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  Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has lambasted the Federal Government of Nigeria, noting that the country cannot have two systems. In a statement on Thursday, Akeredolu reacted to the video showing the Katsina security outfit obtaining the approval to bear ...

  At its regular weekly meeting held today Tuesday 20th September 2022, the Commission approved the final list of candidates for national elections (Presidential, Senatorial and Federal Constituencies) pursuant to section 32(1) of the Electoral Act 2022 and item 8 ...

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday refused the bail application pending appeal filed by the convicted Nollywoord actor, James Olarewaju, alias, Baba Ijesha. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo rejected the bail application of ...

  The federal government says it is proposing legislation to ban the consumption of animal skin, locally known as ponmo, in the country to revive tanneries. Muhammad Yakubu, director-general, Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology (NILEST), Zaria, said this ...

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, celebrated internationally renowned artist and King of Juju Music, Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye aka King Sunny Ade, who turns 76. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari lauded ...

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) has intercepted 19 Nigerians being trafficked to Libya for commercial sex and sexual exploitation in Kano. The victims of human trafficking who are between 18 and 32 years were ...

More facts have emerged on how a lawyer and mother of three died in a crash while chasing her husband and an alleged side chick in Calabar last Sunday. The Nation gathered the deceased, Claret Opara Bassey has been married ...

  Uganda’s health ministry and the World Health Organization on Tuesday September 20, confirmed the outbreak of Ebola in the country.   The health ministry said there was a confirmed Ebola case in central Mubende district, a 24-year-old man who showed ...

  My Nephew, Driver Still In Kidnappers’ Den Three Months After – Bishop Kukah The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah on Monday said his nephew and a driver kidnapped over three months ago are still in captivity. He ...

  ASUU Strike: Students Target Apapa Port After Airport Road Blockade Students, under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students, on Monday made good their threat to ground activities at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos when they ...

The Royal Family have shared a poignant photo of the Queen after her final farewell. The Queen was laid to rest following her state funeral and committal ceremony on Monday, and to mark the emotional events, a new photo of ...

A man simply identified as Taiye has hacked his wife, Endurance to death in Oviorie-Ovu community, Ethiope-East Local Government Area of Delta State. The suspect fled the scene to his sister’s house at Abraka after he committed the offence. Details ...

  Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the late Queen Elizabeth II as a perfect and great woman. Obasanjo spoke when he granted an interview to the News Central TV at his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Penthouse residence in ...

The Deputy President of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, Kabiru Sani, has said that 50 per cent of deaths recorded in the sector are caused by unsafe medication practices and medication errors. This is as he lamented ...

Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer Reveals He Has Been Diagnosed With Gastrointestinal Disorder Ifeanyi Ejiofor, counsel to the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has said his client has been diagnosed with gastrointestinal disorder. In a statement ...

  The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, today stormed Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos to mount pressure on the government to resolve the seven-month industrial strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Recall that the students’ body ...

  The Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Kennedy Ibe has announced his resignation as the Speaker of the House. This was disclosed today during an emergency plenary session of the lawmakers at the state house of the ...

  The Principal General of Madonna Community Secondary School, Mr Monday Ekoriko, who was kidnapped two weeks ago, has regained his freedom after paying a sum of four million, two hundred thousand naira as ransom to his captors. It could ...

  Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Lamido Sanusi, has urged the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resolve the lingering crisis between them. Sanusi made the call in an interview with ...

Ibadan indigenes, under the auspices of Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII), have promised to protect the South West region against any form of invasion. The CCII, which is the umbrella body of all indigenes of Ibadan, made this disclosure ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the recent successes recorded by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in smashing some international drug cartels. Buhari, according to his spokesman, Femi Adesina, called from the United States ...

  The Federal Government, on Monday, said it was planning to increase the minimum wage of workers from the current N30,000 to conform with the current reality. This was disclosed by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, in ...

  The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has, Monday, joined Nigerian students in protest at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Sowore, while at the protest, said it was important for the students to intensify their ...

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, and his co-defendant, Victor Aduba, to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping one Sylvanus Hafia. They were accused of conspiring and ...

  The Oyo Mesi Traditional Council has said all the 65 contestants to the Alaafin stool who appeared for an interview recently are to proceed further in the selection process. The regent and Basorun of Oyo, Chief Yussuf Ayoola, disclosed ...