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UBTH vaccinates 2,200 staff

The University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), said it has vaccinated no fewer than 2,200 members of staff against COVID-19.
Governor Nyesom Wike on Port Harcourt refinery

JUST IN: Wike sacks Environment Commissioner, Igbiks Tamuno

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has sacked the State Commissioner for Environment, Dr Igbiks Tamuno.
Former Minister Clem Agba says insufficient funds stalled Benin-Auchi-Okene-Obajana Road

FG tells hospitals to use N49bn COVID-19 intervention fund properly

The Federal Government on Tuesday announced that only federal health institutions that made judicious use of the N49 billion intervention…

Islamic society backs NDLEA’s drug war

An Islamic society, Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’a Wa’Iqammatis Sunnah (JIBWIS-Nigeria), has expressed its full support for the renewed fight against drug…
Black Saturday: Police confirm 22 dead in Plateau attack

Insecurity: Police seek support, cooperation of Nigerians

The Commissioner of Police in Plateau, Mr Edward Egbuka, has called on Nigerians to support and cooperate with the police…

Climate change: Lagos to audit Forest Estates

Lagos State Government says it would soon begin an audit of forests estates in the State to mitigate the effects…
APC leaders plot Aregbesola's downfall in Akande's house

Easter: FG declares Friday, Monday public holidays

The Federal Government has declared Friday, 2nd and Monday the 5th of April 2021 as public holidays, to mark this…
Nigerians not ready for Peter Obi, maybe in 2031 - Babangida Aliyu

Babangida booted out of PDP for anti-party

By Obinna Unaeze/Minna A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Chanchaga Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger has…
Lagos EndSARS judicial panel

Lagos gives #EndSARS panel more time

Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution For Victims of SARS Related Abuses or #EndSARS panel has been given 3 months…
Tinubu speaking at the 12th Colloquium

I didn’t mean FG should recruit 50m into Army – Tinubu

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said he never meant that the Federal…
Justice Simeon Amadi

Justice Simeon Amadi confirmed as Chief Judge of Rivers

Members of Rivers House of Assembly screen, confirm Justice Simeon Amadi, as the next Chief Judge of Rivers State
Buhari departs for Dubai Expo 2020

Buhari departs Abuja for UK

President Muhammadu Buhari has departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja for the United Kingdom, where he will meet his…
buhari at the meeting with security chiefs

Buhari to security chiefs: Crush bandits, kidnappers, their collaborators

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security chiefs to identify and crush heads of bandits, kidnappers and their local collaborators.
Lawan and Buhari

I can’t be part of plan to elongate Buhari’s tenure – Lawan 

Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday rubbished claim he said he would not mind a constitutional amendment to allow…
An eyewitness reveals how gunmen abducted nine passengers between on Ikom-Ogoja Highway in Cross River State on Tuesday.

Gunmen stab ex-PDP chairman, abduct wife

Daredevil gunmen on Sunday night stormed the residence of Hon. Suleiman Ishaya in New Bwari Community and abducted his wife.

Sunshine FC players protest unpaid salaries

Players of the Sunshine Stars FC of Akure on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, staged a protest in Ondo State over…

Ogun distributes 26 monitoring vehicles

Ogun State Government through its Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development has distributed twenty-six monitoring vehicles.
'His hands and feet were swelling': Alaafin’s aide reveals final days

Nigeria is under a weak system: Alaafin

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III has blasted the Nigerian police for releasing Fulani kidnappers arrested in Oyo…
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Stakeholders frown at life pension for ex-governors, deputies

Stakeholders in the North West have frowned at the law granting life pension for former governors and their deputies, describing…
Senator Sunday Karimi cries out of over incidents of kidnapping in Kogi West following death of 76 years old man in custody of his abductors.

Lawmaker tasks Fashola on Gwagwalada-Lokoja highway

Former Rep. member, Sunday Karimi has called on Minister of Works, Raji Fashola, over the repairs of Gwagwalada-Lokoja road.
Queen Jonathan, queen of internet scams

EFCC arrests Queen Jonathan queen of internet scams

Queen Jonathan, the queen of internet scams has been arrested by the operatives of the Benin Zonal Office of the…
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Suspected cultist nabbed in Delta

The Police Command in Delta said it arrested a 35-year-old man suspected to be a cultist in Warri.
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo says federal government must renegotiate with states for solutions to the nation's current economic challenges.

Obaseki: Petitions against my re-election motivated by greed, malice

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State Tuesday said that petitions filed at the state election petition tribunal against his victory…
Naira strengthens further at official FX market

Fact Check: Did Buhari promise to make N1 equal $1?

Media adviser Femi Adesina denies Buhari administration made the promise to make Naira at par with Dollar. Did Buhari ever…
Dr Amina Abubakar-Bello: asks Sunday Igboho and Dokubo Asari others advocating for division of Nigeria into separate entities to jettison the idea

Secession: Niger Governor’s wife sends message to Igboho, Asari

Dr Amina Sani Bello, wife of Niger State governor asks those advocating for division of Nigeria to jettison the idea
Sen Istifanus Gyang

Sen. Gyang welcomes Hyat’s appointment as Head of Service

Sen. Istifanus Gyang (PDP Plateau North) has welcomed the appointment of Mr Sunday Hyat as the new Plateau Head of…

Amaechi: We have borrowed $2.6bn from China for Lagos-Ibadan rail

Rotimi Amaechi has confirmed that the Federal Government of Nigeria has borrowed about $2.6billion from China Exim Bank for the…
Police confirm arrest of 3 alleged kidnappers at a motor park in Oturkpo while attempting to board a vehicle to Makurdi, the Benue capital

Pastor’s wife, Eunice Odoba, found dead in Benue

Mrs Eunice Odoba, a 55-year- old woman suspected to be wife of a pastor has been found dead in her…
NCDC boss Chikwe Ihekweazu

NCDC registers 48 new infections, total now 162,641

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 48 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections…
MURIC hails dismissal of a suit challenging the use of Arabic inscriptions on Naira notes by a Federal High Court in Lagos.

MURIC urges Army to postpone training new recruits

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has appealed to the Nigerian Army to postpone its training exercise until after the Ramadan…