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  Air Peace has said it will begin direct flight operations to London on March 30, 2024, with the inaugural flight scheduled for 12:10 am. The announcement was made during a prelaunch forum organised by the airline to engage travel ...

  The Federal Government has spent N177.4bn to offset payment of the wage award promised to civil servants in four months, according to Saturday PUNCH findings. The payment of wage awards to Nigerian workers was one of the deals agreed ...

  The Economic Community of West African States on Saturday lifted economic sanctions on Niger, Mali and Burkina-Faso with immediate effect. This followed hours-long deliberations by the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government at an extraordinary summit on ...

Tinubu not responsible for rot in Nigeria – Igboho Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Igboho, has described as incorrect, the assertion made by some Nigerians that President Bola Tinubu is responsible for the rot in the country. ...

  The Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria, YOWICAN, has called for the arrest and prosecution of a yet-to-be-identified Islamic preacher who allegedly said the wife of the president, Oluremi Tinubu should be put to death. The cleric ...

Kim Jong Un has a son but he’s too ‘pale and thin’ for North Korean tastes and is kept out of the public eye, a former spymaster says Kim Jong Un ‘has a secret SON who is kept out of ...

Senator Ned Nwoko has urged the administration of President Bola Tinubu to immediately abolish the use of the American dollar and all other foreign currencies in Nigeria, as a means of tackling the current economic hardship faced by Nigerians.   ...

There was tension in Oluwole Ogba and Aguda axis after an unidentified Hausa bike man popularly known as Okada ride allegedly stabbed one person to death. It is unclear what led to the incident but it was gathered that the unfortunate incident occurred on Thursday ...

The Bayelsa State Police Command has arraigned two persons in court over alleged conspiracy and attempt to kidnap one Mr Ebi Ayama, popularly know as Americana It was gathered that Ayama is a brother to the State Governor, Senator Douye ...

A former Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfattah Ahmed, was this morning arraigned at the Federal High Court Ilorin, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) His arraignment comes after his invitation by the anti-graft agency for questioning on Monday. The ...

Nigeria arrests foreigners operating Illegal Forex Markets Security operatives from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), police force and other agencies deployed by the National Security Adviser, have continued their raid on some market places suspected to be the ...

A 40-year-old woman in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe, Sharon Chidamba, has been accused of mur.dering her married lover She is now facing murder charges for the death of her married boyfriend, Edward Chakanetsa. The incident occurred at Chidamba’s residence in Chitungwiza on ...

Senator Monday Okpebholo has been declared winner of the All Progressives Congress governorship primaries in Edo State   Okpebholo polled 12,433 votes to defeat 11 other aspirants who contested the re-run election, which was initiated after the first contestant was ...

Nollywood actress Laide Bakare has bagged an appointment with the Osun state government She has been appointed as the Senior Special Assistant to the Osun State Governor On Entertainment, Art, Culture and Tourism by governor Adeleke. Sharing the good news on her ...

Senator Bassey Otu, the governor of Cross River State and chairman of the Edo State All Progressives Congress’s (APC) governorship direct primary election, has announced that a fresh primary will be conducted in the 192 wards across the 18 local ...

The Cross River State Police Command has paraded a 30-year-old man, Amber Ubung, who allegedly macheted his lover for failing to show up in his house on the last Valentine’s Day. The police alleged that Ubung carried out the act ...

Tragedy struck when a 3-storey building, under construction at No 1 Isalegangan Street by Ita-faji, Lagos Island Local Government, collapsed in the early hours amidst heavy downpour Fortunately, there was no casualty recorded in the incident. The collapse, sent panic ...

Four persons have died in Kaduna following the outbreak of acute viral Heamophatric Fever otherwise known as Lassa Fever at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in the state capital The disease was recorded in the Accident and Emergency unit ...

Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Dr. Olayemi Cardoso, yesterday, begged Nigerians to be patient, as the management of the apex bank is doing everything possible to ensure that the Naira is strengthened Yemi Cardoso said this at the 2024 ...

Oyo State governor and Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Seyi Makinde, has declared that there was no truth in the claim by Senate president, Godswill Akpabio, that states of the federation got additional N30 billion each outside of ...

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, says that the Service will today begin to distribute the food items it seized Adeniyi, who disclosed this to journalists on Thursday in Lagos said customs officials were not permitted ...

Some operatives attached to the Special Tactical Squad of the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja have been arrested for extorting N30 million from a citizen The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. ...

Many are feared dead in Spain’s grenfell tower blaze Firefighters expect to find 19 more bodies when they today enter a Spanish apartment block gutted by fire in a Grenfell Tower-like disaster, with officials admitting that nobody trapped inside is ...

A man has died while rescuing his son from a well Kwara State Fire Service, on Thursday, recovered the body of a 49-year-old man and also rescued a 17-year-old boy from a domestic well in Offa town. The man identified ...

Former Everton player Li Tie has been sentenced to life in prison, according to reports in his native China Li, 46, was embroiled in a corruption scandal after publicly admitting that he paid 3 million yuan (£330,000) in bribes in ...