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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 ...

The execution of a killer could be broadcast live on TV after he was found guilty of the murder of a woman who rejected him. Mohamed Adel, 21, was given a death sentence after he was found to have killed ...

Members of the Deeper Life Bible Church worldwide are currently mourning as its National Overseer to Swaziland (Eswatini), Pastor Samuel Udo-Mbang has died. Udo-Mbang reportedly slumped and died while preaching on the pulpit on Sunday during church service. His death ...

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja today for Monrovia, Liberia, to attend the 175th independence anniversary of the country. Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement. According to Mr ...

  The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of the acting Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, as the substantive CJN. This is contained in a letter from the ...

  The Edo State Ministry of Health has revealed that eight persons have tested positive for Monkeypox in the state, urging residents to observe safety measures to reduce the spread of the virus and other infectious diseases in the state. ...

  Barely 24 hours after terrorists threatened to abduct President Muhammadu Buhari and Kaduna Governor Nasir el’Rufai in a viral video, troops of the Guards Brigade have been ambushed by armed bandits in Abuja. Three soldiers were wounded during the ...