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President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, has disclosed that the president refrained from removing former Governor Ayodele Fayose from office at a time ...

Stakeholders have urged media practitioners to desist from publishing fake news, that could discredit the electoral process in the upcoming 2023 general elections. ...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday, received 191 stranded Nigerians from India. The returnees, who were evacuated by NEMA on behalf ...

The National Population Commission (NPC) on Friday flagged off training for sixty (65) persons on Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI), in Ilorin, Kwara ...

Social Democratic Party (SDP) House of Representatives candidate for the Ilorin East/Ilorin South federal constituency, Alhaji Abdulganiyu Cook-Olododo, has empowered 100 youth with ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Thursday, said it had so far recovered over N30 billion from the corruption activities surrounding the ...

Immediate past governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola, has for the umpteenth time, disclosed that he did not take any bank facility for ...

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke on Thursday said his administration inherited N407.32 billion debt from the immediate past government of Adegboyega Oyetola. Adeleke, ...

The Kwara State Government has on Thursday donated mobility aids to persons living with disabilities at an event organized by the Ministry of ...

Former group executive director, Harmony Holdings Limited, Ilorin Kwara State, Otunba Bayo Sanni, has clarified that he is not involved in any case ...

The Deputy Director of Media and Publicity for Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Councils for the 2023 Presidential election, Issa Lanre Onilu, has lauded the efforts ...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Wednesday, approved N9.24 billion for the 2022/2023 Group Life Insurance Cover for federal civil servants. Minister of ...

In an effort to reduce unemployment, the United Kingdom has announced an opportunity for qualified Nigerian teachers to relocate to the country. This ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday vacated its November 29, 2022 order committing the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman ...

The presidency has again dismissed allegations of misappropriation of stamp duty funds leveled against some government agencies by a member of the House ...

The high court sitting in Owerri has adjourned the case on the purported sale of the old secretariat of the Nigeria Union of ...

As part of the preparation for the 2023 Population and Housing Census, the National Population Commission (NPC) on Tuesday flagged off master trainers ...

Amid claims that he is backing Peter Obi, the Labour Party, LP, flag bearer, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said nobody can threaten ...

The House of Representatives has asked Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority to collaborate with Nigerian Police Force and DSS to clamp ...

The Nigeria Police said it has put in place water- tight measures to ensure the conduct of free, fair, and transparent general elections ...

The federal government has said either pre-arrival or post-arrival testing for COVID-19 is no longer required for travellers “irrespective of vaccination status”. This ...

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke on Monday directed all mining companies in the state to pay 13 percent derivation on the value of ...

Zamfara state High Court II sitting in Gusau has remanded the state Commissioner of Agriculture and Natural resources Ibrahim Jibo Magayaki for contempt ...

The Federal Government has approved the production of Indigenous Satellite in Nigeria to boost Internet broadband penetration. The satellite production and design will ...

The Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has described the appointment of its member, Fatima Asabe Jiya, into the ...

Ogun State has been confirmed as the next hosts of the biennial National Sports Festival in 2024. This was made known during the ...

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. – Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has charged 6,226 recruits of 83 regular intake of the Nigerian Army to ...

Nigerian singer, Daniel Oladapo popularly known as Dbanj has charged the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, to ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Cross River, has charged the Association of Licensed Private Security Practitioners of Nigeria on ...

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, on Friday, was in Lagos for the commissioning of projects that have been successfully completed ...

Niger State Command of the Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has intercepted two trucks loaded with vandalized railway slippers from Bosso ...

The Information Technology Professionals Association (ITPA), Kwara State branch, has launched a mobile app to complement the efforts of the state government and ...

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed the trio of Razaq Adio; Barrister Falola Jimoh Olarewaju; and Fatima Asabe Jiyah as members of ...

The House Committee of the Whole during the week did the clause-by-clause consideration of the Peace Corps bill. The bill was passed by ...

The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian, Disaster Management and Social Development in partnership with the Kwara State government has flagged off the disbursement of ...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has given the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and oil marketers a 48-hour ultimatum to make ...

Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Lucky Irabor has revealed that the military and other security agencies constantly come under pressure to ...

Air strikes by the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, have killed scores of terrorists in their hideouts in the Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna ...

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has said idolatery is fast growing in the state, especially among the youths. Soludo, therefore, urged the ...

The Nigerian government says it had realised at least N120 billion as proceeds from criminal financial operations since the Bill on Proceeds of ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) Computer Security Incident Response Team has cautioned Nigerians about the risks of participating in the viral TikTok challenge, ...

The Kwara State Social Investment Programmes (KWASSIP) has concluded preparations to add public workfare to its activities, deepening its statutory efforts to reduce ...

An appeal has gone to the National Assembly to pass the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) bill into law for benefits of Nigerian ...

Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the Governor of Ondo State, has submitted to the state House of Assembly a N272.736 billion budget proposal for the 2023 ...

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has commenced an investigation into the utilisation of N3.4 billion personnel cost allocation provided in ...

The Ogun State police is ready to give N2.5 million to any individual with useful information about the hoodlums that razed the office ...

The Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province and Bishop, Enugu Diocese, Anglican Communion, Most. Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma has again come hard on President Muhammadu ...

Emir of Kano Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero has described the conduct of a credible and authentic census as pivotal to human and societal ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Sunday denied reports that it is recruiting. The anti-graft agency gave the denial in a ...

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend presented a car key to the star winner of the State’s Civil Service Award programme, ...

The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) says the increased cost of diesel and other logistics is going to be a significant determinant in the ...

The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has commended the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC for ...

Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, CON, has confirmed the receipt of 13 per cent oil derivation, subsidy and SURE-P refunds from ...

The Nigeria Governors Forum has accused the Federal Government of pushing its responsibilities to states. In a response to Minister of National Planning, ...

Governors of Rivers and Benue States, Nyesom Wike and Samuel Ortom have challenged president Muhammadu Buhari to name governors stealing local government funds. ...

In an effort to get rid of 18 million rats, the New York City is looking to employ experts rat terminator. It was estimated in 2014 ...

Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has urged the Federal Government to quickly open a thorough investigation into the failure of the ...

Amidst growing discontent in Niger Delta states that some government officials had misused the oil derivation refunds in the region, the Presidency released ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it secured 3,440 convictions on financial and cyber crimes across the country from January to ...

The National Judicial Council NJC has set up 15 high powered probe panels to investigate alleged gross misconduct allegations brought against 15 Judges ...