Senate Reshuffles Committee Leadership, Appoints New Chairmen
THE President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday expressed satisfaction with the just-concluded budget defence sessions, commending lawmakers for their dedication in scrutinising...
Remi Tinubu Donates N100m To Victims Of Niger Tanker Explosions
THE wife of the President, Oluremi Tinubu has donated N100 million to the families of 70 victims of tanker explosion in Niger state.Speaking at...
Gunmen Abduct Seven Passengers In Ondo, Police Begin Search, Rescue
SOME armed men suspected to be kidnappers have abducted seven travellers, close to the Ipele community, along the Owo-Benin highway in Ondo State.
According to...
Uba Sani’s Loyalty To Tinubu Is Conditional, El-Rufa’i Alleges
FORMER Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai has questioned Governor Uba Sani’s loyalty to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
He was reacting to Sani’s remarks during an interview on...
Alleged Forgery: Court Frees Fani-Kayode, Says He Has No Case To Answer
THE Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has acquitted and discharged a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, of the charge of medical...
Respite For Emefiele As Witness Says CBN’s Vehicles Purchase Contracts Followed Due Process
A PROSECUTION witness in the trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele has said the award of contracts for the...
FEC Approves N4.8bn For HIV Treatment Amid US Aid Suspension
FOLLOWING the recent suspension of development assistance by the new United States administration under President Donald Trump, Senator Adamu Garba, who represented Yobe South,...
Court Orders INEC To Pay N1.12bn To Family Of Man Killed By Commission’s Driver
THE Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to pay N1.12bn in compensation to the family of one Mike...
After Seven Years, 200,000 Displaced Nasarawa Indigenes Return Home
SEVEN years after the alleged displacement of over 200,000 Bassa indigenes by the Egbura ethnic group in the Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa...
‘Workers Who Died In 2009 Still Recieving Salaries In Ebonyi LGAs’
THE Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Ebonyi State Chapter, Chinedu Uburu, disclosed on Monday that workers who have passed...
Telecomm Tariff Increase: NLC Suspends Nationwide Protest After Meeting With FG
THE Nigeria Labour Congress has suspended its planned nationwide protest against the recent 50% hike in telecom tariffs approved by the Federal Government.The labour...
Nigeria To Establish Creative, Tourism Infrastructure Corporation – Minister Musawa
THE federal government has approved the creation of the Creative and Tourism Infrastructure Corporation, a key initiative designed to unlock the immense economic potential...
We Have No Power To Appoint, Remove IGP, Police Service Commission Says
THE Police Service Commission (PSC) has reiterated that it lacks the authority to appoint or remove the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, amid speculations...
IVLPAA Inspires Youth To Turn Waste Into Economic Opportunities
TO address Nigeria’s growing waste management challenges, promote sustainable practices, and empower young Nigerians, the United States International Visitor Leadership Program Alumni Association (IVLPAA)...
Kogi Court Sacks Ohinoyi Of Ebiraland
A HIGH Court in Lokoja, Kogi State has sacked the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Ahmed Anaje from office.The presiding judge, High Court 6, Lokoja, Justice...
Tinubu Swears In Eight Perm Secs, 18 RMAFC Commissioners
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has sworn in eight Federal Permanent Secretaries.The eight permanent secretaries took the oath of office just before the commencement of the...
Four Gunned Down As Kano Residents, Security Operatives Clash Over Demolition
FOUR people have allegedly been killed in Rimin Auzinawa, Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State, following a violent clash with security operatives over...
FG Not Increasing Electricity Tariff By 65%, Presidency Clarrifies
THE Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on energy, Olu Arowolo Verheijen, has said her words were misrepresented during an interview in Tanzania.Verheijen had...
NCAA Summons Kenya Airways Over ‘Maltreatment’ Of Nigerian Passenger In Nairobi
THE Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has summoned Kenya Airways over a social media video showing a heated exchange between a Nigerian passenger and...
23 Bandits Surrender, One Killed As Troops Recover Arms In Taraba
TROOPS of the 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army and Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have cracked down on a notorious bandit camp and killed...
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INEC Prosecutes 774 Electoral Offenders From 2023 Polls, Yakubu Reveals
THE Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has revealed that 774 alleged electoral offenders from the 2023 general elections...
Major Shakeup In Police As IGP Appoints CP Shogunle To Head SIS
THE Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has appointed Commissioner of Police (CP), Abayomi Shogunle, to head the Special Intervention Squad (SIS); Elections Planning,...
Nasarawa Governor, Sule Dissolves All Political Appointees
NASARAWA State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has dissolved all political appointees serving in his government.Governor Sule announced this Friday, February 7, at the Executive Council...
One Killed Many Injured As Lakurawa Terrorists Attack Kebbi
ONE person has been reportedly killed while six others are hospitalized following Lakurawa terrorists attack at Gulma community in Argungu Local Government Area of...
ICPC Arrests NSCDC Deputy Commandant Over Alleged ₦3bn Fraud
A DEPUTY Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kogi State, Adam Imam Yusuf, has been arrested over the alleged...
NAFDAC Boss Wants Death Penalty For Fake Drug Dealers
THE National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has proposed the death penalty for drug peddlers.According to the Director-General of the...
US Legacy Conference: Elumelu Seeks Support For Young African Entrepreneurs
CHAIRMAN, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mr. Tony Elumelu has called for global support for young African entrepreneurs to drive meaningful and sustainable transformation of the...
Akwa Ibom: 13-Year-Old Primary School Pupil Goes To School With Father’s Pistol
A 13-YEAR-OLD male pupil of St. Paul Primary School, Ikot Ibiok in the Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has been arrested...
Nigeria Records World’s Highest Road Accidents, Red Cross Reveals
NIGERIAN Red Cross Society has said Nigeria is grappling with one of the highest road traffic accident rates in the world, stating that 10...
Man In Police Uniform Shoots Road Safety Official In Lagos
A MAN in a police uniform has shot and wounded a yet-to-identified official of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Lagos.The incident happened...
From America First To America Alone: The Lab Meets The Street – By Azu...
IT'S nearly 20 years since Mark Steyn wrote a non-fiction book, America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It.Steyn, a Canadian...
65 Grand Cheers To Akinwumi Adesina – By Martins Oloja
ALL roads will lead to Abidjan Sofitel Hotel today where the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), fondly referred to as Africa’s ‘optimist-in-chief’, Akinwumi...
World Cup 2026: Oparaku Cautions Super Eagles As Chelle Meets EPL Stars
AHEAD of next month’s FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers, former Nigeria International Mobi Oparaku said the Super Eagles risk qualification if they fail to...
Liverpool Thrash Tottenham 4-0 To Set Up Carabao Cup Final With Newcastle
HOLDERS Liverpool booked their place in the final of the Carabao Cup against Newcastle as they thrashed Tottenham.With a 1-0 deficit to overturn from...
Trump Administration Imposes First Iran Sanctions Since Taking Office
THE United States has imposed the first batch of sanctions against Iran since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, as the president pushes...
India Vows Migrant ‘Crackdown’ After US Deportation Flight
INDIA’s foreign minister threatened a “strong crackdown” on illegal migration on Thursday, a day after a US military airplane flew back 104 migrants as...
Malawi President, Chakwera Orders Troops To Withdraw From DR Congo
MALAWI's President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered the military to begin preparing to withdraw from their peacekeeping mission in the volatile eastern Democratic of Congo.The...
Top Gabon Influencer Detained After Criticising Electricity Cut
AN online influencer in Gabon has been detained after broadcasting images shot inside a hospital emergency department plunged into darkness by a long power...
FG Scraps JSS, SSS, Introduces 12-Year Basic Education Model
THE Federal Government has announced the scrapping of all Junior Secondary School (JSS) and Senior Secondary Schools in the country and introduced a compulsory...
Nigeria Remains Africa’s Biggest Economy, World Bank Says
THE World Bank’s Country Director for Nigeria, Dr. Ndiame Diop, has confirmed that Nigeria remains the largest economy in Africa by Gross Domestic Product...