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The Senate on Tuesday named the lawmaker representing the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Philip Aduda, as the new Minority Leader of the Senate to replace Senator Eyinaya Abaribe. Senator Chukwuka Utazi was also named as the Senate Minority Whip to ...

Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Kwara State, Malam Garba Attairu Madami, has demanded an official apology within 48hours from the state Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for alleged defamation of character. Briefing newsmen in Ilorin on Monday, Garba, said he will ...

A young Nigerian lady identified as Aduke took to her WhatsApp status to plead for justice after her boyfriend, Fatai gathered a couple of his friends and flogged her mercilessly in their presence, over claims that she was cheating on ...

  An Aiyetoro High Court in Ogun sentenced one, Adelake Bara, to death by hanging on Monday for shooting and killing one Olaleye Oke, whom he accused of having illicit affairs with one of his three wives The court convicted ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, ruled out the concept of “placeholder” or dummy vice presidential candidate as done by political parties, adding that it has no place in the constitution of Nigeria. After the completion of presidential ...

  Footage has surfaced of a newborn baby being rescued after it was dumped in a black bin bag on the side of the road. The video shows a passers-by desperately trying to save the baby – which still had ...

  Caroline Madu, mother of the late gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, on Monday pleaded with the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, to help her get justice for her daughter. Madu told the court that she and Osinachi’s siblings ...

  Deji Adeyanju, a popular socio-political commentator based in Abuja, has predicted that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will win the 2023 presidential election. Adeyanju made this known in a tweet on his Twitter page on Monday. According to him, ...

A boy who has broken 100 bones during his life has been described as if he’s “made of glass” due to his rare bone condition. Rohit, 12, suffers from an illness known as osteoporosis, more commonly known as brittle bone ...

  A former Minister of Niger Delta, Godsday Orubebe, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party. He made this known in a letter addressed to the National Chairman of the party, lyorchia Ayu, on Monday. In a copy ...

  The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission from ending voter registration on June 30, 2022. Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon (Court 10) on Monday granted an order of interim injunction following the hearing of an ...

The speaker of the Kogi House of Assembly, Matthew Kolawole, says he is still in charge of the parliament, claiming his purported impeachment was carried out by frustrated lawmakers via a press statement. “My rumoured removal or impeachment doing the rounds is ...

The only Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker in Zamfara State House of Assembly, Hon. Salisu Usman Zurmi has lamented that the House has not been paying his allowances and entitlements since he refused to defect to the All Progressives Congress, ...

  A field technician with the Ikeja Electric, Matthew Umukoro, has lost his life after falling from an electric pole on Igbe Road, Igbogbo, in the Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State. Punch Metro gathered that the 42-year-old was ...

  The APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Sunday said he was almost fed up in the battle to secure the presidential ticket of the party. He he had to resort to prayer when he was almost fed up ...

A former military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar may have suffered stroke and flown abroad. According to ThisDay, he is seriously ill. The retired Army General may have suffered partial stroke, the paper states. Abubakar was reportedly flown out ...

The kidnappers of former Nigeria Football Association Secretary-General, Sani Toro have demanded a ransom of N150 million. A source close to the family disclosed this to SaharaReporters on Sunday. It was earlier reported that the former NFA (now NFF) official was kidnapped ...

Many passengers were stranded at various bus stops in Lagos State, Monday morning, as commercial vehicles were scarce on the road. The scarcity of vehicles was attributed to the fuel scarcity, which was gradually building up in some parts of ...

  The Founder of Household of God Church, Reverend Chris Okotie, has asked political parties’ presidential candidates to step down for him in his bid to take over from the President Muhammadu Buhari. This is as he also urged Buhari ...

  The two church leaders abducted last Monday by gunmen at the Celestial Church of Christ, Oshofa, Wasimi, in the Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State, have been released. The founder of the church, Oluwatomisin Olugbebi, said the victims ...

The 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said 70 percent of Nigerian politicians have no business in the leadership of the country and should be kicked out of power in the 2023 general elections. The former Anambra ...

A pregnant woman, one female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, a 70-year -old chief, have been confirmed among the passengers who lost their lives in a boat mishap on Saturday between Otuan and Ayama communities of Southern Ijaw Local ...

A total of 18 persons were burnt beyond recognition in an auto crash involving an 18-seater bus along Bida-Minna road in Niger State. The accident occurred in the late hours of Saturday at about 3 am while they were travelling ...

The Federal Government has given instructions to electricity distribution companies to resume the Metre Assets Providers programme, recently slowed down by the National Mass Metering Programme. Although the DisCos’ MAP has been in existence for some years, the NMMP programme ...

The police officers from Iheagwa Division, Imo State, have arrested an Imo prison escapee identified as Justice Anokam, for allegedly stabbing a pregnant woman to death with a dagger at Umuejechi Nekede autonomous community in Owerri West Local Government. It ...