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The Federal Government has declared Monday, October 3 as a public holiday to mark the nation’s 62nd Independence anniversary. Minister of Interior, Rauf ...

The Presidency has warned that no state has been authorised to procure automatic weapons for their security outfits. A statement by the Special ...

The House of Representatives has called for inclusion of reconstruction of the bridge connecting Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara and the Republic ...

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered Labour Party (LP) and its supporters not to converge at the Lekki Toll Gate ...

A Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) and a civilian were killed by hoodlums during an attack on Igangan police station in Oyo State. The ...

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved approximately N600 million for the purchase of four customized armoured carriers for the National Drug Law ...

National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons NAPTIP, in Collaboration with META has launched AMBER Alerts Platform to track and rescue ...

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said that it has set ablaze 1.8 tons of cocaine recovered by the Agency from a warehouse ...

Kano state hisbah board says, it has intercepted a trailer conveying large consignment of alcoholic drinks. The Deputy Commander General in charge of ...

The National Population Commission yesterday sensitized critical stakeholders in Kwara state as part of the ongoing preparation for the 2023 population and housing ...

Vice Chancellor of Ahman Pategi University in Kwara State, Professor Mahfouz Adedimeji has urged Nigerians to stop hating one another and embrace love ...

Police Service Commission (PSC) has extended the closure of its recruitment portal for the 2022 batch of constables in the Nigeria Police Force ...

The United Nations Resident Humanitarian Coordinator, UNRC, in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale has sounded that Nigeria is living through uncertain times given the challenges ...

Considering the risks and threats journalists encounter in the line of duty, the Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) is to deploy 30,000 operatives to ensure peace during the upcoming general elections in Nigeria. ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that insecurity, especially kidnapping and banditry will seize to exist before the end of this year. Speaking ...

An attack by terrorists along Kaduna-Kachia highway in Kaduna State led to the abduction of some All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains. The attack, ...

Police Service Commission PSC, has said that with the security problems ravaging the nation, there is an urgent need to free many Police ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for outright debt cancellation for developing countries facing the most severe fiscal and liquidity challenges. Delivering a speech ...

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, has criticized Federal Government’s objection to the proposed use of arms by the Western Nigeria Security Network ...

INDICATIONS emerged Wednesday that the Federal Government may withdraw the registration of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, as a trade union following ...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) raised the alarm on Thursday in Abuja about diversion of public funds. ICPC ...

Over two million people die from occupational accident and work related diseases across the globe on annual basis, the acting Secretary, Kwara State ...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, has expressed concern over the nation’s ability to meet her long-term debt repayment ...

The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The confirmation followed his screening ...

The Seniour Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and Associated Institutions (SSAUTHRIAI) have expressed optimism that the various meetings and negotiations ...

A Non -Governmental Organization, the International Society of Media in Public Health (MPH) has urged the entire humanity to embrace peace, noting that, ...

Federal Government has said plans have been concluded to establish a Labour Market Information System (LMIS) as part of efforts to address the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari, has congratulated the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, Buba Marwa on the recent very successful operation ...

NNPC Limited has said some West African and Central African countries have stopped importing petroleum products and depend solely on smuggled products from ...

Kidnap ‘kingpin’ Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, and his co-defendant Victor Aduba were on Monday each given a sentence of 21 years ...

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, Monday, said the Federal Government did not take the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ...

A book showcasing the achievements of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State would be launched on Thursday, September 22, 2022. The book titled: ...

Cross River State Police Command has neutralised two out of the three suspects, who abducted some pastors in August 2022, at Odukpani Local ...

The Federal Government has asked the Court of Appeal in Abuja to reverse the July 28 judgment of a Federal High Court in ...

No fewer than 56 dead Nigerian names with reported unclaimed estates and other valuable assets in the United Kingdom have been published by ...

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has made known its next plan over the standoff between the Federal Government and The Academic ...

Saudi Arabia’s futuristic megaproject Neom is planning to serve wine, cocktails and champagne at a beach resort that is scheduled to open next ...

Federal government through Ministry of Interior, today has conferred Nigerian Citizenship on 286 foreign nationals in Abuja. While conferring the citizenship to eligible ...

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a suspected fraudster, Olabanji Aluko, for an ...

Nigerian Police Force, FCT Command has confirmed the arrested of a suspected peddler of prohibited substances suspected to be marijuana, Mr Thaddeus Joseph. ...

Cross River State government is planning to buy waste from residents, especially those in the urban centres. General manager of the State Waste ...

After spending over two months in kidnappers’ den, the owner of Always Petroleum and Energy Service Limited, Alhaji Mohammed Jamiu, has finally regained ...

The investigation and subsequent arrest of controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, will end the spate of banditry in the North-West. The National ...

Ahead of the presentation of the 2023 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission and ...

Gov. Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna State has applauded security agencies for mounting sustained offensive against terrorists, kidnappers and other criminals in the state. ...

Nigerians have been admonished to always say something whenever they see something wrong even as a non governmental organisation has provided a discreet ...

The Supreme Administrative court dismissed an appeal filed by Mona Prince, who teaches English literature, against a decision by a lower court affirming ...

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt,-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, on Tuesday commended Nigerian Army field commanders and troops for their operational successes in various ...

Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Musiliu Smith has resigned as the Chairman Police Service Commission (PSC). PSC spokesperson Ikechukwu Ani confirmed his ...

Nigeria Police Force has received about 431, complaints from citizens against its personnel in the last three months between June and August 2022, ...

N289 million has been awarded by the federal government as compensation to 74 victims of human rights violations and alleged extra-judicial killings by ...

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, Kwara State Command, on Tuesday, killed two suspected kidnappers during a rescue operation in Shao town in ...

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria Catriona Liang, says the country is key in Africa and remains a top ally and priority of ...

Police in Ebonyi have arrested a 20-year-old mother of a baby boy and her lover, who sold their baby to a maternity home ...

Ogun State House of Assembly has announced the suspension of two lawmakers from the assembly. The suspended lawmakers are: Oludare Kadiri from Ijebu ...

Nigerian troops have neutralized scores of bandits and dislodged their camps in Igabi and Chikun Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. Confirming this ...

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of Nigeria’s main opposition party the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has promised that within his first 100 days in ...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has appealed to relevant stakeholders such as the parents, religious bodies, Civil Society Organizations, ...

Hundreds of passengers and scores of vehicles were stranded following the collapse of a portion of the Minna- to Bida road in Niger. ...