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Abuja Traders’ Association has asked the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, Usman Baba, to order the arrest and prosecution of 30 police officers used ...

Nigerian High Commisssioner to Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Maldives and Afghanistan, Ambassador Mohammed Bello Abioye has called on Nigerians, irrespective of political affiliations ...

The federal government has said Egyptian authorities are deliberately and unreasonably frustrating efforts to evacuate stranded Nigerians from war-torn Sudan despite all entreaties. ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Sunday said that there is no plan to phase out the redesigned Naira notes from circulation. ...

The federal government has concluded plans for the evacuation of more Nigerians stranded in Sudan to Egypt on Saturday for onward airlift to ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, earlier scheduled for May 3 to 7, 2023, to ...

Nigeria’s Federal Government says about 7,000 people are currently stranded at the Egyptian border on their way from Sudan including citizens of the ...

The Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) says it will arrest and prosecute guarantors of pilgrims who abscond while on pilgrimage to the holy ...

The Federal Government has declared Monday 1st of May as Public Holiday to mark this year’s Workers Day Celebration. The Minister of Interior, ...

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Friday presented cheques totaling N2,597,744,287.00 to families of 804 deceased officers and men of the Armed Forces. ...

The commissioner representing Rivers state on the board of the Niger Delta Commission (NDDC), Dr Chukwudi Dimkpa, has explained why he decided to ...

The Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, says it has submitted a new revenue formula to the Revenue Mobilization and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, to enhance ...

The National Economic Council, (NEC) has suspended the planned removal of subsidy on petroleum products which was initially scheduled for June after the ...

Aggrieved workers of Kwara State Water Corporation under the aegis of Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees ...

Stakeholders in the education sector have been called upon to work towards ensuring inclusive education for people with disabilities in the country. The ...

The Police Service Commission today, Wednesday, approved the dismissal of three Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) and the reduction in rank of an ...

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Abuja swore in six new permanent secretaries, before presiding over the meeting of the Federal Executive Council at ...

Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God and Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun have commended the Jennifer ...

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) declared on Wednesday in Abuja that no state has the right to increase Hajj fares. Its ...

Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye, Vice Chancellor, Igbinedion University Okada (IUO) Edo, on Tuesday acknowledged the role of the traditional media in promoting an egalitarian ...

The Federal Government has deployed 40 buses to move no fewer than 2,400 stranded Nigerians out of Sudan today. Chairperson of the Nigerians in ...

A clash between members of rival cult groups in Ilorin, Kwara State has claimed the life of a 23- year-old commercial tricycle rider  identified ...

The Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC) has called on President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to learn from the mistakes of past leaders to provide exemplary ...

Some gunmen have kidnapped the Federal Commissioner representing Bayelsa State at the National Population Commission, Mrs Gloria Izonfuo. She was said to have ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 42-year-old cripple, allegedly trading in illicit drug on his wheelchair in Edo. This ...

The National Population Commission (NPC) has reassured the public of the safety of its server and data as they prepare for the 2023 ...

There were 222.6 million telephone subscribers in Nigeria as at end of 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. The 2022 ...

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has described as painful and a great loss the death of High Court Judge Hon. Justice Adeyinka Sikiru ...

Twenty-one bodies have been dug out of their graves by Kenyan police in Malindi, a coastal town in the southeastern part of the ...

The Tiv Youth Council Worldwide has expressed pain that eight years of the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom have gone down the ...

The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed receipt of a letter from the Independent National Electoral Commission calling on the police to investigate the ...

A trailer conveying goods on Saturday night crushed a child to death along the Rumuosi area of the East/West Road in Obio/Akpor Local ...

Seven persons were reported burnt to death in a fatal crash along OPIC junction on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Sunday April 23, 2023. The ...

The first female Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Hon Jumoke Akindele-Ajulo, has delivered a baby. She was said to have ...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has disclosed that the presidency is worried over thousands of its ...

A media guru and public relations expert, Alh Saadudeen Salahudeen has stressed the need for Muslims in leadership positions to let the teachings ...

Following the collapse of a seven-storey building in Banana Island area of Lagos state, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered the demolition of three ...

A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja has nullified some sections of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), 2020 which were considered to ...

The Anambra State Government has approved the establishment of a bureau of missing persons. The Commissioner for Information, Paul Nwosu, in a statement ...

The Federal Government has commenced the payment of the 40 per cent pay rise arrears for civil servants, Saturday PUNCH has reliably learnt. ...

The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said the Nigerian mission in Sudan and the National Emergency Management Agency ...

The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has opened up on quitting the Aso Villa. The media aide ...

The Defence Headquarters has expressed commitment to peaceful transition to new government on May 29, and assured that the military and intelligence community ...

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has pardoned 4,000 inmates in the last eight years, Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor, Malam Hassan ...

At an occasion to mark his final outing as President on a Sallah Day, before handing over, President Muhammadu Buhari Friday thanked Nigerians ...

Social media giant Twitter has finally removed the blue legacy check marks from nonpaying users’ accounts on Thursday, weeks after the company initially announced that ...

Some business stakeholders have called on the People’s Republic of China to extend its visa validity for Nigerians. They made the on the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has been commended for his stance and resolve to leave behind a legacy that would produce a system of conducting ...

Wema Bank Plc, Nigeria’s most innovative bank, has delivered a stellar fourth quarter 2022 performance and continues its evolution into an unrivalled market ...

The Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, on Wednesday, warned that bandits could take advantage of the transition period to launch bloody attacks in ...

The FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has confirmed the death of two persons and rescue of four individuals at a collapsed wall in ...

No fewer than 3,298 inmates across the custodial centres in Nigeria are on death row, the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has revealed. Its ...

The Federal Government has inaugurated the National Bioethics Committee(NBC) to safeguard the dignity, rights, safety and wellbeing of citizens. The rationale for the ...

The Federal Government has declared Friday 21st and Monday 24th of April 2023, as Public holidays to mark this year’s EIdil-Fitr Celebration. A ...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the granting of Nigerian citizenship to 385 qualified applicants.   Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed ...

A Lagos-based Islamic Scholar and Chief Imam and missoner of Ikwatul-Islam Society of Nigeria, Alhaji Muhammad Yaqub Aliagan has encouraged the Muslim faithful ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the Inspector General of Police to investigate and possibly prosecute the Resident Electoral Commissioner in ...

The discovery of a deceased stowaway in the wheel well of a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 777 (registered PH-BQM) on Monday has ...

The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Adeleke Mamora, has given reasons why Nigeria remains a poor country despite being blessed. The minister, ...

A Coalition of Disability Organisations (CODO), has wants stakeholders in the aviation sub-secto to ensure accessible facilities for persons with disabilities within the ...