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Oyo State Government has cheered the Ogbomoso-born chef, Prince Tope Adebayo, popularly called Tope Maggie, who is attempting to break the Guinness World ...

President Bola Tinubu has said that his administration inherited serious liabilities but also assets from his predecessors. Tinubu who spoke on Monday night ...

At least 62 passengers escaped death on Tuesday as an aircraft belonging to Nigerian airline, Value Jet skidded, off the runway at the ...

With the nationwide industrial action declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) entering the second day, the ...

By Usman Aliyu The third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in ...

The Minister of State for Police Affairs, Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim, disclosed yesterday that the police high command would execute President Bola Tinubu’s directive for ...

The Federal Government is rolling out and implementing a new policy on expatriate quota that will largely ensure that Nigerians have better employment ...

Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), says the church has spent N61 billion on intervention ...

Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Dr. Olayemi Cardoso, to fight ...

The nationwide strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) an abuse of privilege, the presidency has ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, counterpart, have directed workers nationwide to begin an indefinite strike ...

Worried by the indiscriminate borrowing by state governments from banks and the capital market, the Federal Government has commenced a process to check ...

The aviation and diplomatic circles in Nigeria were ruffled yesterday, as the Saudi Arabian government cancelled the visa of all the 264 passengers ...

Kwara State Governor/Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) Chairman AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Sunday described the death of Alhaji Usman Baba Patigi (Samanja) as the end ...

The Nigerian Police Force, Kwara State Command has nabbed seven suspected kidnappers who are allegedly terrorizing Kwara South senatorial district. According to the ...

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed 29 new aides, among them is Dr. Adetola Ariyike Salau as Special Adviser on Education. Dr. Salau, ...

The Kwara State Government has stated its commitment to regulate the operation of scavengers in the state, to ensure the security of lives ...

The Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has felicitated the Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara State Council of ...

The Lagos State Government has announced a diversion of traffic on the Marine Bridge, as part of the continuation of repair works by ...

The National Industrial Court (NIC) has restrained the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) as well as their affiliates ...

The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle lamented in Abuja, Thursday, that the problem of insecurity bedeviling the country was not properly ...

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, appointed 20 Nigerians to serve as Federal Commissioners in the National Population Commission (NPC). Nine current of the ...

The Imo Elders Council says there should be consequences for the action of the Organised Labour in Imo State. The group on Thursday ...

By Usman Aliyu A renowned environmentalist, Nnimmo Bassey has raised concerns over the poor regulation and management of pesticides in Nigeria. Bassey raised ...

A lecturer at Akawe Torkula Polytechnic, Makurdi, Dr Emmanuel Aime, was accused of organ theft just as he was beaten up by some ...

Another batch of stranded 161 Nigerians have been repatriated back from Tripoli, Libya. They arrived the country through the cargo section of Murtala ...

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kwara State Command on Wednesday handed over a recovered stolen vehicle with chassis number No. 2TIBR3E67C846903 to ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has instructed all its branches nationwide to continue issuing various denominations of both old and redesigned banknotes in ...

Governor Umaru Bago has called on the Federal Government to allocate 13 percent derivation to Niger State for providing electricity power to Nigerians ...

President Bola Tinubu says the Federal Government will support the National Population Commission (NPC) in the conduct of the next census. The President, ...

Aviation unions in Nigeria on Wednesday directed their workers to withdraw services to all public and private Owerri flights (both inwards and outwards) ...

The Oyo State government has said it would work with Education Secretaries, and Heads of Sections in all local governments towards shutting down ...

All is now set for a one-day women entrepreneurial training programme organized for Kwara women by the Abubakar Bukola Saraki Foundation, in partnership ...

Ahead of the governorship elections held November 11 in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo States, the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has deployed ...

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of three new Executive Commissioners to serve in the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). Also ...

The Presidency Tuesday said dollar speculators will soon have a shock of their lives through policies of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration and ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has sentenced five persons to five years’ imprisonment each for defrauding the ...

The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has ordered an immediate shutdown of flights and power ...

The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has declared a total nationwide strike effective next Tuesday, ...

The Kwara State governor, Abdulrazaq Abdulrahman has lauded the role of National Youth Service Corps on national Cohesion. Gov. Abdulrazaq affirmed that the ...

Nigeria Customs Service, Kwara Area Command today Tuesday handed over recovered stolen vehicles to the Nigerian Police Force, Lagos Command for further investigation. ...

Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Hon Nasir Isa Kwara, on Monday assured Nigerians and the international community of the present administration’s ...

Yola-The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, alleged yesterday that its suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Adamawa State, Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari, and his ...

THE Federal Government said yesterday the mandate of the ministry of labour and employment was not primarily to settle disputes or create jobs ...

The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency FEMA has explained the circumstances which led to the death of two Nigerians on Monday at ...

The federal government Monday tackled the United States’ travel advisory issued recently, describing it as unwarranted and one likely to create needless panic ...

The federal government has unveiled the first Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Conversion Centre in the North-west, with a declaration that Nigeria’s huge gas ...

Respite has come for two kidnapped members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) as they have been rescued by troops of the ...

Days to the November 11, 2023 off-season governorship polls in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi states, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, ...

Seven personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) have been reportedly killed by heavily armed suspected sea pirates on Bakana ...

The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Yakubu Danladi Salihu, has urged the people of the state to rally round Governor AbdulRahman ...

The Provost of the ECWA Theological Seminary and ECWA College of Education, Igbaja in the Ifelodun local government area of Kwara state, Dr. ...

The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have expressed delight over the appointment of a public relations ...

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (CON) on Friday inaugurated three top officials of the government, with Prof. Mamman Saba Jibril returning as the ...

Gbenga Shaba, Editor-in-Chief and founder of multiple award winning Online Newspaper, Omonaijablog.com.ng, has emerged winner at the 17th edition of the Nigeria Media ...

The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on President Bola Tinubu to make clear commitments for the safety of journalists in Nigeria. A ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday debunked rumours of naira scarcity in the country, amid reports that there is no sufficient cash ...

Barely a day after police authorities released Joe Ajaero, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has ...

otable professional and socio- cultural organisations have hailed the appointment of a media guru and Fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations( ...

By Dare Akogun In today’s world, where freedom of the press and that of expression are fundamental pillars of democracy, the safety and ...