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  Tinubu arrives New York for UN General Assembly President Bola Tinubu has arrived at the John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to attend the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The President, who arrived some minutes before 7 ...

  Four die as cholera outbreak hits Ogun state Four people have reportedly died from a cholera outbreak in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State over the weekend. Speaking with Punch Correspondent, a source who pleaded anonymity and ...

  At least two persons have been hospitalized while others escaped with minor injuries on Sunday, when a building comprising over 500 rooms at number 47/49 Oduntan Street, Kosofe Local Goverment Area of Lagos State. NEMA bAs of time of ...

Following allegations that there was sabotage in the aircraft conveying Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State and some of his aides, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, and Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB, yesterday, said they were not aware of the ...

  The Ondo State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Olubunmi Osadahun, has been attacked at Oke Agbe in Akoko area during the distribution of palliatives to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal by the government. It was gathered that the ...

  Man kills day-old daughter because he prefers male A 28-year-old man Misbahu Salisu has allegedly killed his one-day-old baby girl with a local insect killer, Otapiapia, because he preferred a baby boy in Doka Baici, Tofa Local Government Area ...

The United Arab Emirates has contradicted claims by the Nigerian government that it has lifted a year-long visa ban on Nigerian travelers. “There are no changes on the Nigeria/UAE travel status so far,” an official from the Gulf state told CNN. The ...

Rivers in Ogun state has claimed about 50 lives. In four years, rivers along major roads in Ogun State have ‘consumed’ no fewer than 50 travellers, findings by Daily Posts shows. The affected travellers had their journey aborted inside the ...

The spokesperson of Peter Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Yunusa Tanko, has revealed that Peter Obi’s legal team may file an appeal at the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Obi is also said to have no plan of changing members of his ...

The Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has sacked his Commissioner for Land, Adamu Aliyu Kibiya, and another aide. The Commissioner for Land, Adamu Aliyu Kibiya, was recorded in a viral video making alleged threatening remarks concerning the ...

  President Bola Tinubu has nominated Yemi Cardoso as CBN Governor President Bola Tinubu has nominated Olayemi Cardoso as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This is was announced in a statement by the presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale. “President ...

The National Bureau of Statistics has revealed that Lagos State recorded the highest domestic debt in Q2 2023 with N996.44 billion, followed by Delta with N465.40 billion. Lagos has largest external debt in Nigeria – NBS The NBS disclosed this in its ...

    The federal government has said efforts are ongoing to resolve the issues Nigerians are experiencing with the United Arab Emirates (UAE)visa. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo disclosed this at the closing ceremony of the 7th African ...

  Nigeria has recorded 4,717 confirmed cases of diphtheria, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The epidemiological report by the global health watchdog showed that between June 30 and August 31, 2023, Nigeria recorded an unusual increase in the ...

  President Bola Tinubu on Thursday said he is not the type of president that will give excuses for failure, assuring that he will deliver the dividends of democracy to the people.   The president spoke when he received high-powered 62-man ...

  The Benue State Police Command has arraigned a 20-year-old man, Aondoaseer Agbadu, at the Magistrate Court on Thursday over conspiracy on organ harvesting. Agbadu and others were reported to have deceived a 17-year-old, Terungwa Swati to Abuja, where one of ...

  The councillors of Ijebu East Local Government of Ogun State on Thursday impeached the suspended Chairman of the local government, Hon. Wale Adedayo, over allegations of financial misappropriation and diversion of council funds, among other allegations made against him.   ...

Appeal Court sacks Elumelu, declares LP’s Okolie winner The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, has set aside the judgment of the National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal in Asaba, Delta State. The court affirmed the ...

  The federal government has said the that it is working on the final details on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) visa issue ban on Nigerians. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, disclosed this at the closing ...

  FRSC says it has mandated its personnel not to enter offenders vehicles Dauda Biu, the corps marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says personnel have been mandated to stop entering the vehicles of offenders during seizure. Bisi Kazeem, FRSC spokesperson, ...

  FirstBank has announced that its FirstEdu product designed to put schools at an advantage in the financing of capital projects such as the acquisition of new property, school expansion and reconstruction has been remodeled to a period of up ...

  Power Supply restored after National grid collapse Power supply has been restored after the national electricity grid collapsed on Thursday. The grid collapse resulted in a massive loss of supply to power distributors nationwide. But hours after this, the ...

  Tinubu appoints Zacch Adedeji FIRS’ acting chairman Zacch Adedeji, special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on revenue, has been appointed acting chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Adedeji, who, at 33, was former governor Abiola’s finance commissioner, ...

  Mohbad’s Petition To Police Against Sam Larry, Others Surfaces. A petition written by the late Nigerian artiste Ilerioluwa Aloba aka MohBad, over an alleged threat to life by music promoter Samson Erinfolami Balogun, aka Sam Larry and others, has ...

  The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has announced a total collapse of the electricity supply system at 12:40 a.m. on Thursday across the South-East. The situation was confirmed in a statement issued by EEDC’s spokesman, Emeka Ezeh, in Enugu. ...