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No fewer than ten persons, including a volunteer with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, lost their lives in their bid to ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kwara State chapter has asked the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) led by governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to take ...

Kwara State Government has reaffirmed the ban on production of charcoal in the state, adding that the law is intact. The State Commissioner ...

Leaders and representatives of Ewu, Okparabe, Arhavwarien, and other Urhobo-ethnic nationalities in Delta State, under siege by soldiers carrying out cordon-and-search operations in ...

As the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC Limited, moves to end petrol scarcity in Lagos and its environs, Dangote Refinery and oil marketers ...

Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa State has suspended Aminu Kanta as the  Commissioner of the Ministry of Commerce. The suspension follows allegations of ...

When a rare total solar eclipse sweeps across North America on Monday, scientists will be able to gather invaluable data on everything from ...

The federal government has declared Tuesday, 9th and Wednesday, 10th April, 2024 as public holidays to mark Eid-el-Fitr celebration. The Minister of Interior, ...

The Chief Missioner of Igbomina-Ekiti Muslim Forum, Alhaji Abdulkadir Salaudeen on Sunday admonished wealthy Muslims to empower indigent ones among them rather than ...

The Alumni Association of the Kwara State Polytechnic Worldwide on Thursday facilitated a stakeholder’s public gathering on how the institution would recover portions ...

The Ilorin Zonal Command of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Akogun Rasheed Usman, an alleged fraudster from Babanla in ...

Kwara State Government has refuted claims that it is behind the current corruption trial of former Governor Abdulfatahi Ahmed, saying the burden of ...

The Chief of Civil-Military Affairs, Nigerian Army, Major General Nosakhare Ugbo, said yesterday that the Army has recovered some of the arms and ...

Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has awarded the sum of N5m as damages against the Economic and Financial Crimes ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will today, arraign popular cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky before a Federal High Court sitting in ...

The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Beecroft has discovered an illegal fuel depot at No 3 Silver Bird Road, Ilasun Lekki, on Tuesday, and ...

The Federal Government has jacked up the electricity tariff for Band A customers. Band A are those who enjoy electricity supply for 20 ...

Property worth millions of Naira have been destroyed in the inferno that gutted the popular Owode market in Offa, Offa local government area ...

Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped an undisclosed number of students who were traveling along the East-West Road in Ughelli, Delta State. According to reports ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has disclosed that 13 persons were killed in a road accident at Obajana market in Kogi State, ...

A lecturer in the Department of Physical and Health Education, PHE, at the University of Maiduguri, UNIMAID, Dr. Kamar Abdulkadir has been killed ...

Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that armed bandits, Friday night, intercepted an Abakaliki-bound luxury bus, robbed all passengers on board and then ...

More than 800 people suspected of being cross-border scammers were arrested in a joint police operation by Myanmar and China, the junta and ...

By Abdulrahman Aliagan, Abuja, The foremost Islamic organisation, ASHRAAF Islamic Foundation under the leadership of Imam Sharafudeen Abdulsalam Aliagan has set to hold ...

In response to the increased activities expected during this period, The Kwara State Commandant of the Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps, Commandant ...

A Popular Islamic Scholar, Shaikh Dr. Kolawole Jumu’a has said that, the problem Nigeria is facing is lack of Godly leaders. According to ...

By Usman Aliyu Benin, March 26, 2024 (NAN) In a bid to amplify women’s voices and perspectives in storytelling within the creative industry, ...

A former Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has urged the Federal Government to explore non-kinetic approach in dealing with the menacing phenomenon of ...

The presidency on Tuesday reiterated the current administration’s commitment to tackling the infrastructural deficit in the country, calling on all Nigerians to cooperate ...

No fewer than 48 cultists have renounced cultism in the Sagamu area of Ogun State. The repentant cultists who were members of different ...

Kano High Court has handed down a death sentence by hanging to a 47-year-old Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong, for the murder of his ...

Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have again arrested five persons for possession and conveyance ...

A clash between a suspected cult group has left one person dead, and several others injured. Many vehicles were also destroyed during the ...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the construction of 28 roads and bridges across the country worth over 1.2 trillion Naira. The ...

The Federal Government says Kaduna-based Islamic cleric Ahmad Gumi has been invited by security agencies for questioning over some comments he made on ...

Binance, the global cryptocurrency exchange, has confirmed that its executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, is no longer in Nigerian custody. The spokesperson for Binance, Samantha ...

National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has unveiled a mobile application for Nigerians to modify their data on the National Identification Number (NIN) in ...

In a recent report making round on social media about the above matter, the writer did not only make a mess of the ...

The newly deployed Controller, Kwara Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Compt. Mathew Ojeifo has paid a courtesy visit to the Emir ...

Four persons have lost their lives in a fatal road accident in Bauchi State, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said. The ...

Ahead of President Bola Tinubu’s 72nd birthday anniversary on Friday, March 29, 2024, the Presidency has urged well-wishers and friends of Nigeria’s first ...

Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), on Sunday, ended their seven-day warning strike. ...

Aliko Dangote Foundation has launched its National Food Intervention Programme, aimed at distributing over one million 10kg bags of rice across the 774 ...

In a swift response to the urgency to halt the rising cases of traffic infractions occasioned by the use of trailers to convey ...

Scores of schoolchildren abducted from Kuriga, Kaduna State have been released, two weeks after they were taken away in what was one of ...

The Veterinary Students of the University of Ilorin, on Saturday sensitize Kwara abattoirs on dangers of selling cow meat with Tuberculosis to the ...

Kwara Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Compt. Aminu Shamsuddin has commended the efforts of the new Comptroller General of Immigration, CG ...

The newly appointed special adviser on party affairs in Kwara State, Hon. Mashood Alaka, has thanked the state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for finding ...

The Kwara State Command of the Nigerian Police Force has arrested a soldier identified as Suleiman Sidiq, for allegedly inflicting serious injuries on ...

Dozens of passengers are said to have been kidnapped in a broad daylight attack launched by some bandits in the Kankara Local Government ...

Worried by the security challenges facing the country, 16 state governors have endorsed the establishment of state police. The National Economic Council (NEC) ...

The Kwara State Police Command has rescued the Chinese national, PengChao Zhang, who was kidnapped recently by gunmen. PengChao, also known as Williams ...

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday said the slain military personnel in Okuama, a community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, ...

The federal government Tuesday said the distribution of 42,000 metric tons of assorted grains across the country has commenced. It also said arrangements ...

The three tiers of government, Federal, state and local governments shared N10.143 trillion from the Federation Account as statutory revenue allocations in 2023. ...

The Senate has asked the Federal Government to immediately compensate the families of the 17 murdered soldiers. The request was made during a ...

The Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists NGIJ has extended a warm congratulations to Mr. Kunle Aderinokun on his appointment as the new Head ...

The Coordinator of the Islamic Welfare Foundation (IWF) in Kwara state, Honorable Is’hak Mohammed Sabi, has called on all Muslims to participate in ...

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has urged Nigerians, especially young people, to learn entrepreneurial and other skills to brighten their chances of earning ...

The Comptroller, Nigeria Customs Service, Kebbi State command, Iheanacho Ojike, has reopened Kamba land border in compliance with the directive of President Bola ...