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  Ahead of the February 25 and March 11, 2023 general elections, the Federal Government of Nigeria has ordered the closure of all polytechnics in the country. The directive was issued by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu in a ...

  All Progressives Congress vice presidential candidate Kashim Shettima says northerners should ditch Atiku Abubakar for his opposition to the enactment of Sharia rule across the region. Addressing party faithful at an APC local government conference in Abuja on Friday ...

  Less than 12 days to the 2023 general elections, about 12 gubernatorial candidates of the African Action Congress, AAC, have disowned the party’s presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, alleging that he is undemocratic and inexperienced to lead in the capacity ...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has declared that the old N200, N500 and N1000 have ceased being legal tender since February 10, 2023. CBN had originally fixed January 31 as deadline for old notes to be in circulation ...

  A British security guard at the UK’s embassy in Germany who pleaded guilty to spying was snared in an elaborate sting after sending sensitive material to Russia, prosecutors said Monday. David Ballantyne Smith, 58, has admitted to eight charges ...

  House on the Rock Church has explained why presiding minister of its Abuja branch, Pastor Uche Aigbe mounted the pulpit carrying an AK-47 rifle. The incident took place on Sunday during the second service, which created a scene as ...

  The management of Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo in Ogun State has announced the suspension of academic activities  from Wednesday, February 22 till March 14, 2023 following the directive by the National Universities Commission. The NUC had ordered the closure of ...

  AGULERI CATHOLIC DIOCESE CREATED: Pope Francis has announced the establishment of the Catholic Diocese of Aguleri and appointed Bishop Denis Isizoh the Diocese’s first Bishop. The erection of the new Catholic Diocese in Nigeria and the appointment of the ...

  Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has revealed that the assailants who kidnapped the Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Chief Ekpe Ogbu have been arrested. Ortom said this on Sunday during a Thanksgiving Mass in honour of the Commissioner held at ...

  The Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai has again come hard on the presidency, saying he no longer believes in the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari. Recall that sequel to the recent cash policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria, ...

  The moment a piece of the sun’s northern pole breaks off has been captured by NASA in a never-before-seen event that has baffled scientists. A video shows a giant filament of plasma, or electrified gas, shooting out from the ...

  Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau another unidentified object has been shot down by US jet over Canada’s airspace. This coming after US fighter jet shot down a high-altitude object hovering over Alaska on the order of President on Friday. ...

  Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has directed civil servants across the state to mark this year’s Valentine’s Day by dancing, playing games, doing dressing parades and other kinds of entertainment. He gave the directive in a statement on February ...

  Michael Adeniran, the father of a 12-year-old Chrisland International School student, Opebi branch, has taken to social media to cry out over the death of his daughter, Whitney Adeniran, who allegedly died during the school’s inter-house sports activities. According ...

  The presiding pastor of the Abuja chapter of the House on the Rock, Pastor Uche Aigbe, on Sunday caused a stir when he mounted the pulpit carrying an AK 47 rifle. The incident took place during the second service, ...

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested the founder and General Overseer of Seraphic and Sabbath Assembly in Lagos, High Priest Nnodu Azuka Kenrick. Also arrested was a student of Emmanuel College of Theology in Ibadan, Udezuka ...

  A man has died after challenging a Lagos school bus driver who allegedly defiled his seven-year-old daughter. 47-year-old Frederick died on the premises of Luyol School during a scuffle with the suspect known as Jacob. Jacob absconded from the ...

  Mother Of 12-Year-Old Chrisland Student Describes How She Discovered Her Daughter Dead During Inter-House Sports Whitney Adeniran, 12, allegedly passed away while participating in inter-house sports at the Chrisland International School, Opebi branch, according to her mother, Mrs. Blessing ...

  A mother was arrested after her child wrote a story in her kindergarten class about her firing a gun while her parents were fighting. Kaydra Johnson, 28, was walking around her home when sheriff’s deputies arrived on Monday. They ...

  The Central Bank Of Nigeria has said that money bouquet is an abuse of the naira and it is a punishable offence. They revealed this in an Instastories. See it below….  

  A tanker has exploded along the Ogun State stretch of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, causing traffic diversion. Dailypost reports that the crash occurred at about 07:30 on Friday between Fidiwo bridge and Foursquare. Confirming the incident, the Federal Road Safety ...

  The Nigerian government said it will comply with the Supreme Court suspension of the deadline to swap old naira notes for new ones. Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, said the government will obey the Supreme Court ruling. ...

  The Kano State Government on Thursday evening filed a suit against the Federal Government at the Supreme Court in respect of the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria. In suit number: SC/CS/200/2023, sighted, the Kano State ...

  A newborn baby girl has been pulled alive from the rubble of a home in northern Syria, after relatives found her still tied by her umbilical cord to her mother, who died in Monday’s massive earthquake. The infant is ...

  A yet-to-be-identified soldier has allegedly stabbed a ticket agent, Ibrahim Ikudaisi, aka Guardian, to death over N100 ticket in the Oshodi area of Lagos State. Punch Metro gathered that Ikudaisi was visiting stores to demand N100 levy from different ...