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In response to recent reports of kidnapping in some parts of Kwara State, Nigerian army has commenced a coordinated security sweep in three ...

No fewer than twenty-five staff of the Niger State Judiciary have been sacked by the Judicial Service Commission, NJSC, over alleged certificate forgery. ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Water Resources to lead and coordinate with the Ministries of Environment and Transportation as well ...

Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the final forfeiture of two Abuja properties and two luxury cars ...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has called for calm as it works with other law enforcement agencies and stakeholders to maintain peace ...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says unregulated use of social media and other digital platforms is posing enormous challenges globally. He ...

The Federal Government (FG), through its agency, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), has pledged to support Dunchi Lar, a Nigerian lady who ...

One Customs officer, ASCIS Saheed Aweda has been reportedly killed as suspected hoodlums attacked a patrol team of the NigeriaCustoms Service in Igboho ...

Zamfara Government’s Anti-Thuggery Standing Committee has arrested three suspects for allegedly supplying SIM cards, drugs, illegal substances and sexual enhancers to bandits. The ...

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend said his administration will not relent in its efforts to reduce rural-urban migration by redistributing ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate in the 2023 polls, Bola Tinubu, has donated N100 million to flood victims in Kano. Mr Tinubu announced ...

Preparatory to the 2023 general elections, the Kwara State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has concluded arrangement to organize a two-day ...

The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM) has cautioned Nigerians against panic buying of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), and cooking gas, ...

Former Governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has expressed surprise that the ...

The United Arab Emirates Immigration authorities have announced a visa ban on Nigerians adding that all submitted applications are rejected and fees non-refundable. ...

Most Revd. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, the Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop of Abuja has explained that he was pressurized not to accept the National Honour ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has conferred Nigeria Excellence Award in Public Service (NEAPS) on former president Goodluck Jonathan and 43 other prominent Nigerians. The ...

The EndSARS memorial participants who were detained at the Lekki tollgate have been released, according to the Lagos State Police Command on Thursday. ...

The federal government on Thursday warned that it will no longer tolerate strike that does not follow due process by any union, during ...

The Independent Hajj Reporters (IHR) on Friday challenged the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) to stop wild goose chase and expedite refund ...

Operatives of the Nigerian Police on Thursday dispersed protesters with gunshots and teargas at the Lekki Toll Gate. In a video circulating online, ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered the reversal of the implementation of the newly approved 10% hike in tariff for voice and ...

The Ebonyi Government on Wednesday suspended Mr. Godwin Nwankwo, Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Power and Energy over alleged persistent theft ...

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola says it will deploy a nationally coordinated approach involving all arms and levels of government ...

The United States (US) has pledged to give $1 million in emergency humanitarian aid to Nigerians impacted by severe flooding. The $1 million, ...

Numerous arguments have been put out by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, to support the current arrangement of cooperation between the National ...

Kwara state governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazq says his administration will continue to place priority on youth empowerment and infrastructural development to enable the state ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has disengaged Effiong Akwa from his position as Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. This was contained ...

Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has called caution among politicians as the country is preparing for the 2023 general elections. Abdulrazaq made this ...

The Australian government has issued a travel advisory to its citizens living in Nigeria amidst increasing threats of insecurity and the recent flooding ...

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kwara state command on Wednesday said it arrested 11 suspects in connection with illegal mining activities ...

Nigeria’s military has cautioned politicians and their supporters to “desist from misusing images and visuals of military personnel” for political gains. The statement ...

Kwara state government has vowed to order the consultant and the contractor that constructed the N3.5 billion diamond underpass flyover in Ilorin to ...

Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede on Wednesday expressed satisfaction with the inaugural phase of the Computer-Based ...

Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 convicted and sentenced a 29-year-old Chinese National, ...

At least two persons have been shot dead, while others were abducted after armed bandits invaded the Abdulsalami Abubakar General Hospital, Gulu in ...

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Tuesday said the flooding in the state was overwhelming and beyond what the state government alone ...

In view of the negative perception of the public against the Police, the Inspector General of Police IGP, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered ...

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) have faulted the Zamfara State government’s shutting down of broadcast houses. ...

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA during counternarcotic operations across 12 States have arrested a pregnant woman, a nursing mother ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared open the last Ministerial Performance Review Retreat of his administration, on Monday, saying high-impact projects have been implemented ...

The Police Command in Ebonyi State has debunked the news of the alleged abduction of the Labour Party Senatorial candidate for Ebonyi South, ...

The Kwara Advancement Initiative, KAI, has expressed disbelief over the sudden decision of the Kwara State Government to renovate the Metropolitan Square, Ilorin ...

The federal government says no fewer than 2,504,095 Nigerians have been affected by the ravaging flood disaster in parts of the country while ...

Biodun Oyebanji has been sworn in as the fifth democratically elected Governor of Ekiti State. Oyebanji was sworn with his Deputy Chief Monisade ...

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, Kwara State Command on Sunday confirmed the rescue of Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP Ahmed Yusuf, kidnapped ...

Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle of Zamfara State has shutdown all federal and private media Houses in the state for covering PDP’s political rally. ...

Six People have lost their lives when a boat capsized with 48 passengers at Gbara Village in Mokwa Local government area of Niger ...

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has said that Nine Ghanaians arrested for attempting to smuggle 10,843.95kgs cannabis into Nigeria through the sea ...

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kwara State Council is doing all it can to prevail on the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to ...

History was made on Saturday when the first aircraft touched down at the newly constructed Ekiti Cargo Airport along Ado-Ijan road, Ado-Ekiti, the ...

Buba Galadima, a former close ally of the President Muhammadu Buhari criticised the national honours and awards recently given out to some Nigerians ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), House of Representatives candidate for Asa/Ilorin West Federal Constituency, Alhaji Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim, has congratulated the 11 indigenes ...

Fresh trouble may be in the offing for the Biafra nation agitator, Nnamdi Kanu, as the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and ...

Days after the shutdown of Kwara Hotel, the Kwara State Government has inaugurated a 10-people Steering Committee to look into how the hotel ...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday declared as illegal and unlawful, the abduction of the Biafra nation agitator, Nnamdi Kanu from ...

The Republic of South Sudan has sought collaboration with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to help in boosting the development of its ...

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has urged anti-corruption agencies to prosecute suspects in the Halliburton and Siemens bribery scandals. The ...

In order to rake in N10 million from his parents, a 23-year-old boy, Edward Okache, has arranged his abduction by some men in ...

A police officer, Abdulmumini Yusuf, has allegedly been kidnapped by suspected gunmen in Ilorin, Kwara State. The victim, popularly called “Emirate No1”, is ...