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Woman seeks divorce over abandonment

A mother of three, Rashidat Nureni, is seeking divorce at an Igando Customary Court in Lagos because her husband abandoned…

Edo poll: NGO advovates separate queues for women in future elections

A gender-based NGO, African Women Empowerment Guild(AWEG), has called on INEC to provide separate queues for men and women at…
Group petitions EFCC and ICPC against Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai

‎Kaduna enters bilateral agreement with Saudi Arabia on Qur’anic science

Kaduna State Standing Committee on Quránic Recitation has entered an agreement with Majamu’ul Da’awa Foundation in the area of Quránic…

Nigerian sports lacks professional handling- Adamu

A former Director-General, National Sports Commission, Amos Adamu, has said that saddling non-professionals with sports administration is the bane of…

Protests herald collation of Edo guber poll results

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Hundreds of angry youths believed to be loyal to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), went on the rampage…

Kebbi warns teachers against absenteeism

The Kebbi Universal Basis Education Board (SUBEB) has warned teachers against absenteeism and indolence. The state SUBEB Secretary, Alhaji Balarabe…

Recession: Assembly pledges to ensure proper spending of IGR

The Kano State House of Assembly has expressed readiness to ensure the proper spending of the state’s Internally Generated Revenue…
Ali Modu Sheriff

Edo Poll: Sheriff indifferent about PDP’s result rejection

Disputed National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, said he did not support Thursday’s rejection of…

PDP are bad losers, says Edo APC chairman

Mr Anselm Ojezua, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Edo chapter, has described the rejection of the state governorship…

Security: LG to recruit 80 hunters in Jigawa

The Kiyawa Local Government Area in Jigawa has approved the engagement of 80 hunters to improve the security in the…

Breaking: PDP rejects Edo governorship election results

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the results of the Edo governorship election held on Wednesday, ahead of the…

Union backs Gov. Masari on reorganisation of civil service

Alhaji Umar Imam, Katsina State Chairman of Environmental Health Officers Union, has backed ongoing reorganisation of the state civil service…

Breaking: APC leads PDP by 5, 616 votes, supporters of PDP protest

As at the time the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) went on recess for one hour, the All Progressives Congress…

Zakkat committee disburses N10m in Sokoto

The Sokoto State Zakkat and Endowment Committee on Thursday disbursed N10 million as medical support to various hospitals and pharmaceutical…

PDP chides El-Rufai over failure to conduct LG election

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated Gov. Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State for failing to conduct local council elections…

3 suspected insurgents arrested in Borno- Army

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said it had arrested three suspected Boko Haram terrorists at the cattle market, Maiduguri. The…

Latest Edo official results by INEC

Official Results by INEC 1. Esan West LGA APC 13,114 PDP 16,311 2. ORHIONWON LGA APC – 15,262 APGA –…

Osinbajo to visit Zamfara on Friday

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo will visit Zamfara on Friday to inaugurate projects executed by the state government. Local…

Lassa fever: No new case in Plateau – Health Commissioner

Dr. Kunden Deyin, Commissioner of Health in Plateau said there was no fresh outbreak of Lassa fever in the state.…

Much ado about NiTel/MTel sale to NatCom

On October 8, 2016, ntel, Nigeria’s fifth mobile network and, according to their website and social media platforms, Nigeria’s first…

Hijrah 1438: Osun declares Monday public holiday

The Osun Government on Thursday declared Monday, Oct. 3 as a public holiday to mark the Islamic New Year, 1438.…

2015/2016 NPFL champions to get N40m prize money

The champions of the 2015/16 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season are to get N40m from the Merit Award of…

Imo govt saves N1.2bn after LG workers audit

Imo State Government has saved N1.2 billion after it carried out verification of local government workers in the state, an…

Man killed after winning lottery in Lagos

35-year-old Ejike Onyejekwe has been killed in the Festac Town area of Lagos State. The victim, who lived on 21…

16,353 cases of delayed flights recorded in 6 months-NCAA

Domestic airlines operating in Nigeria recorded 16,353 cases of delayed flights between January and June, statistics from the Consumer Protection…

Ogun signs agreement to build 2nd largest refinery

The Ogun State Government has signed an agreement with a consortium of four private firms to build a refinery, proposed…

Soludo’s demand for apology is a joke

In his rather hasty reaction to my petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on the criminal diversion of…

Edo election: Collation of results begins Thursday

The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Edo, Mr Sam Olumekun, says collation of results for the governorship election in the state…

Sudan accused of using chemical weapons in Darfur

Dozens of children in Darfur have died writhing in agony, allegedly killed by chemical weapons dropped on them by their…

US warns Russia over Aleppo bombing

US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned his Russian counterpart that Washington will end Syria talks unless Moscow stops…