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President Bola Tinubu has suspended the Managing Director/CEO of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad. Confirming the suspension in a statement ...

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi said he was not desperate to be the ...

Leadership of the United Arab Emirates, UAE, has declared the reinstatement of visa services for Nigerian citizens seeking to travel to the country. ...

The Minister of Defence, Muhammad Badaru, has said that no fewer than seven top terrorists commanders were killed by security forces in the ...

A trained crypto investigator Obinna Iwuno says traders on cryptocurrency trading website Binance are not anonymous as they can be traced. Iwuno, who ...

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has ended its naira services, the company said on Tuesday. It listed the timeline for the closure, asking users to ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has intercepted 21 food trucks heading to neighbouring countries. Announcing the seizure in a statement on ...

A non-governmental organization (NGO), UN-POLAC Foundation, has organized a sensitization programme on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) to promote peace and development in Nigeria. ...

A group operating under the aegis of ‘Kwara Must Change’ has cautioned Igbo traders in the state against weaponizing ethnicity in their dispute ...

Executive Chairman Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ola Olukoyede has called on audit executives in banks across the country to be more ...

The Nigerian Army has confirmed the killing of one soldier and another wounded by suspected armed herdsmen at a village in the Apa ...

The Federal Government will begin the distribution of grains nationwide to cushion the impacts of the hardship in Nigeria.  Minister of Agriculture and ...

By NGIJ Team In recent years, Nigeria has been grappling with a pressing issue known as land grabbing, where land rights are violated ...

Groups, individuals and students body have hailed the nomination of Dr Afeez Abolore as a commisioner by the Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. ...

Popular Kwara-based broadcaster, Dare Akogun, and 14 other journalists from different countries have been selected to cover the 10th inspiring dialogue on the Global Energiewende, the ...

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has unveiled a plan to revolutionize transportation infrastructure with the proposal of a groundbreaking light rail construction project ...

The Kwara State Government has restated its commitment to the successful rebounding and repositioning of The Herald Newspapers and other State-owned media Houses. ...

Inmates at the Jos Correctional Centre in Plateau State protested on Friday over the plan to reduce their food ration. They expressed dissatisfaction ...

Igbo traders and businessmen in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Friday closed their shops in protest against alleged intimidation and over-taxation of ...

The Commander General of Kano Hisbah Board, Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, has resigned from his appointment. The head of the Kano Shari’a police ...

The Kwara state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Ilorin Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, ...

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has described as outdated, the 12-year old Steve Oronsaye Report recommending the merger of government agencies and commissions.  ...

The People of Ibagun community in Ilorin East local government area of Kwara State has sought the support of the lawmaker representing Ilorin ...

The Nigeria Police Force Kwara state command on Tuesday paraded five suspected kidnappers and recovered two rifles. Disclosing this via a statement issued ...

Chairman, Kwara Chapter, Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Saheed Muritala, has expressed optimism that the protest by the labour union would give room for ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says the two-day protest by members of the union is about hunger and not just a clamour for ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has raised the Monetary Policy Rate(MPR) by four hundred basis points to 22.75 ...

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has announced the suspension of the selling of seized food items nationwide.  Recalled that the Comptroller General of ...

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has highlighted some of the things the constitution amendment by the National Assembly ...

Three children of the same parents have been found dead inside a car parked in their compound at Zango area, Kulende quarters in ...

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Saturday in Abuja lifted sanctions it imposed on Niger over the unconstitutional takeover of government ...

Justice Ibrahim Kala of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday ordered the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to reveal how much ...

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total sum of N1,149.816 trillion January 2024 Federation Account Revenue to the Federal, States ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kwara State Command has arrested a 28-year-old man, Muhammed Jamiu Maruf from Gbaaku Area, Okolowo ...

A leading pressure group, Alliance For Sustainable Kwara (ASK) has hailed the model adopted by the Kwara State for the fresh distribution of ...

The Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists (NGIJ) has calls on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his All Progressives Congress led-administration to swiftly address ...

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday arraigned the former governor of Kwara state, Abdulfatah Ahmed ...

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has expressed shock and sadness over the death of Deputy Director of Protocol in Government House Mr. Timothy ...

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday defended his administration’s reforms, saying there is no going back.  Tinubu on his inauguration declared an end to ...

A Non-Governmental Organization, Center for Human Rights and Accountability Network (CHRAN) has called for the probe of allocations from the Federation Account received ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the National Population Commission (NPC) to release details of spending on the aborted 2023 Population ...

The Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Kwara State Council has commiserated with the Kwara State Governor, and journalism fraternity ...

The management of the Kwara State University, (KWASU) Malete, has disowned AbdulMueez Olamilekan Jimoh who was declared missing by his parent since last ...

In furtherance of his earlier promises on Corps Members’ welfare, the Kwara State Governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on Thursday presented another 500 mattresses ...

The Federal Government plans to restart direct cash transfers to the poorest and most vulnerable Nigerians. Presently, approximately three million people are recipients ...

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu says Lagos State is ready for the creation of state police, adding that the state boasts of at least 10,000 ...

Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 48 students of the Kwara State University, ...

A group of elders operating under the aegis of Kwara South Consultative Forum have reacted to some requests of the Ilorin Emirate Descendants ...

The Senate on Wednesday, made a resounding plea to the Federal Government, urging it to refrain from eliminating the electricity subsidy, particularly in ...

Comptroller Faith Mathew Ojeifo has assumed office as the new Customs Area Controller of Kwara Command. This was made known in a statement ...

Barely 48 hours after honouring the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the immediate past governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah ...

A 400 level, male student of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Kwara state, identified as Jimoh Abdulmueez, has been declared missing since ...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it is working to distribute some seized food items nationwide as the biting food crisis continues in ...

Cement manufacturers in Nigeria have agreed to bring down the price of the product to between N7,000 and N8,000 per 50kg depending on ...

The kwara state, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has tasked the Nigerian Youth graduates to justify the confidence recline in them to bring about development ...

The Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists (NGIJ) has consoled Access Bank Holdings over the tragic death of their Group Chief Executive Officer Dr. ...

The former governor of Kwara State, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, has reacted to his invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commision, EFCC, as ...

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend said public welfare in form of continuous cash award to workers and other palliatives and ...

Gunmen on Saturday killed the Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State, Sylvanus Namang, and one other person. According ...

The Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani, has said the menace of insecurity plaguing a large portion of the North can be put to ...