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Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has declared Friday, July 29, 2022, work-free for civil servants in the state to enable them to register to vote in the next general election. This was contained in a statement signed by the governor’s ...

The Nasarawa State Government has ordered the immediate closure of both public and private schools, as a proactive step to safeguard the lives of students from across the 13 Local Government Areas of the state. This is coming following reports ...

Aloy Ejimakor, the Special Counsel of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has urged the Nigerian Government to honour the call by the United Nations, Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, to release the ...

  Okpanam community in Delta has reverted to ancestral spirits to avenge an attack on the community, in which three police officers were killed and some community vigilance members injured. The Ugo Ani of Okpanam, Michael Ogbolu, led chiefs, indigenes ...

A man has been jailed for life over the killing of his grandfather as legal history was made at the Old Bailey with the first televised sentencing in England and Wales. Ben Oliver, 25, was acquitted of murder but had ...

‘Downblousing’ will Become A Criminal Offence If Rishi Sunak Becomes UK Prime Minister, The Former Chancellor Has Announced. Mr Sunak has promised a crackdown on s3x offenders if he pulls off a surprise win in the race for Number 10 ...

I’m Not The One To Pay You, But Will Assist You With N450m As Salary Support – Ikpeazu Tells Abia Varsity Workers Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has approved the release of N450 million as salary support to the State ...

  Hunters under the aegis of the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Services have discovered over 320 Permanent Voters Cards in Bayelsa State. The hunters handed over the hundreds of PVCs to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday ...

  The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Rivers State, said it arrested a woman, Blessing Iniedem, for allegedly forcing a 16-year-old girl into prostitution at a brothel in the Mile Three axis of Port Harcourt, the ...

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, said yesterday the nation’s economy was doing well under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration than previous governments. She also explained the depletion of Excess Crude Account, ECA, saying it had ...

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has declared Monday, 1st August , 2022, as work-free day to mark the beginning of 1445 Islamic (Hijrah) New Year. This was contained in a press statement signed by the commissioner for Information, Malam ...

The bank official who was killed in a bullion van robbery attack in Abia State on Tuesday has been identified as Igwe .O. Igwe. Recall the bank robbery occurred around 1:13pm on Tuesday, July 26, at Ntigha junction along the ...

A man, Ojo Babatunde, has been arrested by the Ogun State police for allegedly defiling and impregnating his 15-year-old step-daughter. DSP Sunday Abutu, the command’s spokesperson, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti. He said that Babatunde ...

Ambassador Blessing Clark, younger brother of Ijaw leader Edwin Clark, has died at the age of 92. The younger Clark died on Tuesday in Lagos, a statement signed by Christopher Clark for the family said. The statement said, “The Bekederemo-Fuludu-Clark ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senators caucus on Wednesday staged a walkout from Chambers in protest against the heightening insecurity in Nigeria. The minority leader Senator Philip Aduda who was flanked by others at a press briefing, after they walked ...

The Senate, on Wednesday, resolved to summon the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, to educate and inform senators in a closed session on the reasons for the rapid depreciation of the value of the naira. ...

The Federal Capital Territory has directed the closure of all private schools in Abuja. The directive comes amidst threats of attacks in the capital city. The decision was taken after a reported terrorist attack on the neighbouring Sheda community in ...

  The police Rapid Response Squad (RRS) in Lagos State have arrested a taxi driver who assaulted a Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officer. A statement by Public Education Officer, Olabisi Sonusi said the incident occurred Sept. 28, 2021. Agboola ...

Buba Galadima, a former ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, has said the President can also be kidnapped with the way the issue of insecurity is going in Nigeria. Galadima stated this in an interview with BBC Hausa service while reacting ...

Explosion has reportedly rocked Kogi Government office. This caused anxiety in parts of Lokoja following a loud explosion heard on the premises housing the office of the Secretary to the Kogi State Government, Dr. Folashade Arike Ayoade. It was gathered ...

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Command have arrested two self-acclaimed spiritualists – Alfa Abiodun Ibrahim and Wale Adifala. The duo were nabbed for allegedly conspiring to defraud a House of Representatives aspirant in Ekiti State, ...

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, says he is in the 2023 presidential race to win and not to negotiate with another party’s candidate. Asked if he is considering the possibility of aligning with Mr Atiku, who he ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said studies have revealed that about 75 per cent of the houses in Nigeria are substandard. Osinbajo, however said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration was intensifying efforts to make decent and affordable homes available for ...

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has revealed why he REFUSED to be a US Citizen. He said that Nigerians in diaspora excel and lead in various endeavour because the gene of excellence is programmed ...

  The Police Public Relations Officer in Cross River State, SP Irene Ugbo has confirmed that six suspects behind the kidnap of a student of Arthur Jarvis University last Tuesday have been killed. She disclosed that they were killed during ...