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The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) in Kwara State has congratulated the state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on his appointment as the chairman of the ...

A former academic staff member of Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Kebbi State, Muhammed Sani Nuhu, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the policies taken by his administration were deliberately made for the development of the country. He stated ...

A pan-Yoruba group, Oodua Council Forum (OCF) has asked Nigerians to pray for the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu said his tenure will ...

Former United Kingdom Prime Minister, Tony Blair arrived in Nigeria on Tuesday and met with the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Tinubu, on his official ...

Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti has been released on Tuesday night on bail, from the detention of the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Lagos. ...

Eminent citizens have continued to express condolences over the passing of the pioneer Professor of Geology in Africa, Jamiu Mosobalaje Oyawoye. The Nigerian ...

Travellers to Enugu, Owerri, Aba and other parts of the South East from Asaba, Delta State, will experience some traffic relief from today ...

Chief Press Secretary of Kogi state, Onogwu Muhammed stated on Monday that Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello has signed five Bills into law. ...

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has approved the deposition of the traditional rulers of Piriga and Arak Chiefdoms, His Highness Jonathan Paragua ...

The first Professor of Geology in Africa, Professor Mosobalaje Jamiu Oyawoye is dead. He died on Monday at the age of 95. The ...

Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities have re-elected Professor Emmanuel Osodeke unopposed as their National President to steer the affairs of ...

Nigeria’s profile in the global oil industry will be boosted today as President Muhammadu Buhari leads five other African Presidents to inaugurate  Dangote ...

The Delta police command on Sunday arrested a woman, Queen Uwagbogu, who deals on illegal sale of AK-47 ammunition to criminals in the ...

Three years after the commencement of trial, the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the outgoing Muhammadu Buhari administration to “account for ...

Founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) has asked the incoming administration of the President-elect, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, to borrow a cue from ...

Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, yesterday, lamented that over 70 per cent of ...

The Federal Government has removed the Managing Director of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, Capt Rabiu Yadudu. This is as the FG ...

The federal government has recognised and awarded 29 staffers for their hard work and performance in the discharge of their various duties in the ...

No fewer than 125 dead bodies were recovered and given mass burial in the past three days, Mwaghavul Development Association (MDA), a socio-cultural ...

Lawyers to embattled Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, have accused the police of disobeying a court order by withholding the artiste’s case file. The ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has cautioned traders to beware of fraudsters who may be calling them via phone, saying it’s another tactic ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein as the substantive Accountant General of the Federation (AGF). Madein, Director of Finance and ...

Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped some National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that ...

Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle is under probe for mismanaging N70 billion, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said yesterday. It said ...

President-elect and Vice President-elect, Bola Tinubu and Kasim Shettima, will on Thursday, May 25, 2023, be conferred National Honours as the Grand Commander ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has granted automatic employment in the Federal Civil Service to 65 former members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, ...

Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun has remanded the Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, for 48 hours in police custody for allegedly assaulting a police officer. Kuti, ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed the arrest of two of its officials, Apata Odunayo and Ogbuji Tochukwu, who were allegedly ...

The Presidency says the high inflation in the country is a world-wide problem which no nation is immune to following the global economic ...

Nigeria spent over N13 trillion on petrol subsidies in 16 years, the Federal Government said yesterday. Mustapha spoke in Abuja at the launch ...

At least 21 suspected illegal miners have been arrested in Cross River State by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps. The suspects ...

An American University Professor,Joseph Dituri in Florida has spent 74 days under water at a deep lagoon in Key Largo, Florida. The US researcher ...

Kano State Government has sensitised youths on mental health and substance abuse. At the event organized by the office of the special adviser ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says that over 40,000 people die annually as a result of Road Traffic Crashes in Nigeria. Dauda ...

The Kwara State Government today sealed off the China Kaidi Quarry site along Ilorin-Ogbomoso road, due to significant concerns over safety of Kwarans ...

Federal Government has advised State Governments to fully optimise the recently signed constitutional amendment to improve the condition of inmates in custodial facilities ...

Nigerians have been given to improvisations since the turn of inflation and the economic crisis. Most of the improvisations have saved them money ...

Saturday marked the arrival of the 15th and final group of Nigerian students from Sudan at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. ...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) wants the World Bank to suspend $800 million loan disbursement to the Federal Government. It also ...

Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) operating in Lake Chad Basin Region has neutralised some terrorists and recovered heavy weapons. A ...

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has stopped electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos ) from billing any customer already disconnected for non-payment.  It is ...

Seun Kuti, the son of Afro-beat king, the late Fela Anikulapo Kuti, could be charged if found guilty of assaulting a policeman. The ...

Barely 24 hours after the death of a popular Nollywood actor, Saint Obi, a Yoruba popular actor and filmmaker, Murphy Afolabi, is reportedly ...

The Nigerian Army says Sunday says, the erstwhile Group Managing Director (GMD) Nigerian Army Properties Limited (NAPL) Major General UM Mohammed is being ...

The Federal Government says it spends N1 million annually to cater for each of the inmates at the correctional facilities in the country. ...

The Ibagun community in Ilorin East local government area of Kwara State on Saturday presented a vehicle to the ward’s community policing for ...

Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has said that the amended Act on Correctional Service will allow State Governments to establish their correctional ...

The Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Saturday called on Islamic organizations in the country to join hands with government in dousing religious ...

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), says it will appeal a ruling by a Federal High Court, Abuja nullifying its powers to impose fines ...

A retired assistant commissioner of police, Mr Simeon Ajisafe has appealed to the the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alikali Baba to expedite ...

A major crisis is looming between Rivers and Bayelsa states as the Rivers State Government has threatened to take over the Bayelsa State property ...

Thundercloud activities with possible heavy rainfall are expected in some Northeastern States in coming days. In a statement on Thursday, The Nigerian Meteorological ...

The Federal Government is to spend over N22 billion to feed inmates across the country.  The Controller General, Nigeria Correctional Service, Haliru Nababa ...

The Zonal Commander of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Michael Nzekwe has identified the role of ...

Director General Budget Office of the Federation Ben Akabueze has raised the alarm over Nigeria’s borrowing plan, saying the nation was fast exceeding ...

About 42.5 million people in ECOWAS region stand the risk of being in need of emergency food and nutritional assistance between June and ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has given an order of perpetual injunction restraining the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from imposing fines, ...

The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has between January and March, 2023 generated the sum of N3,566,997,587.12. The command also ...

The Chairman, Police Service Commissioner, Dr. Solomon Arase (IGP Retired) has blamed the seeming lack of success in the operationalization of Community Policing ...