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President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to give him seven days to resolve the issues surrounding the policy of the Central Bank of ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has express worry over incessant attacks on its facilities weeks to the 2023 general election. A statement ...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), approved the sum of N9.6 billion to two states Plateau and Borno for road projects built on behalf ...

Over 40 persons are reportedly trapped in a two storey Building that collapsed at 7th avenue, Gwarimpa, Abuja. The Director, FCT Department of ...

The Director-General, National Youths Service Corps, Brigadier General Dogara Ahmed has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to make security, welfare and ...

The National Commissioner, National Population Commission (NPC) in Kwara State, Alhaji Rasaq Gidado says the 2023 Census is so crucial to the country ...

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Professor Wahab Egbewolehas on Wednesday said that students of the school will be allowed to vote ...

The Federal Government has filed additional evidence against three Abuja-based legal practitioners over allegations bordering on impersonation.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports ...

The free press has been described as essential companion in democracy and nation building. A media practitioner, Oluseyi Dasilva made this known while ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Kwara State Council has expressed concern over scarcity of new naira notes in circulation. It warned that the ...

The Kwara State Government has again approved the installation of 11 transformers across communities in its ongoing efforts to boost access to regular ...

The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy has been issued a 48-hour ultimatum to account for N13.9 billion Service Wide vote collected from ...

The Nigerian Army has paraded over one hundred suspected criminals in Lagos. The suspects were arrested for various crimes during the ‘Exercise still ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria says the old two hundred, five hundred and one thousand naira notes will cease to be legal tender ...

The Special Adviser to Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti state on Budget, Economic Planning and Performance Management, Mr. Niyi Adebayo, has explained that ...

The newly appointed Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.- Gen Yusha’u Dogara Ahmed, has taken over the leadership of ...

Lack of practical experience has remained a major reason why young Nigerian engineers are not making headway in their chosen discipline, national chairman ...

The Department of State Services (DSS), has announced the arrest of sellers of new Naira notes in various parts of Nigeria. In a ...

Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) says a major contributor to Africa’s rising public debt is the unprecedented influx of private lenders flooding ...

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Bello, says one of the most challenging assignments of his office is land matters. The Minister ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the deadline for the use of the old notes in the country till February 10. ...

The Lagos State Government has said it will divert traffic at the Old Tollgate to Berger section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway from Monday, ...

The Chairman of the Association of Kwara Online Media Practitioners, Salihu Shola Taofeek who doubles as the Publisher of Informant247 online Newspaper has ...

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday, said the government’s currency swap is not meant to target innocent citizens but corrupt persons and terror financiers ...

Barely four days to the expiration of the old naira notes deadline, many Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) in major parts of Lagos do ...

Perturbed over lingering hike in price of petrol, the Kwara State Council of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the state government to ...

Nasarawa State Government says the explosion that killed over 40 herders in Rukubi village Doma Local Government Area of the state was a ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Friday advised motorists against the use of 18-seater buses for long distance travels. The Corps Marshal ...

An Abuja-based Islamic cleric, Imam Yahya Al-Yolawi has advised Muslims, especially the youths against promoting tribal and religious sentiments in the ongoing political ...

The Management of Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS) is dismayed at the unfair and untrue claims by NAPPS that the agency is ...

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Tuesday met with a Kwara young talent, Aliyu Musa, who built an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), also ...

The new Customs Area Comptroller, Kahinde Dehinde Ilesanmi on Friday assumed duty in Kwara state zonal command. Kahinde took over from Hussaini Jallo ...

Some members of the elite are selfish and do not care about the country’s progress, President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday. He said that ...

 A professor of law, Joshua Alobo, has dragged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, seeking ...

Nigerians should no longer be in doubt about those working in cahoots with fifth columnists in the system to inflict avoidable pains on ...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission rearrested a former registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Adedibu Ojerinde, ...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest to the Inspector General of ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has collaborated with the Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBSS) to launch the National Domestic Card ...

The Abia State Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Prof Uche Ikonne, is dead. This was announced in a statement by his son, Dr ...

No fewer than 27 Fulani pastoralists have been killed after a bomb exploded on Tuesday night at the border linking Nasarawa and Benue ...

Hajia Jumai Ahmed, the North Central Zonal Coordinator of National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, says the 10,000 capacity lDPs ...

Explosions on Tuesday allegedly killed scores of persons at Galkogo community, in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The PUNCH gathered that ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the constitution of a 14-man Steering Committee on Petroleum Products Supply and Distribution management to find lasting solution ...

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police,(AIG) Zone 9, Umuahia, Isaac Akinmoyede, has called on government to generate employment for youths and provide an atmosphere ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) will conduct the certification of drivers and vehicles to be used for the forthcoming elections across the ...

Some Muslim women on Sunday expressed  love and care to one another to mark the annual Ummahaat (married women’s) Day. The event organised ...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has condoled the Catholic Church over the killing of Isaac Achi, a priest of St. Peters and ...

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Saturday unveiled the State Anthem to inculcate patriotism and discipline among the citizens. Ganduje, who spoke ...

Ekiti State on Saturday has recorded the first rain in the year 2023. Among the areas where it was recorded were, Adebayo, Olorunsogo, ...

The Chairman of Nigeria’s National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Kwarra has assured citizens of a transparent and credible head count in this year’s ...

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, a group, Rise Networks, on Friday in Abuja launched a mobile application Run-Am to help Nigerians check ...

Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has sacked the State Executives of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state with the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to Lagos State for two days working visit to commission a number of legacy projects on Monday. Gbenga ...

Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan has reiterated the International Labour Organization, ILO’s statistics which state that up ...

Subscribers to the NLC/TUC Good Homes scheme have appealed to authorities concerned to allocate land for them to address their housing challenges. They ...

All passengers kidnapped on January 7 at the Chief Tom Ikimi Railway Station Ekekhen in Igueben, Edo State, along the Warri Itakpe rail ...

The United Nations Women and Canada, in collaboration with Federation of Muslim Women Association in Nigeria (FOMWAN), have sensitised Muslim women in ‘purdah’ ...

Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has blamed the poor state of development in the country on the huge population of unemployed people in ...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the recommendation for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC LTD.) to invest 1.9 trillion in ...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N1.4 billion for the procurement of vehicles for the hydro-carbon pollution remediation project ...