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Nigeria Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected by HIV/AIDS (NINERELA+) has tasked faith leaders to not only improve spiritual wellbeing ...

A Kaduna Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced a 30-year-old man, Barau Aminu, to six months imprisonment for stealing five bags of rice and ...

The President, Defence and Police Officers’ Wives Association (DEPOWA), Mrs Vickie Irabor, on Friday, distributed food items and cash to widows of fallen ...

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday received the report of the panel of inquiry on the Hijab question at the public funded-Oyun ...

The Director-General of Micheal Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Ilorin, Comrade Issa Aremu has asserted that Nigeria needs massive transportation transformation ...

Zamfara Government has dethroned the Emir of Zurmi, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and that of Dansadau, Alhaji Hussaini Umar, on Wednesday for their alleged ...

Imo State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Declan Emelumba on Tuesday described operators of illegal refineries and bunkering in the state as “seasoned criminals ...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has alerted the public to what it said as plans to return Nigeria to pre-2015 kind of ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment Kwara born, Jaji Olola Abdulganiyu as new Controller-general of the Federal Fire Service (FFS). The ministry ...

Kwara State Government has reiterated its commitment to hosting the 22nd meeting of the National Council on Women Affairs scheduled for August this ...

No fewer than thirty-two (32) Kwara women have been trained on child nutrition in one-day capacity training programme, organised by the Federal Ministry ...

Twitter has agreed to sell off the platform to Tesla CEO, Elon Musk for a deal valued around $43 billion. Musk had described ...

Faculty members and participants of Course 15 of the National Institute for Security Studies on Monday began a week-long study tour of Kwara ...

Thousands of Muslims and non- Muslims across the world benefitted from the 2022 edition of the poverty alleviation programme of Abibakr Al-Sidiq Philatropic ...

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Fidelis Poor, a member of a syndicate who ...

Police in Lagos have arrested three suspected cult members, in Ikorodu area of the state and recovered two pistols and ammunition from them. ...

A former Grand Khadi of Kwara State, Justice Salihu Olohuntoyin Mohammed has praised the state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for ensuring peace and tranquility ...

The House of Representatives Aspirant for Asa/Ilorin West Federal Constituency on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed Ajia, ...

President Muhammadu Buhari says no responsive government can ignore the role of religious and traditional rulers in tackling insecurity in the country. Speaking ...

The Federal Government is to train 150, 000 local cooks nationwide to meet the required standards of its school feeding initiative. The Minister ...

The geometric rise in crime rate in the country has been largely linked to the excessive abuse of hard drugs by the criminal ...

Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has restated his administration’s avowed determination not to rescind its planned demolition of about 200 houses ...

The Governor of Anambra State, Prof Charles Soludo, has appointed popular Nollywood actor, Bob-Manuel Udokwu, as his Special Adviser on Entertainment, Leisure and ...

The Federal Government says it is hosting the first Global Conference on Cultural Tourism and Creative Industry to reposition the creative industry as ...

The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Kebbi Council, on Tuesday, donated cash and food items to families of 18 late journalists in Birnin ...

Twenty four hours after accusing President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration of dividing Nigerians and causing hardship on the country, the presidency has reacted that ...

Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA, in the early hours of Tuesday sealed the Federal Ministry of Works, Federal Character Commission and Merit house ...

Legal icon and elder statesman, Chief Afe Babalola, says an interim government should replace the current administration at the expiration of President Muhammadu ...

The Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) Dr Bello Gusau, says the agency has trained 9,659 Nigerians on its overseas ...

Quickteller Business, powered by Interswitch, has introduced Smart Point of Sales (PoS) terminals, which will enable Small and Medium Business Enterprises (SMEs) and ...

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has called on government to address the worsening state of insecurity, poverty, unemployment, and what it ...

Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho has reversed himself in his earlier rejection of a request by the Minister ...

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, on Sunday, April 17, lamented said all aspects of life in Nigeria have been destroyed under ...

The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria(MMWG) has decried the state pardon granted two former governors, Joshua Dariye of Plateau State and Rev. ...

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) has donated  N50 million to the Kaduna State Government to support victims of the Abuja – Kaduna train ...

The Emir of Ilorin, Alh Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari yesterday urged wealthy Muslims to ensure prompt and regular payment of zakat ( charity) from their ...

The United States has approved the sale of military equipment to Nigeria worth $997 million after US lawmakers lifted objections over human rights ...

The Ilorin Division of the Court of Appeal, has dismissed the Appeal filed by the Kwara State Government, the Governor and the Attorney ...

Kwara state commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Hajia Saadatu Modibbo Kawu, today announced the resignation of her appointment to contest for ...

Activities were grounded to a halt at a branch of Fidelity Bank along Taiwo Road, Ilorin, today, Thursday, when members of the Amalgamated ...

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has cautioned Multichoice Nigeria not to dare Nigeria by going ahead to hike the tariff on ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the brutal terrorist attacks in Kanam and Wase Local Government Areas of Plateau, describing the killings as heinous. ...

The failure of intelligence gathering and sharing is the reason security agencies have not been able to address the current security challenges in ...

Claimants have prayed a Federal Competition and Consumer Protection (FCCPC) Tribunal to commit the Managing Director of MultiChoice Nigeria Ltd, John Ugbe, to ...

A 72-hour ultimatum has been issued to the government by relations of kidnapped victims during the Abuja-Kaduna train attack, who alleged that the ...

Kwara state government has assured ActionAid, of the implementation of its action plan toward achieving a peaceful society placed on three concepts ‘Women, ...

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, today Sunday, condemned plans by President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime ...

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Friday unveiled a new additional uniform to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) ...

Pastors in Kaduna State took to the streets to protest the incessant attacks and killings of innocent souls by terrorists in the state ...

The foremost Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment, Chief Chuku Wachuku, has advised the Federal Government against sharing money like “Father Christmas”, ...

A military tribunal on Wednesday ruled that Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaore be sentenced to life imprisonment for complicity in the 1987 ...

The House of Representatives has directed the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) to suspend the implementation of the Hajj Saving Scheme. This ...

Civil servants in Kwara State on today, Thursday offered special prayer for the restoration of peace to the troubled spots in the country. ...

The Nigerian Police authorities have sacked Six of its officers arrested over claims that they were behind March 26, 2020, planned strike action ...

A humanitarian organisation- King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre, Saudi Arabia, today, Tuesday distributed food items to 1000 poor and the needy ...

Usman Aliyu, a Principal Correspondent with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) alongside nine others were on Tuesday announced as 2022 Fellows of ...

The Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD), an anti-corruption Civil Society Organisation (CSO) has written a letter to the Speaker of the Kwara ...

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), on Monday, urged the Federal Government to rise to its responsibility of arresting and prosecuting those ...

The management of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has revealed that they are still searching for nothing less than 171 passengers out of ...

GOVERNOR Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has told criminals to stay clear, warning that there will be no hiding place for persons with ...