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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the Supreme Court verdict affirming President Bola Tinubu’s victory in February 2023 poll is disappointing and “thrashed” ...

Foremost Investigative Group, the Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists, NGIJ, is saddened with the sudden demise of one of its member, Peremobewei Tobi ...

An advocacy group peopled by Nigerians and Beninese has called for the establishment of a Nigeria – Benin Permanent Joint Commission. The main ...

By Friday Omakpo In attempts towards strengthening a united Nigeria Front through advocacy and campaigns, “One Nigeria Forum” has called for a better ...

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of nine new Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a ...

The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso has upturned the appointment of the new Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Olaoye, citing illegality ...

As controversy continues to trail the planned purchase of luxury vehicles by federal lawmakers with many Nigerians criticising the idea, the Chairman of ...

The Kwara State Commissioner for Communications, Honourable Bolanle Olukoju on Tuesday sought the support of journalists in projecting the activities of Governor AbdulRahman ...

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of two persons over offences bordering on internet ...

The Benue State House of Assembly has given Governor Hyacinth Alia a seventy-two-hour ultimatum to appoint a special adviser on security. The House ...

The Senate has justified the planned purchase of luxury vehicles for lawmakers in spite of dissenting voices in the last few days. Briefing ...

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ola Olukoyede, has directed staff members of the commission to declare their ...

The Kwara State government has commenced the disbursement of support funds for another 20,751 beneficiaries in the State. The beneficiaries of another layer ...

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, described as a victory for Africa, Nigeria’s win in the $11bn Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID) Limited arbitration ...

Justice Robin Knowles of the Commercial Courts of England and Wales has ruled in favour of Nigeria in the enforcement of a $11bn ...

Comr. Abdulrasheed Akogun in conjunction with 3 other friends earlier today donated 7 solar street lights worth #500,000 to the Government owned Specialist ...

Anti-corruption Watch Group, AcWaG, has advised newly appointed Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, chairman, Bar Ola Olukoyede, to address internal imbalance within ...

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has asked the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, to review his plan ...

The Nigerian Army has recruited a new set of 6,315 soldiers into the force as part of efforts to shore up its manpower ...

Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Mahmood Yakubu of misleading Nigerians and not ...

A group has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to stop members of the House of Representatives from taking delivery of 360 ...

The Edu LGA Women Advocacy Group (EWAG) has lauded Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for the appointment of Hajia Mariam Nnafatima Imam as Senior Special ...

The Soun of Ogbomoso in Oyo State, Oba Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye, has inaugurated a 36-man committee for his coronation. The committee, named Central ...

Two counsels who were representing a traditionalist, Abdulazeez Adegbola  Tani’ Olohun who is standing trial before an Ilorin Magistrate’s Court on alleged defamation ...

A Professor of Plant Anatomy and Taxonomy in the University of Ilorin, Abdullahi Alanamu AbdulRahman, has warned against the looming famine across the ...

The Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday pledged his support for the maintenance of the multi- billion naira ultral- modern Ilorin Central ...

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has returned popular thespian Eyiwuni Muka Aramide (Muka Ray) as Senior Special Assistant

President Bola Tinubu has directed the withdrawal of the nomination of Engr. Imam Kashim Imam to serve as the Chairman of the

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Olasupo Olusi to serve as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of

THIRTY-seven years after the death of the founder of Newswatch, a public affairs analyst and public relations consultant, Mr. Deyemi Saka,

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said yesterday that over 4,000 inmates held in prisons across the country were unable to pay N500 ...

The Nigerian Army has flagged off a military exercise in parts of the Ifelodun local government of Kwara State to flush out

The Federal Government on Thursday announced that the Third Mainland Bridge will be close to traffic from Saturday, October 21, 2023 to Sunday, ...

The Police Service Commission (PSC), on Thursday, explained the recruitment of ‘repentant thugs’ as Police Constables in Kano State.

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of eight new Chief Executive Officers for parastatals and agencies under the

There was pandemonium in the Ilorin metropolis on Thursday following a fatal accident involving a vehicle belonging to the Nigerian Correctional

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, has extended the ‘develop or revoke’ order issued religious bodies in the

Newly confirmed Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede, has revealed Nigeria lost N2.9 trillion between 2018 -2020 to contract ...

The Lagos State Police Command says it has identified the person in a viral video shown shooting an AK47 rifle at the Ladipo ...

The brewing crisis in the Senate came to a head, yesterday, as the Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume, stormed out during plenary to ...

President Bola Tinubu has dissolved the board of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), appointing a new Chief Executive Officer for the ...

Doyin Odebowale, the Special Adviser on Special Duty and Strategy to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, says his principal is not working ...

President Bola Tinubu has appointed the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Jigawa State, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, as the new Chairman of ...

 The Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has approved the promotion of all civil and public servants whose promotions were due in 2022. ...

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday launched the Renewed Hope Conditional Cash Transfer for 15 million households. The event, which coincided with the World ...

Former secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Alh Rasaq Lawal, on Tuesday, named his newborn son Lawal Olohunlalaro Alabi, in ...

A Minna Chief Magistrates Court 2 has sentenced five persons to 60 years jail for being in possession of Human Skull. They were ...

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, yesterday proposed the sum of N26.01 trillion for the 2024 fiscal year to be submitted to the National ...

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris Malagi on Monday said the Bola Tinubu administration has no plans whatsoever to stifle ...

President Bola Tinubu has presided over his second Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting and sworn in the three newly appointed ministers. The brief ...

The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has asked parties and their counsel to move all appeals arising from election ...

The Kwara State Government has inaugurated 20 people special task force officers to checkmate the indiscriminate dumping of refuse in the state. This ...

Car horns in Quito blared in celebration Sunday as banana empire heir Daniel Noboa, 35, became violence-riddled Ecuador’s youngest president-elect ever. With 90 ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the naira is currently under pressure and Nigeria is free to seek loan from the Fund ...

The Lagos State Government has vowed to prosecute employees of a nightclub in the Lekki area of the state for assaulting officials of ...

Nigeria’s Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and Speaker, House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, have been urged to “reject the recently reintroduced social media regulation ...

No fewer than seven persons have been confirmed dead and some others injured during a fire incident that occurred at Kabong, Gada Biyu ...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, has approved the engagement of a sign language interpreter during plenary and other ...

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, has commended the Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, over ...

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the Governing Board and Management team of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) for a ...