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There was pandemonium Saturday in Awka as security operatives dispersed and sealed off the home of Chief Austin Ndigwe who recently declared himself ...

The Theatre Commander, North East “Operation Hadin Kai”, Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, said over 79,000 insurgents comprising combatants and non combatants have so far ...

Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Command has commenced investigation into the strange circumstances associated with a recently found skeleton around Adeosun Apete, Ibadan. ...

Two persons have been reportedly killed while four others sustained injuries in an accident involving a yellow cement DAF truck in Adewusi Village, ...

Charles III has been proclaimed as UK King at a ceremony at St James’s Palace. Charles became king immediately following the death of ...

The House of Representatives has rejected the National Pension Commission PenCom remittance in the sum of N1billion out of the total sum of ...

The Competition and Consumer Protection (CCPC) Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, awarded a N25 million fine against MultiChoice Nigeria Ltd, the operator ...

The Department of State Services confirmed on Thursday night that operatives had carried out search on Tukur Mamu’s home and offices in Kaduna ...

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and the nation’s figurehead for seven decades, has died at the age of 96, Buckingham Palace said ...

Yoruba socio-cultural groups operating under the aegis of Apapo Omo Yoruba in Kwara on Thursday advocated restoration of dignity and paraphernalia of Yoruba ...

Kwara State Executive Council on Wednesday approved the presentation of N187,531,705, 929.00 revised budget to the House of Assembly, with emphasis to be ...

Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC), has approved the draft National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) Establishment Bill, 2022. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster ...

Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed that the Kaduna Train hostage negotiator, Tukur Mamu is in its custody. A statement issued ...

The Egyptian Police have arrested the lead negotiator between bandits and the passengers kidnapped from the attacked Abuja-Kaduna train, Alhaji Tukur Mamu. It ...

The Ilorin Zonal Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Assistant Commander of the EFCC, ACE Michael Nzekwe, has expressed the ...

Veteran journalists,clerics and academics on Wednesday poured encomiums on three media guru of Kwara origin who were recently conffered with the fellowship of ...

The management of Harmony Holdings Limited has said to uncovered the ploy by some corruption-ridden staff of Kwara Express to ride on the ...

As the 2023 general elections gathers momentum, the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has said there could be problems for Nigeria if power ...

A 17-year-old Arije Dare has been arrested for defiling two of his neighbour’s children, aged four years old, at Ikoya/Ilutitun road, Okitipupa, area ...

From left to right: Head, SME Business, Wema Bank Plc, Arthur Nkemeh; Bus Development Manager, Lawanson Branch, Wema Bank, Oluwatosin Oduwole; ED, Lagos ...

Activist and lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari, the National Assembly and Controller General of Prisons before a Federal ...

Federal Government has ordered an immediate nationwide dissolution of all anti-vandalism teams of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, pending the ...

Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, has decried the lackadaisical attitude of insurance companies over non-payment of death benefits ...

Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority has projected N443 per litre of Premium Motor Spirit PMS for the year 2023/24 in the ...

The Osun Governor-Elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke Transition Committee has condemned the last-minute mass recruitment embarked upon by the Oyetola administration, describing it as ...

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two women for allegedly operating a baby factory in Agbado, in the Ifo Local ...

Electricity workers, under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), have rejected the planned privitisation of the Transmission Company of ...

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has issued a revised regulation on retirement and terminal benefits for immediate implementation. This is the maiden comprehensive ...

Kerosene price rose N789.75 per litre in July, up 3.68 per cent month-on-month (MoM) on N761.69 in June, according to the latest report ...

The identity of the stowaway found Inside an aircraft at the Murtala Mohammed Airport Terminal Two, MMA2, Lagos has been revealed by the ...

The State Emergency Management Agency SEMA, has confirmed Five dead with 3,813 houses destroyed following a recent rainstorm on several communities in 13 ...

The Federal Government has suspended its planned excise duty tax on telecommunications and ICT based equipment and services originally stipulated for March next ...

Interim Management Committee of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON has criticized Hon. Isa A. Taofiq chairman of Ijumu lga- Kogi ...

Kwara based Civil Society Organization, CSO, operating under the aegis of Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD), has asked the state government to ...

The Federal Government has increased the Duty Tour Allowances of ministers, permanent secretaries and other civil servants in the federal public service with ...

Nigeria and the United States have renewed their commitment to work together on many global issues, especially on Climate Change and Energy transition ...

Oyo State government has declared zero tolerance to activities of land grabbers or any act of forceful entry, illegal occupation as well as ...

The country’s Anti-graft Agency, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has warned politicians to desist from sending frivolous petitions ...

The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development have launched the National Action Plan to end Statelessness in Nigeria. The Ministry, ...

The Federal Government has inaugurated a 15-man Inter-Ministerial Committee to organize the celebration of the nation’s 62nd Independence day anniversary. Inaugurating the Committee ...

Down from the 119 applications from various families, 86 princes all from the Agunloye ruling house of Oyo have been shortlisted for the ...

The Federal Government through the National Social Investment Management System (NASIMS) has announced that the deployment of the Batch C Stream 2 Npower ...

The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, has urged the newly inaugurated board to pay more attention on youth training, ...

The Ogun State House of Assembly appears to have been thrown into confusion following the reported arrest of the Speaker of the House, ...

The Lagos State Police Command on Friday morning arrested popular rapper, Henry Zamani, better known as Ice Prince, for an alleged assault on ...

The Director General, Niger State Emergency Management Agency, NSEMA, Alhaji Ibrahim Ahmed Inga, says properties worth millions of naira have been destroyed by ...

An aide to the Immediate past Governor of Kwara State has reacted to an allegation levelled against their administration by the forensic auditors ...

The Lagos State Government warns that anybody found practising any form of health care delivery without a licence, will be sanctioned and prosecuted. ...

Former Nigeria’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Alhaji AbdulKadir Imam is dead. Imam died on Thursday in his country home, Ilorin, the Kwara State ...

At least N11.9bn of public funds were carted away from the treasury of Kwara State between 2011 and 2019 without any lawful tie ...

The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Mohammad Fada says the Scheme is ready to provide the support ...

The police in Lagos have warned residents that the ban on commercial motorcycles will be strictly enforced in the additional four Local Government ...

Emirates Airlines has announced the resumption of its flight operations to Lagos. The airline stated this to customers via email on Wednesday. “We ...

The Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission ( HYPPADEC)on Thursday commenced a skills acquisition training for 625 youths in Ilorin, Kwara State. The ...

Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Wednesday challenged the Federal Government to publicly name terrorism financiers and oil thieves across the country. ...

Troops of the 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Abakpa Enugu State, have neutralized two combatants of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB and ...

The Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists (NGIJ) has extended the tenure of the current National Executive Committee led by Mr Mojoyinola Ayoyemi of ...

The newly posted Area Controller of the Nigeria Custom Service, Compt. Aliyu Bello on Wednesday made a familiarization tour to the excise factories ...

Federal Government has inaugurated the Presidential Delivery Tracks and Central Delivery Coordinating Unit Website. The PDT/CDCU device is developed to track, review and ...

The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has urged media professionals to be conscious of national security in discharging their duties. The Minister stated ...