IGP Replaces Adamawa CP Over Gov Poll
THE Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has ordered that the Commissioner of Police on election duty in Adamawa State, Mohammed Barde withdraw...
ICICE Offers Free Medical Care To 700 Indigent Abuja Women, Children
THE International Centre for Islamic Culture and Education (ICICE) has offered free medical treatment to over 700 indigent women, children and the elderly in...
JUST IN: INEC Writes IGP To Probe, Prosecute Adamawa REC
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday, resolved to write the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba to probe and prosecute its Resident...
INEC National Commissioners Meet Over Adamawa Poll
ALL National Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday had a closed-door meeting at the commission’s national headquarters in Abuja over...
Look For Shawwal Noon Thursday, Sultan Tells Muslims
AS the 1444 Hijra (2023) Ramadan draws to an end, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), under the leadership of its President-General...
‘Aviation Not Essential Service’, Union Replies Minister As Strike Continues
ONE of the aviation unions on a two-day nationwide strike has described as “a fallacy”, a claim by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika...
Chinese Govt Denies Funding Bandits To Access Nigerian Mineral Resources
THE Chinese Government has denied funding militants to access Nigerian mining sites, noting strongly that it will never be involved in any form of...
Suspected Katsina Kidnapper Arrested After Taking N800,000 Ransom, Burying Three-Year-Old Child Alive
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Adamawa Declaration: INEC Shifts Emergency Meeting To Tuesday
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shifted its emergency management meeting earlier fixed for Monday to tomorrow News Point Nigeria gathered.National Commissioner, Information...
Tambuwal’s Deputy, SSG, Co-Chair Twenty-Eight Member Transition Committee
GOVERNOR Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has appointed a twenty-eight member transition committee to mid-wife hand over from his administration to that of his successor.
A statement...
INEC Suspends Adamawa REC, Hudu Ari
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has directed one of its Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barr Hudu Yunusa Ari, to stay away from all activities...
Troops Foil Attack On Zamfara Council Headquarters, Kill Four Bandits
TROOPS of Operation Hadarin Daji in Zamfara State have foiled an attack by armed bandits on Anka town, Headquaters of Anka Local Government Area...
Nigeria Records 1,336 Cholera Cases, 79 Deaths In Three Months
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Lagos Airport Travellers Stranded As Aviation Workers Protest, Block Roads
THE access roads to the international and domestic wings of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos State were on Monday blocked by aviation workers...
Nigeria Spent 96.3% Of 2022 Revenue To Service Debt – World Bank
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INEC Wants Security Action On Those Who Stripped Naked, Brutalised Adamawa Commissioner
THE Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) has tasked security agencies to arrest and prosecute those who brutalised one of its national commissioners deployed to...
Sallah: Zulum Pays Borno Workers’ April Salaries
GOVERNOR Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has approved and released the salaries of workers in Borno State for the month of April 2023...
Mother, 33, Sells Baby For N600,000 To Repay Bank Loan In Ogun
THE police in Ogun State have arrested a 33-year-old mother, Olaide Adekunle, who allegedly sold her 18-month-old baby for N600,000 to pay off a...
President-Elect Mourns Campaigner, Mrs Toyin Badmus
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Buhari Shares Warm Moments With Governors, Other Officials In Makkah
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on the fifth day of the official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, shared a warm moment with some of...
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Ondo SSG, Temitayo Oluwatuyi Dies Days After Auto Crash
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Nine Killed, Four Injured In Jigawa Communal Clash
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Suspended Edo LG Chairmen, 13 Councillors Defect To APC
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Ohanaeze Eyes Nnamdi Kanu’s Release As Tinubu Visits Enugu Today
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Lakurawa Kills Two Policemen, Rustle Over 200 Cows In Kebbi
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Chinese Foreign Minister To Visit Nigeria, Three Other African Countries
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NAFDAC Warns About Fake Cancer Drug In Circulation
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2026 World Cup: Pinnick Confident Of Nigeria’s Qualification
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Late Dramatic Bellingham Winner Sends Real Madrid Top
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Carnage In Gaza From Israel’s Bombing As Ceasefire Talks Resume
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New York Judge Sets Trump’s Sentencing In Hush-Money Case For January 10
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Ghana Opens Up Visa-Free Travel To All Africans, President Akufo-Addo Says
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Magnitude 5.5 Earthquake Strikes Ethiopia, Volcano Erupts
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Nasarawa Governor, Abdullahi Sule Sacks SSG, All Commissioners
NASARAWA State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has dissolved the Nasarawa State Executive Council.He announced the dissolution during an executive council meeting on Friday, 3rd January...
‘Why We Prepared Early Exit For 1000 Disengaged Staff’, CBN Governor Briefs Reps
THE Central Bank of Nigeria has again clarified that the 1,000 staff members who were disengaged in December 2024 were not forced to quit...
Two-Week Blackout In Abuja Over Relocation Of Electricity Installations
SOME residents of the Federal Capital Territory will experience a long period of power outages starting on Monday, January 6.This is due to an...
Bauchi Governor Under Fire For Budgeting Over N3.4bn For Fuel, Travels
THE Bauchi State Chapter of Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has described plans by the Bauchi State Government and the state House of Assembly to...
