osun ‘looting’: Oyetola’s aide tackles Gov. Adeleke’s officials

Omipidan who spoke while addressing the media in Osogbo said rather than Oyetola, officers of the new governor, Ademola Adeleke's…
Sanwo-Olu

Ajah killing: Sanwo-Olu sad over police’s killing of Gafaru Buraimoh

The Governor expressed sadness over the death of the late Buraimoh, pledging that the State Government would work with the…
"Keep dancing": Atiku sends message to Gov. Adeleke

Vote en-masse for me in 2023, I won’t fail, Atiku begs Osun people

Abubakar made the plea on Wednesday during his presidential election campaign held at the Freedom Park, Osogbo, thanking the people…