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  The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has imposed a no flight zone on Niger following the coup that toppled the elected government of Mohamed Bazoum. The decision was reached at an extraordinary session of the ECOWAS authority of ...

  The Gombe government has reduced transport fares for Gombe Line Transport Company to cushion the effects of the petrol subsidy removal. Ismaila Uba-Misilli, the spokesman for the Gombe governor, said this while responding to a survey on state-owned transport companies’ status. ...

  The former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has been cleared by the Nigeria Senate for a ministerial role. Wike on Monday arrived at the National Assembly to appear before the lawmakers for his ministerial screening. It is not ...

  Magistrate arrested for disguising as a lady to write a law exam for his girlfriend.   A newly appointed Magistrate, Musa Semwogerere, has been nabbed for posing as a woman to sit for exams for his girlfriend at the ...

  The immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has promised that President Bola Tinubu will not regret nominating him to be one of his ministers. He said this during the screening of ministerial nominees before the Senate on Monday. During the screening ...

  Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church has cautioned Christians to refrain from criticizing their prophets, claiming that such an attitude invites God’s wrath. Speaking against men of God can draw leprosy, according to the renowned cleric who made ...

  To ensure the security of lives and properties in schools across the nation, the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has announced the establishment of the Schools Protection Squad (SPS). Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said the initiative ...

  A Federal High Court (FHC) Judge, Justice Peter Mallong, is dead. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Mallong died on Sunday after a brief illness in Abuja. The Chief Registar of FHC, Hassan Amida Sulaiman, announced ...

  A two-month-old baby was at the weekend stolen from his mother at a school graduation ceremony in Il?rin, Kwara State. It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 3pm on Saturday at the school’s premises in the metropolis. ...

  The House of Representatives Committee on Public Assets has announced its decision to investigate the alleged sale of two training helicopters by the Nigeria College of Aviation Technology, Zaria. The Committee in a press statement signed by the Chairman, Hon. Ademorin Kuye, ...

  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will make a broadcast to the nation, today, Monday. Dele Alake, Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications & Strategy, disclosed this on Monday in a terse statement. According to him, the broadcast ...

  The senator representing Ebonyi South Senatorial district, His Excellency Senator David Umahi has resigned from the 10th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. An impeccable sources told reporters that Umahi who is the current deputy majority leader of ...

  The Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police, Haruna Garba, has lamented that some undisclosed persons drop the command’s emergency numbers with loan shark companies to obtain loans. He also said non-state actors had also been engaging the emergency lines. The ...

  Tchiani, the head of the Presidential Guard, has been named “president of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland”, a statement said. Appearing on state television, the general said soldiers had seized power due to the deteriorating ...

  A man identified as Mohammed Faworaja has met his untimely death in Ilorin, Kwara State capital while running away from a dog. Punch Metro gathered on Thursday that the incident occurred around Asa Dam, the Warah-Osin area in the ...

  Hoodlums have reportedly beheaded a man in Aladja Community in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. The hoodlums also went away with the head of the deceased, a commercial motorcycle operator in the community.   Daily Post gathered that the ...

  The Corporate Affairs Commission has said it will remove 100,000 registered companies from its database soon. During a training on ‘Use of the beneficial ownership register’, in Lagos, the Registrar-General and Chief Executive Officer, CAC, Alhaji Garba Abubakar, disclosed ...

  The United States government says Mohamed Bazoum is still the president of the Niger Republic and that it is in touch with the West African country’s former President Mahamadou Issoufou, amidst a putsch. “There are some important pieces in here. First, President Bazoum is ...

  President Bola Tinubu has called on Nigerian youths to be understanding and patient with the hardship caused by his economic and monetary policies. He said the hardships would eventually lead to a more prosperous, equitable and inclusive economy. On ...

Police have launched a murder investigation after the dismembered remains of missing millionaire Fernando Pérez Algaba, 41, were discovered by a group of children in Argentina over the weekend. The grisly case came to light after the kids found a red ...

The Federal Government has raised alarm over the growing trend of child labour in the country. The government raised the concern during the celebration of the 2023 World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) when it dropped a staggering figure of 43 ...

  The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has denied taking a picture with self-acclaimed Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa. Obi issued the denial in response to a viral ‘photoshopped image with Ekpa’. Speaking through the Head of Obi-Datti Media ...

  The four kidnapped female students of Zamfara State College of Arts and Sciences, ZACAS, Gusau, have regained their freedom after over six months in the bandits’ den. Recall the kidnappers had released two video clips at different periods in ...

  The Kano State Government has established three treatment centres as the cases of diphtheria in the state surged beyond 130. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Abubakar Yusuf, who disclosed this on Thursday, said the state had deployed the ...

  The House of Representatives has commenced its annual recess as it adjourned plenary until September. The recess was announced by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas on Thursday after constituting the House Standing Committees. Mr Abbas constituted 134 committees for the 10th ...