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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 ...

Former president of National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Comrade Ben Duntoye has urged the youths in Kwara State to reciprocate Governor AbdulRahman ...

A Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, has stopped the state chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) from recognising Alhaji Mustapha Salman Isowo, as ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has asked the Court of Appeal in Abuja, praying it to vary the orders it granted for ...

At last, the Department of State Service (DSS) has created social media handles to enhance engagement with citizens and the Nigerian public.  DSS ...

The presidential candidate of the Labour party, Peter Obi, has met with Jennifer Efedi, who was attacked by hoodlums during the just concluded ...

An officer of the Nigerian Army and two soldiers have been shot dead by another soldier who later shot himself dead in Rabbah ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Monday, admitted the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, to N500 million ...

The Nigeria Police Force says it has paid allowances to all police personnel that participated in the Presidential and National Assembly Elections on ...

The Nation President, Oodua Progressives Care Initiative (OPCI), Chief (Dr.) Maruff Olarewaju, has described the victory of the presidential candidate of the All ...

Kwara State Commissioner for Energy, Hon. Abdulwahab Femi Agbaje White has said the Ministry has secured an approval to install another set of ...

Islamic clerics in Okelele in Ibagun ward of Ilorin East local government area,on Saturday, gathered to hold a special prayer for the success ...

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has alleged that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, introduced the naira redesign ...

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Federal Government to allow the old Naira notes to continue as legal tender until Dec. 31, ...

President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated 700 Ashok Leyland troops-carrying vehicles for the Armed Forces of Nigeria on Friday. The inauguration was done virtually. Buhari ...

Organisers of African Heritage Concert and Awards are set to confer an award on former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for being the first ...

The federal government declared Thursday that 1, 940, 004 vulnerable Nigerians are currently receiving N5, 000 cash gifts each, every month. The Minister ...

Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, relocated to the Defence Guest House in the Maitama District of Abuja, from where he will function ...

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has vowed to challenge the outcome of Saturday’s presidential election that produced Bola ...

President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila yesterday congratulated Asiwaju Bola ...

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the APC family nationwide on the victory at the polls. ...