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  The Ukrainian parliament on Monday endorsed a decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to impose sanctions on Iran for 50 years, lawmaker Oleksii Honcharenko said on Telegram. The sanction bill, which was submitted to parliament by ...

  Police raid Auxiliary’s home, recover weapons, ammunition The Oyo State Police Command has raided the apartment of the sacked chairman of Park Management System, Mukaila Lamidi, popularly known as Auxiliary. An online news platform, The Street Journal reported Tuesday morning ...

  The Osun State Government has on Tuesday threatened to seal off filling stations in the state hoarding petrol. This was contained in a statement signed by the state’s governor spokesman, Olawale Rasheed. The removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu ...

  Men of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two men for allegedly stabbing a 13-year-old boy to death over rubber slippers ownership. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria on ...

  Men of the Lagos State Police Command are currently working to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman and her two daughters in a shop around PPL, Ijagun Okokomaiko area of the state. The deceased, whose identities ...

The Director of Strategic Communications of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Momodu, on Monday, insisted that the February 25 presidential election, which produced President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, was manipulated. In a statement tagged, ...

  As he takes over the mantle of leadership, President Bola Tinubu has addressed the agitation for Nigeria’s break up. Tinubu assured that Nigeria will not break up or perish. He spoke during his inaugural speech at the Eagles Square ...

  King Charles congratulates Tinubu, seeks ‘stronger friendship’ King Charles III has expressed his willingness to work with newly inaugurated administration in Nigeria, saying he was committed strengthening the ties between the United Kingdom and Africa’s most populous country. While ...

  Former President Goodluck Jonathan said members of his cabinet feared being jailed when the immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari, won election in 2015. Jonathan, while speaking in an interview aired by Arise TV on Monday, said some of his ...

  Students of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun State, on Sunday went on the rampage following the death of their colleague. It was gathered that the student, Sunday morning discovered that one of their colleagues at the ...

  Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has approved anti-LGBTQ laws, his spokesman said on Monday, defying condemnations from Western governments, businesses and human rights activists. Same-sex relations were already illegal in Uganda, as they are in more than 30 African countries, ...

  Teeming supporters of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) booed the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, at the Sani Abacha Stadium, venue of the inauguration ceremony for the new governor.   Immediately, the first-class monarch arrived the venue, ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Imo State, has called on the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to, upon assumption of office, discontinue the silence of the Federal Government over Senator Hope Uzodinma’s alleged use of state apparatus to oppress ...

  I will probe N241bn debt, Abba Gida-Gida fires first shot at Ganduje We TOLD you, it will be a ball in Kano, didn’t we? The incoming governor of Kano state, Abba Kabir Yusuf (popularly known as Abba Gida Gida), has vowed ...

  Former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima has just been sworn-in as the 16th Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The oath of office was administered by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola at the ongoing ...

  Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been sworn-in as Nigeria’s 1th president. Tinubu, 71, and former Lagos State Governor, was inaugurated as Nigeria’s President today, Monday, May 29 at the Eagle Square in the nation’s capital city, Abuja. The Chief Justice ...

  Tinubu to unveil cabinet members within 60 days – APC chieftain, Faleke James Faleke, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said Bola Ahmed Tinubu will unveil cabinet members within 60 days after his inauguration as Nigeria’s ...

  Popular microblogging platform, Twitter, today removed the verification tag attached to the account of the former Vice-president of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.   The special verification tag prior to its removal was designed for officials of government.   However, ...

  The President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, has expressed the desire to work with the newly sworn-in President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu. This was disclosed in a statement, on Monday, from Biden to Tinubu while felicitating ...

  Australia experiences largest earthquake in over 120 years Melbourne was shaken Sunday by a rare and shallow earthquake – the largest earthquake to hit the Australian city in over a century – swaying buildings but ultimately causing very little ...

  Toyin Abraham, Eniola Badmus, others rock matching outfits for Tinubu’s inauguration   Many celebrities, including Toyin Abraham-Ajeyemi and Eniola Badmus, attended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s inauguration ceremony on Monday dressed in similar attires (asoebi).   Tinubu took the oath ...

  Former BBNaija housemate, Venita Akpofure has appealed to social media users to stop comparing her with colleagues, particularly those yet to bear children. Some Tweeps recently listed 10 most attractive female participants from the reality show with Venita included. ...

  Newly sworn-in Niger governor orders demolition of police station The Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has announced plans to demolish the Chanchaga police station in Minna. Bago made this declaration during his inaugural speech at the trade fair complex ...

  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that the naira redesign policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) would be reviewed. The president stated this today during his inaugural speech at the Eagles Square in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory. ...

  Petrol stations in Lagos started witnessing queues few hours after President Bola Tinubu announced that “fuel subsidy is gone”. It was observed that NNPC stations in Ikeja, Alausa were crowded by motorists who rushed to buy the product. Many ...