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  Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has given the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government a two-week ultimatum to fix the dilapidated Sango Ota road. Recall the people of Sango-Ota in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government have been crying out to the ...

  Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, has accused his counterpart from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar of lying over his comment on Muslim-Muslim ticket. Tinubu said Atiku asked him to be his running mate ...

  Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has challenged the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, to subject himself to an hour long Television interview. Reacting to ...

Unknown gunmen dressed in Military Camouflage on Friday shot dead a youth leader and chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party in Bayelsa State, Odeinyefa Ogbolosingha. The 53-year old deceased, was an administrative officer in the State Civil Service, a member ...

The police in Abuja have arrested social media influencer Amanda Chisom over her involvement in Chinmark, a company said to be into real estate, logistics, hospitality, and food. In March, many of the investors took to social media to attack ...

A Cairo returnee, Bolu Bamidele, who was set ablaze by his wife has been buried. Recall Bolu was allegedly set ablaze by his wife, Ifeoluwa Bamidele, who accused him of infidelity and also of fathering a child outside their matrimonial ...

A High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory has remanded the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, in prison custody over his alleged illegal diversion of public funds to the tune of N109.4 billion. He was arraigned on ...

At least 30 persons were feared dead in an auto crash along Zaria-Kano Expressway on Thursday. The accident occurred around 5.30pm near Hawan Mai Mashi in Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Abdurahman Yakasai, Assistant Corps Commander of the ...

  Atiku Abubakar has said his political ties with Bola Tinubu crashed in 2007 after the former Lagos governor demanded fielding a Muslim-Muslim ticket in that year’s presidential election. Mr Abubakar stood as the presidential candidate of the now-defunct opposition ...

The Lagos Ministry of Education has released the approved harmonised school calendar for the year 2022/2023 academic year. Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, the director-general of the Office of Education Quality Assurance said in a statement on Thursday urged public and private schools ...

US President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is isolating at the White House. The 79-year-old, who is fully-vaccinated and has twice received booster jabs, is experiencing “very mild symptoms” and will continue to carry out all his ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Thursday, said it had arrested 18 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja. According to a statement on the commission’s Facebook page, the boys were apprehended on July 19, 2022 at the Army Estate Phase ...

  Operatives of the Lagos Police Command have arrested five suspects over an alleged operation of a fake Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) centre at Jobi Fele Way, Alausa Business District, Ikeja. The suspects, Gloria Ukaegbu, 28, Omolere Kayode, 30, Taiwo ...

One of the Kuje prison inmates, Ebube Igwe Jude, has been arrested in Makurdi, Benue State capital. Police disclosed this in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer, Catherine Anene, a Superintendent of Police. The escapee is said to ...

Police operatives in Anambra State have reportedly arrested two suspected cultists, who participated in the killing of a rival cultist, beheading and playing soccer with his head last year. A video had trended last year September, showing some young men, ...

  Operatives of the Ondo State Police command have arrested a 35-year-old woman, Funmilayo Mogbojuri, for allegedly stealing a newborn baby at Sabo in Okitipupa Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, SP Funmi Odunlami, who disclosed ...

One of the “Christian clerics” that attended the unveiling of 2023 presidential candidate Bola Tinubu’s running mate has spoken out. On Wednesday in Abuja, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presented Kashim Shettima as its vice presidential candidate. The 55-year-old former ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday weighed the possibility of imposing a nationwide ban on the sale and use of motorcycles by Nigerians, according to Attorney-General Abubakar Malami. Mr Malami said the administration’s consideration of the wholesale ban was forced by ...

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has assured Osun Governor-elect, Sen. Ademola Adeleke that Enugu state is his second home. This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Simon Ortuanya, provided to newsmen ...

Reports say passengers were on Wednesday evening abducted from an 18-seater bus at Ochonyi-Omoko village along the Abuja-Lokoja highway in Kogi State. The incident happened around 8pm, according to a passenger, Benjamin Isaac, who escaped from being abducted by the ...

  The plummeting Nigerian currency has recorded a new low, exchanging for N630 against the United States dollar at the parallel market, findings on Aboki Forex reveal. Aboki Forex is a digital platform that furnishes its audience with the exchange ...

  Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has barred all traditional rulers in the state from conferring traditional titles without government clearance. “Henceforth, no Emir, Senior District Head, or District Head must appoint anybody into any traditional office without securing official ...

A former Minister in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet, Solomon Dalung has accused the All Progressives Congress of having a hidden agenda with the Muslim-Muslim ticket it is flying. Dalung said APC has introduced a dimension that is going to make ...

Famous singer, Davido has reacted to a tweet suggesting his family will use Osun state’s money to have properties in Atlanta after his uncle, Ademola Adeleke won the governorship election in the state. Davido responded to the tweet saying his ...

  A resident of Koka town, Osun State, Bolu Bamidele, has died after his wife, Ifeoluwa, allegedly set him ablaze after a quarrel on Sunday. A family member of the victim, who spoke on condition of anonymity, alleged that the ...