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Nigeria breaks COVID-19 record with highest daily cases

Nigeria has set a new record in daily COVID-19 cases, after recording 796 new cases on Friday, indicative of the…
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State

Yahaya Bello pledges speedy implementation of state university report

Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has pledged speedy implementation of recommendations for the take-off of the state-owned Confluence University of…

Civil servants with disabilities appeal for special allowance

The National Civil Servants Association of Persons with Disabilities (NCSAPWDs) on Friday appealed to the Federal Government to provide special…

Sokoto to build 12 police stations

Sokoto State government says it has concluded plans to construct 12 police stations at a cost of N37 million each.

Scrap social media bill: PDP says to Senate

Prince Uche Secondus, the National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the National Assembly (NASS) to kill the Social…

Healthcare: Lagos seeks bureaucratic process to enhance service delivery

The need to rejig the bureaucratic process in the healthcare sector to enhance quality service delivery without wasting time formed…
Tinubu

Chimamanda Adichie gets honour badge from NSE

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has honoured award-winning author, Ms Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, with a digital closing gong ceremony in…
Lagos

Railway project: Lagos closes Badia, Gaskiya level crossing

The Lagos State Government will close down Badia Junction and Gaskiya level crossing on Saturday the 12th and Sunday, 13th…

Edo wades into rift between Okomu Oil, host communities

By Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has set up a committee to look into the age-long impasse…

Off the hook: Court acquits ex-Minister Aminu Wali

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Friday discharged and acquitted a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alhaji Aminu…

Reps invitation: Wike lashes out at Malami over Buhari’s no show 

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has attacked Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami for wrongly advising President…

Aisha Buhari distributes food items, cash to vulnerable groups

Mrs. Aisha Buhari, the First Lady of Nigeria, has distributed food items and cash worth millions of naira to vulnerable…

Akeredolu imposes 24-hour curfew on 2 Akure communities

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Friday imposed a 24-hour curfew on Ode and Isinigbo communities in Akure North…
Delta Government explains why it returned Ogochukwu Nwabude, a woman begging for alms in Asaba with her baby to her home state of Anambra

Maj.-Gen. Olubunmi Irefin’s death most shocking: Okowa

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Friday mourned the death of Maj.-Gen. Olubunmi Irefin, General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Battalion, Port Harcourt. 

My brother shot, hacked to death by Sergeant Dagbo: Petitioner

Felix Lucky has told the Lagos Judicial panel how his brother was shot and hacked to death by a policeman…

Lagos Mediation Center settles 1,841 cases

The Lagos State Citizens’ Mediation Centre in November 2020 has successfully settled over one thousand cases spanning a wide range…

Buhari will not succumb to threats – Garba Shehu

The Presidency has said that President Muhammadu Buhari will not succumb to threats or undue pressure from “professional critics”.

Breaking: Sanwo-Olu goes into isolation after aide tests positive for COVID-19

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has gone into isolation after one of his aides tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.
Buhari and Gov. Masari: N6.25B approved for cattle ranches

Homesick Buhari hits Daura for weeklong private visit

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Daura, Katsina State for a week-long private visit.

Police arrest kidnapper of ex-Ekiti commissioner Olabode

Ekiti Police Command said it has arrested one person in connection with the kidnap of former commissioner for agriculture, Folorunsho…

Kogi council polls: SIEC takes delivery of materials

The Chairman Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission KOSIEC, Mamma Eri has reiterated his commitment to a credible Local Government election…

Femi Sunday Olubodun becomes new Olisa of Akure Kingdom

The Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi, has approved the appointment of Mr Femi Sunday Olubodun as the Olisa of…

Critical Thinking: Fostering curiosity, questioning skills in African schools

Can critical thinking be taught in primary schools? Is it possible to get children at early stages of their education…
An eyewitness reveals how gunmen abducted nine passengers between on Ikom-Ogoja Highway in Cross River State on Tuesday.

Gunmen shoot policeman dead in Delta

Suspected gunmen have shot a policeman dead at Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State.

Makinde says N7.5bn spent on pensioner’s gratuities

Governor Seyi Makinde on Friday said that his administration spent N7.5 billion to settle the gratuities of Oyo pensioners in…
Gov. Wike and Secondus

Wike’s verdict: PDP not ready to win 2023 presidency, attacks Secondus’ NWC

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has accused the Uche Secondus' National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

Yam turns Nigeria’s priority crop for 2020

Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that the ministry has made yam a priority crop…
No civil servant was promoted by Gov. Ayade in 7 years – TUC

Cross River optimistic of achieving SDGs

The Cross River Government has expressed its readiness in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 in the state.

#EndSARS lawyer wants Sanwo-Olu, Fashola, Tinubu, others to appear before panel

The counsel for the #EndSARS protesters, Mr. Adesina Ogunlana has prayed to the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and…

70 Bauchi fistula survivors empowered

The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) trained and empowered 70 Vesicovaginal Fistula (VVF) survivors in Bauchi State in various trades to…