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Erelu Bisi Fayemi

Nigerian First Ladies raise alarm over insecurity

Nigerian First Ladies have raised alarm over the rising spate of insecurity and killings blowing across the country.
Police declare 4 persons missing in Ebonyi community

Why native doctors buried two young men alive in Ebonyi – Police

Police explain why two young men whose decomposed bodies were recently discovered in a shallow grave in a forest in…
Chief Judge of Edo, Esther Edigin

Edo Chief Judge bows out of office May 17

Justice Esther Edigin, the seventh substantive Chief Judge of the state, will be bowing out of office on Monday.

INEC calls emergency meeting after Enugu office set on fire

INEC summons all the resident electoral commissioners (RECs) to an emergency meeting on 19 May, following the burning of its…
President Muhammadu Buhari: assures Chad's new leader Mahamat Idriss Deby

Buhari: Nigeria ready to assist Chad stabilise

Nigeria will assist the Republic of Chad to stabilise, and return to constitutional order, President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged.
Gunshots as two NURTW factions clash in Lagos

Cult clash claims 8 lives in Akwa Ibom

The Police in Akwa Ibom has confirmed the death of eight people in a supremacy cult clash in Esit, Eket…
UTME

2021 UTME set for postponement – JAMB registrar Oloyede

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said the possibility of postponing the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is…

Late Dogonyaro sacrificed his life for Nigeria: Lalong

Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau on Friday said that the late former Chief of Defence Staff, Lt.-Gen. Joshua Dogonyaro was…
Mr Adekunle Ajibade,

Motor boy escapes death in Ogun

The Ogun Traffic and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) on Friday, said a motor boy escaped death when a truck plunged into…
Divine Nwaneri IMSU student for burial today

IMSU student Divine Nwaneri, killed by stray bullet, for burial today

Divine Nwaneri, the 22 year-old student of soil science in Imo State University, who was killed by stray bullet on…

Fire razes INEC office in Enugu (Photos)

The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Obollo-Afor, Udenu local government area of Enugu State was razed…
Buhari launches NIN-SIM synchronisation policy

Banditry: Nigerian farmers send message to Buhari

Some stakeholders in the agriculture sector have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to intensify efforts in curbing banditry, kidnapping and…

Low turnout of workers in Osun after Eid-el-Fitri

There was a low turnout of workers in Osogbo, Osun, on Friday after the Wednesday and Thursday public holiday declared…
PDP reschedules its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting from Oct 24 to Nov. 28 over Nov 16, 2024 Ondo governorship election

Bala Mohammed: “We know these bandits, we know where they stay”

Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has called on the state and local governments to join the Federal Government in…
CBN introduces new FX sales to BDCs

Dollars inflow to Nigeria falls by 28 percent: World Bank

The World Bank said dollar remittance inflows to Nigeria declined by 28 per cent in 2020 because of COVID-19 pandemic.
Deborah Agbonayinma

Deborah Agbonayinma, daughter of ex-Reps member, wanted for certificate forgery

Miss Deborah Ighiwiyisi Agbonayinma, daughter of a member of the House of Representatives, has been declared wanted by the ICPC…
CAN President Rev. Ayokunle urges Christians to pray for Nigeria

Caution extremists in your midst, CAN tells Muslim leaders

The Christian Association of Nigeria has urged the leadership of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs and all Muslims…
Yobe youths beg Senate President Lawan to run for governorship

Senate President Lawan knocks Governors calling for restructuring

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has cautioned States’ Governors and other elected leaders against joining the agitations for secession or calling…
Migrants trying to cross from Tunisia to Europe

2 Nigerian female migrants rescued as 17 Africans drown

Two Nigerian female migrants, bound for Europe were rescued in a shipwreck off the coast of Tunisia. However, 17 other…

Customs men, smugglers clash in Iseyin; 4 killed

Personnel of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday in Iseyin, Oyo state, engaged suspected smugglers in a shootout during…
Tinubu reacts as Mimiko hits 70

Mimiko urges southern, northern governors to meet for consensus

Dr Olusegun Mimiko, the former governor of Ondo State has called on the southern governors to meet with their northern counterparts…
Sanwo-Olu

LASU VC: Medical associations mount pressure on Sanwo-Olu

Medical Associations in Lagos State have appealed to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to urgently announce any of the three finalists as…

Nigeria under Buhari will triumph like Manchester City – Adesina

Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina has likened Nigeria's situation to that of Manchester City that rose from grass to win the…
Nigerian Army says a soldier in Maiduguri shoot a staff of an NGO, his colleague dead and injured a UN helicopters pilot on Thursday

Gun-battle in Imo again: Security forces shoot two gunmen dead

Two unknown gunmen have been killed in a joint operation carried out by the Nigerian Army, Air Force and the…
EObaseki

Obaseki surrenders, begs Edo PDP leadership

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has reportedly met with the State Working Committee (SWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party…
U.S. President Joe Biden

Fully vaccinated Americans dump face masks

The U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday advised that fully vaccinated people do not need to…
Electric

TCN restores power to national grid

The Transmission Company of Nigeria(TCN) said it restored bulk power to all the 330 Kilo Volt (kV)Transmission Stations across the…

Anglican Archbishop Nwobia calls for national dialogue

An Anglican Archbishop, Most Rev. Isaac Nwobia, has urged the Federal Government to convene a national dialogue to address issues…
Erelu Bisi Fayemi: Chairman of the Nigerian Governors' Forum and wife of Ekiti state Governor: tasks husbands on effective tackling of insecurity, protection of girl child, women

Nigerian governors’ wives send message to husbands, security operatives

The Nigerian Governors' Wives appeal to husbands, leaders and heads of security agencies to ensure adequate protection for Nigerians

Obaseki to secessionist agitators: Nigeria beyond stage of ‘breakup’

Edo Governor, Governor Godwin Obaseki says Nigeria has gone beyond the stage of breakup or disintegration as some people are…