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The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC has directed its members to embark on nationwide protest on Wednesday next week and picket the offices of ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Dr Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) the winner of the March 18 governorship ...

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Kwara State’s chapter has congratulated the state governor, AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq on his victory at the just concluded governorship ...

The outgoing Nigerian government will likely end petrol subsidy payments by May this year, the WesternPost can authoritatively report. Subsidy payments have been ...

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has officially presented a Certificate of Yoruba Territory to Quilombola territory in Brazil, making ...

A former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, on Tuesday, told the Federal High Court in Lagos that he was made ...

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos and Ogun state have sentenced six drug traffickers to a total of 156 years imprisonment for ...

The Kwara State chapter of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum AYCF has congratulated the State Governor, AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq on his re-election for a second ...

A Non-Governmental Organisation ‘CLEEN Foundation’ on Tuesday began a two day seminar on the implementation holding of criminal justice legislations in Kwara state. ...

The House of Representatives Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for Asa/Ilorin West Federal Constituency in the just concluded general elections, Alhaji ...

Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 18 governorship and House of Assembly elections in Kwara state, Alhaji Shuaib ...

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alh. Muhammad Sa’ad ...

Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State Rev. Fr Hycinth Alia has been declared winner of 2023 governorship election which ...

The Plateau state governorship collation and returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Idris Amale, has declared the candidate of ...

Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Abba Yusuf has been declared winner of the 2023 governorship election in Kano State. The ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has suspended further collation of governorship election results in some parts of Abia and Enugu states. This was ...

The Kano state government has imposed a dawn to dusk curfew, to avoid breakdown of law and order in the state. Muhammad Garba, ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Adamawa State governorship election inconclusive. The collation officer said on Monday that a winner ...

The Kwara State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has felicitated Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on his victory in the just concluded gubernatorial ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the currency in circulation in the country has dropped to N982.09 billion at the end of ...

A financial expert, Mr Muktar Muhammed, has urged the CBN to take urgent steps to address continuous shortage of naira notes in circulation. ...

The Governorship and State House of Assembly election in Kwara State was characterised by apathy as there was no enthusiasm among the electorates, ...

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has cast his ballot at 12:45pm at his Idigba Polling Unit 004 of Adewole Ward in Ilorin West, ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday paraded twenty suspected vote buyers arrested during the ongoing Governorship and State House of ...

The crisis rocking Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund NSITF, has taken a new twist on Friday morning as the Management and the Minister ...

The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom, Dr Cyril Omorogbe, on Thursday, disclosed that the commission has delisted 100 ad hoc staff ...

A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Thursday condemned in strong terms a statement ...

National Vice Chairman, North-west of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Mallam Salihu Moh. Lukman, has dismissed threats of a lawsuit made against ...

President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, dampened the hope of advocates of a government of national unity, favouring competence over such a political ...

From left to right, Chief Digital Officer, Wema Bank, Olusegun Adeniyi; Divisional Head, Brand People, and Culture, Wema Bank, Ololade Ogungbenro; Executive Director, ...

The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has asked the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to address concerns over the new charges introduced ...

The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC has sanctioned 25 broadcast stations for violating the provisions of the broadcasting code and the Electoral Act. The ...

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the 2023 population and housing census earlier scheduled for March 29 has been shifted ...

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, said a total of 12,988,978 cyber attacks were blocked originating within and outside Nigeria ...

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has asked residents of the state, especially marketers, to collect and spend the old and new naira notes ...

Kwara State Government has praised the foresight of President Muhammadu Buhari in establishing the National Social Investment Programmes (N- SIP), noting that the ...

The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the rescue of a journalist, Olusegun Oduneye, three days after he was kidnapped by gunmen at ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN says the old N200, N500, N1,000 notes remain legal tender till December 31, 2023. In a statement, ...

By Usman Aliyu The 2020 and 2021 Audit Reports of the Edo State government do not comply with standards; still, an official of ...

Nigeria’s first female elected Senator, Franca Afegbua, has passed on at age 79. This was disclosed in a statement by the Afegbua’s family ...

rehabilitated ex-fighter of the Boko Haram terror group, Alayi Madu and the traditional ruler of Kajola, a border community between Ondo and Edo ...

By Daniel Ighakpe A healthy drink, milk is the first food a baby takes upon birth. Breast milk provides the ideal nutrition for ...

The postponement of the Gubernatorial and State Houses of Assembly elections may affect the conduct of this year’s population and housing census. The ...

Sheikh Yahya Al-Yolawi, the Chief of Nurul Yaqeen Jumma’at Mosque Life Camp, Abuja, has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ensure ...

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has been a progressive leader who truly cares for the people of the state, including workers, according to ...

… Investigations ongoing – Military The Nigerian Army on Wednesday recovered 1,671 Permanent Voter Cards, phones and chargers from an apartment in the ...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Church of Anglican Communion, Kwara State, have dissociated themselves from the purported endorsement of a governorship ...

A former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has told a court in London that he was advised by his doctor against ...

Five persons were killed in an auto crash on the Enugu-Awka-Onitsha Road on Thursday. Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) ...

The Presidency has said despite alleged irregularities and harsh criticism of the Independent National Electoral Commission, the results of the February 25 Presidential ...

At least five persons are feared dead and many others severely injured in a crash involving a BRT Bus and a fast-moving train ...

The Defence Headquarters said on Thursday that a total of 1,332 terrorists and their family members surrendered to troops of Operation Hadin Kai ...

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday commissioned 11.16km Osi-Obbo-Aiyegunle Road, breaking what locals called a jinx of different governments awarding and abandoning ...

The Federal High Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to directly and electronically upload from the polling units ...

Atuku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has put together a legal team of 19 Senior Advocates of Nigeria ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has rescheduled the governorship and the state assembly elections to March 18, 2023. This is to enable the ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said that the reset of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines must be done ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), in Sokoto state, Dr. Nura Ali. This was disclosed in ...

Lagos State government has begun releasing impounded vehicles to their owners free of charge due to the cash crunch occasioned by the Naira ...

The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, urged the Court of Appeal in Abuja to order the Independent National Electoral Commission to grant him ...