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The Niger State Government has renamed the Minna International Airport after President Ahmed Bola Tinubu. Recall that the airport was formerly known as ...

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to give back the food items they seized at the border communities to ...

The police authorities have dismissed an officer and suspended two others involved in the alleged extortion of 3,000 USDT from a Port Harcourt ...

The crescent, which signals the beginning of the Holy month of Ramadan, has been sighted in Saudi Arabia. This is according to a ...

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has launched a programme to train community folks on proper handling of public facilities for efficiency, long lifespan, ...

The management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company Plc (IBEDC), on Sunday, said several factors contributed to the recent blackout in its franchise areas. ...

The Igbo Community General Assembly – the parent-body of Igbo traders association in Kwara State, has applauded Alh Mahe AbdulKadir and Alh Saadu ...

By Usman Aliyu Indigenes of Gelegele in Ovia North East Local Government Area (LGA) of Edo on Friday called for the revocation of ...

Kwara State Command of the Correctional Service has dismissed a report that a gunshot that hit a vulcanizer in the early hours of ...

An inmate at the Oke-Kura Correctional Centre located at Ilorin West Local Government area of Kwara State Capital in the early hours of ...

Nigerian Police Force, Kwara State Command have confirmed arrest of four undergraduate students of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, in Moro Local ...

Bandits have reportedly attacked a government primary school at Kuriga community of the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, abducting scores of ...

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 ...