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13,800 passports uncollected at Lagos Immigration offices

The Passport Controller, Lagos Passport Command, Mrs Milka Musa, Controller of Immigration (CIS), on Monday said that about 13 800,…
L-R: Hon. Justice Mary Odili, Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria; NBA President, Olumide A. Akpata; Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike; Justice Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike and Governor of Sokoto State, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal at the NBA 61st Annual General Conference in Port Harcourt on Monday.

Wike laments: Nigeria has never been so badly governed

He wondered why the NBA has continued to focus less on promoting and fighting for the values of good governance
Abdulrahim Dangana

Nigerian Dangana docked for blackmailing homosexuals

Dangana's assumed names on the fora were RYAN, DAVE, FRANK and ERIC, with which he contrived relationships with victims
President Buhari being decorated with emblem during the launch of the 2022 Armed Forces Remembrance Day emblem appeal launch in Aso rock presidential villa, Abuja on Monday

Buhari to Nigerians: Celebrate our Armed Forces with pride

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja lauded the exploits of the Nigerian Armed Forces to maintain peace, unity and stability…
Lanre Mojola, DG, Lagos Safety Commission

Lagos begins move to develop waterways safety code

The Lagos State government on Monday engaged stakeholders on development of the State waterways safety code in order to make…
Gunmen

Gunmen shoot 18 people dead, abduct seven others inside mosque in Niger

Gunmen have attacked a mosque in Niger State, killing 18 people and abducting seven others during prayer.
Mr Frank Mba, addressing Journalist on Monday at the Force HQ. Emmanuel Ogbeche (in dark glasses) Speaking on behalf of IGP Usman Alkali Mba says police is making progress in investigations of disappearance of Vanguard Newspapers reporters, Tordue Henry Salem

Missing journalist: IG reveals what the police know so far

By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr Usman Alkali, has assured the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) that…
Sunday Igboho and Ooni of Ife

Igboho’s travail avoidable if he had listened to us – Ooni Ogunwusi

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II has said Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho never listened to traditional…
Court sentences Kamilu Olona to eight months imprisonment for stealing items belonging to his father’s tenants at Bodija Market, Ibadan.

Bullion van drivers Ayodeji, Akpan remanded for stealing $10,000

Two bullion van drivers with the Banker’s Warehouse, Victoria Island, Lagos have been arraigned before a Magistrate’s Court for allegedly…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State of Rivers State

Wike to NBA: Lend your voice to Nigeria’s challenges

He accused NBA of being ‘comfortably indifferent and cowardly voiceless’ to issues and challenges affecting good governance, democracy, legal system…
Minimum Wage: NLC urges FG to compel debtor-states to pay

Don’t force workers to get vaccinated, NLC urges FG

The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected Federal Government planned enforcement of COVID-19 vaccination on workers and…
Crackdown at sea: NDLEA shatters drug cartels with record seizures

Marwa charges NDLEA operatives to be ruthless with drug barons, cartels

The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), rtd Brig.- Gen. Buba Marwa has charged officers and men of the…
Declaring bandits as terrorists will ruin Nigeria - Sheik Gumi

Declaring bandits as terrorists will ruin Nigeria – Sheik Gumi

Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, an Islamic scholar and preacher, has warned that declaring bandits as terrorists will come at a price.
MURIC

MURIC: Muslims won’t vote for ‘Yoruba Christian’ in 2023

Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), an Islamic human rights organization, said any political party that picks a "Yoruba Christian" as its…
APC planning to cause civil unrest ahead governorship poll - Edo Govt

Obaseki, former governors neglected us – Ijaw communities in Edo

Aside infrastructural development, the Ijaws in Edo says they are seldom considered for political appointment or elective positions.
PRESIDENT BUHARI GREETS SOUTH-SOUTH LEADER, SIR CELESTINE TAWO AT 80

President Buhari extols South-South leader Sir Celestine Tawo

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Sir (Chief) Celestine Osim Tawo as he turns 80 years.
Mohammed Isimbabi, member representing Toto/ Gadabuke Constituency in Nasarawa House of Assembly defects from NNPP to APC

Nasarawa Assembly passes N5.98bn 2021 supplementary budget

Nasarawa House of Assembly on Monday passed N5.98 billion 2021 supplementary budget Bill into law.
Transporters say they are not yet operating to and from the South-east on Mondays cancellation of the Monday sit- at -home- order by IPOB

Sit-at-home order: Transporters in Abia beg for palliatives

Transporters in Abia have appealed to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to give them palliatives to cushion the effects…
Abia lawmaker Obinna Ichita says Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu's promise of automatic promotion for the state LG workers is deceptive

Abia govt to swear in new commissioners Tuesday

The inauguration follows the screening and confirmation of the commissioner - nominees by the Abia State House of Assembly.
Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare and former World Boxing Champion, Bash Ali

Minister Sunday Dare alerts security agencies over Bash Ali’s threats

The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has filed a lawsuit against former World Boxing Champion, Bashiru Ali…
Sudanese military leader, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan: says the seizure of power by the military in Sudan was to stop the country from sliding into civil war.

Update: Military Coup in Sudan, transitional govt dissolved

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, a general who headed the Sovereign Council, a power-sharing ruling body, announced a state of emergency across…
Andy Uba

Anambra: Uba Promises Better Roads

Senator Andy Uba, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the 6 November 2021, Anambra state governorship election has promised…
3 Bauchi corps members to repeat service year

3 Bauchi corps members to repeat service year

The National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) has ordered three corps members deployed in Bauchi for the Batch “B” Stream 1,…
Lagos police responds to Mr. Macaroni's allegation

Lagos police responds to Mr. Macaroni’s allegation

The Lagos State police command has said it will probe allegations of extortion leveled on its operatives by popular comedian,…
University of Lagos, UNILAG, unveils activities and programmes for its 54th Convocation to be held from January 10 to January 19

NUC picks UNILAG, 5 others for standards enhancement programme

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has picked six federal universities for the Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE)…

Ex-SEC DG Mounir Gwarzo floors ICPC in court

An FCT High Court sitting at Apo has discharged the former Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr…
Gunmen

Gunmen attack C&S church in Ogun, abduct 3 worshippers

Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen invaded a Cherubim and Seraphim Church, along with Railway Station, Obada-Oko, in the Ewekoro Local Government Area…
Ayuba Yusuf: The tri cyclist who returned N100,000 forgotten by a passenger

I was scolded for returning N100,000 forgotten by a passenger – Kaduna tricyclist

A tricycle operator in Kaduna, Ayuba Yusuf, who returned N100,000 forgotten by a passenger, said he was scolded by some…
Nnamdi Kanu

Kanu’s arrest, trial will lead to death of IPOB – Nigerian Govt

Nigerian government said The Economist is correct that "the delusions of IPOB terrorists in the South-East" is one of the…
Honourable Yinka Ogundimu, a Lagos lawmaker, Representing Agege Constituency 02 during the 2021/22 opening matches of Ottasolo Elephant Cup Ogba Ashade in Agege Lagos 

Ottasolo Elephant Cup: Lagos has good plans for grassroot football – Yinka Ogundimu

Mr. Yinka Ogundimu, a Lagos lawmaker, Representing Agege Constituency 02, said that Lagos State Government is determined to upgrade grassroots…