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Tinubu sacks FRSC, NBC, VON bosses President Bola Tinubu on Thursday approved the appointment of eight new Chief Executive Officers for Parastatals and Agencies under the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation with immediate effect. They include the National ...

The Emir of Dansadau, Alhaji Abubakar Muhammad S Kudu, has joined hundreds of students and pupils from schools across Gusau, capital of Zamfara, for a special prayer over rising insecurity The prayer session took place simultaneously across all Local Government ...

The Delta State Police Command has arrested one Nnajiofor Nweke over the death of a teacher in Alihame Mixed Secondary School, Agbor The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, who made this known via a post on his official ...

Akeredolu blasts politicians saying he is planning to return to German Hospital Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has refuted rumours making the rounds suggesting that he is planning to embark on another medical vacation in Germany. In a statement released ...

  GBOLADE couldn’t believe what he was hearing. He stared at his 26-year-old daughter, the girl he had spared no expense to train into a very intelligent and promising lawyer, now telling him she was pregnant? When he first heard ...

  Drainage Blockage: Anambra Govt. Seals Off Shops, Issues Evacuation Notice On Shops Constructed On Drainages The Managing Director, Operation Clean And Healthy Anambra, OCHA Brigade Comrade Celestine Anere has sealed off shops in Eke Awka market for non-compliance to ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that the era of exporting raw gold, lithium and other minerals is gone for good The President said that many local companies have already adjusted their business plans to the new normal, urging others ...

Iran warns Israel it will face ‘another shockwave’ if Gaza strikes don’t stop A top Iranian commander warned Israel on Tuesday it will face “another shockwave” of attacks by militant groups if the country doesn’t halt its relentless bombardment of ...

US President Joe Biden has landed in Israel on a solidarity visit following Hamas attacks, under the shadow of a deadly blast at a Gaza hospital that has inflamed regional tensions. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally welcomed Biden on the tarmac, ...

Police identify man who fired gunshots at Ladipo Market Police have identified the man who fired gunshots at Ladipo Market, after the market was reopened. Police spokesperson, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi gave the update on X, while replying a user on the platform. He ...

Man arrested for raping prophetess in Ogun church A 40-year-old mason, Lekan Sunday, has been arrested for allegedly raping a prophetess in a church in Ogun State. Punch Metro learnt that while he allegedly committed the crime last Thursday, men ...

Sanni Hameedat, a 20-year-old student of the University of Ilorin, has reportedly committed suicide over N500, 000 unpaid loan from an online loan platform According to a source, Hameedat was confirmed dead at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH). ...

A daughter of a Member of the Borno State House of Assembly Representing Ngala local government area, Hon Bukar Abacha, is dead. She was strangulated to death by unknown persons around Gidan Dembe in Maiduguri. This came less than 24 hours ...

The Senate has appointed the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator representing Kwara South, Lola Ashiru, as the new Deputy Majority Leader The upper legislative chamber also appointed the Senator representing Ebonyi North Senatorial District, Nwebonyi Peter Onyeka, as the new ...

I’m sorry, sacked Senator Abbo apologises to Akpabio Embattled senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, Elisha Abbo, has apologised over his allegation that the Senate president Godswill Akpabio plotted his removal by the Court of Appeal. Abbo made the apology while speaking in ...

President Tinubu appoints new ICPC Chairman President Bola Tinubu has appointed the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Jigawa State, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, as the new Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). He also appointed ...

Ondo Governor Akeredolu Now Works From Oyo State Because His Old Lodge Is No Longer Good For Him, Says Aide He lamented the public criticism that has surrounded the governor’s absence in the state, saying Akeredolu is “surrounded by enemies ...

A compulsorily retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, Mr. Moses Jitoboh, has prayed the National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja to declare his retirement by the Police Service Commission before his mandatory 60 years retirement age or 35 years in ...

The huge python was found in their vicinity and was later killed with a shotgun. Sharing a video of the reptile, an X user @Realolaudah wrote; ‘’Since last night, when a python was killed in Dolphin Estate, there are so ...

The Lagos State Government has issued a 7-day ‘Vacation Order’ to truck and commercial bus drivers operating on bridges. Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa, issued the vacation order on Monday. Giwa said the vehicles have ...

Workers of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) have shut down the head office of the service in Abuja, protesting against the appointment of Tola Odeyemi as Chief Executive Officer/Post Master General. Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Presidential spokesman, had announced last week that President Bola Tinubu ...

  Pope Francis on Sunday called for humanitarian corridors to help those under siege in Gaza and again appealed for the release of hostages held by the militant Islamist group Hamas. “I forcefully ask that children, the sick, the elderly and ...

President of the United States, Joe Biden, has said Israel must eliminate the Hamas terror group but rejected reoccupying the Gaza Strip. Biden made this known in an interview with CBS on Sunday, stressing that reoccupying the Gaza Strip would be ...

A bride-to-be has committed suicide after her husband-to-be died a week before their wedding. The wedding was supposed to hold on Oct. 22, 2023 but the groom sadly passed a week to the date. The heartbroken bride then committed suicide the same ...

Nigeria’s inflation rate has climbed to 26.72 per cent, marking a 0.92 per cent increase from the previous month’s 25.80 per cent. The National Bureau of Statistics disclosed this on Monday via its latest Consumer Price Index report for September 2023. It was ...