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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 ...

The newly deployed  Customs Area Controller in Kwara State Command, Comptroller Kehinde Ilesanmi has paid a courtesy visit to all the sister agencies ...

The Deputy Governor of Kwara state, Mr Kayode Alabi on Tuesday tasked members of the publicity committee for the forthcoming 2023 Population and ...

Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has approved the payment of salaries of workers for the month of April, ahead of the Sallah celebration.  ...

Rev. Yakubu Pam, the Executive Secretary, Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) has said it would initiate a media pilgrims package for journalists. Pam ...

President Muhammadu Buhari says the ongoing fight in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, between the military and powerful paramilitary, Rapid Support Forces, RSF, is ...

Nearly 100 civilians have died and hundreds wounded in ongoing battles between Sudan’s regular army and a powerful paramilitary force after long-running bitter ...

Dr Huseyn Zakaria, the Chief Missioner, Uthman Bin Affan Mosque, Wuse II, Abuja, has called on the incoming administration of the President-elect, Sen ...

Gamji Members Association (GAMA), Kwara State chapter has elected new executives to pilot its affairs. GAMA is an association whose members are committed ...

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kogi state chapter, has cautioned aggrieved aspirants in the Kogi state governorship primary elections against misrepresentation of ...

Minister of Women Affairs Pauline Tallen has urged Nigerians to stand in solidarity with security organisations by providing information that will help to ...

Kwara State government has restated its commitment to the full implementation of all the components of the National Social Investment Programmes N-SIP scheme ...

The Federal Government on Thursday urged Nigerians to make themselves available for the National Population and Housing Census billed for May. The Minister ...

Nigerian Police Force Kwara State Command on Thursday paraded a gang of kidnappers who were alleged to have been terrorizing Kwara communities. Addressing ...

A 100 level student of Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, Aminat Tajudeen has reportedly slumped and died while receiving a lecture in ...

Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly,Engineer Yakubu Salihu has charged journalists to continue to ensure professionalism in their reportage. Engineer Salihu representing Ilesha-Gwanara ...

A District Court in Ilorin has officially evicted occupant of the guest chalet of the Kwara state council of Nigeria Union of Journalists, ...

For several hours last Friday, the former candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi, was detained by British Immigration officers at Heathrow ...

Former Managing Director of Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) Hadiza Bala-Usman has accused former Minster of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi of sacking her to protect ...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Wednesday, approved the sum of N6.28 billion for surface maintenance of the Third Mainland Bridge, in Lagos State. ...

The Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), in partnership with Wema Bank and Digix Technologies, has unveiled a cashless payment application for ...

By Kayode The first session of the 17th Synod of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Diocese of Kwara, will begin on Thursday ...

Former Anambra State Governor Chinwoke Mbadinuju is dead. Mbadinuju’s death was announced in a statement by Cheta Chinwoke Mbadinuju on behalf of the ...

Producer of Peak milk FrieslandCampina WAMCO Plc have apologised over a controversial advert published on it’s social media handles during the Easter period. ...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has described as “insensitive, offensive, and totally unacceptable” an Easter advert by FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC, makers ...

The Senate has indicted the Budget Office of the Federation for given out N19 billion to four MDAs without the approval of the ...

Reactions have continued to trail the Federal Government’s planned disbursement of a World Bank loan of $800million as a post petroleum subsidy palliative ...

A patrol team of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Osun State has been commended for returning N27.1 million recovered from an ...

National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, on Saturday explained that nautical proximity to Saudi Arabia, the price and location of accommodation for pilgrims ...

The Bishop Diocese of Kwara Anglican Communion Rt. Revd Sunday Timothy Adewole has urged the aggrieved politicians to seek justice in Court and ...