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Former CBN governor, Prof. Charles Soludo on Wednesday evening emerged the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA for the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. This is coming few hours after a faction of APGA in ...

India’s COVID-19 tally surpassed 30 million-mark and the death toll crossed 390,000 on Wednesday, said the federal health ministry. While the tally rose to 30,028,709, the aggregate death toll reached 390,660. As many as 50,848 new cases and 1,358 deaths ...

Following the security challenges facing the country, authorities of the University of Jos have engaged the services of local hunters to protect students on campus and their hostels. The outgoing Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Sebastian Maimako, who disclosed this ...

The Ebonyi State Commissioner for Infrastructure Concession and Development, Fidelis Nweze, is dead. Nweze, a two-time commissioner in the state, was on his way to Enugu on Saturday in company of his driver when the car in which they were ...

Canadian lawmakers have passed a controversial bill that aims to regulate programming distributed by media streaming services and social platforms like Facebook and YouTube, a measure that critics warn could infringe on individual speech.   The legislation drafted by Justin ...

Singer, YQ has been hospitalized in the United States. Sharing photos of himself on a hospital bed, he wrote; Thank God the ambulance and cop showed up in less than 5 minutes. ”Can i get one flower now that am ...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said the cost of a litre of petrol has hit N256 and it is absorbing between N140-N150 billion in monthly subsidy to sell to consumers at N162. But the octopus corporation blamed fuel smugglers ...

Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man for allegedly defiling his two-years-old biological daughter in Festac Town, Amuwo Odofin area of the State. Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer PPRO CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a Statement ,said :”The suspect, ...

Ten people were reported to have died some hours after having their dinner on Monday evening in Gwanara district, in Kwara North Senatorial District. The incident occurred at about 2200 hours at the camp of the head of Fulanis in ...

‘ A brown bear has eaten and killed a 16-year-old boy at a Russian national park before it was stabbed in the neck with a penknife by a tourist who was also attacked by the predator. The beast half ate ...

  Police in Kaduna said they killed a bandit and foiled an attempt to kidnap an Indian in the Dankande area of Igabi local council.   The command said four loaded AK47 magazines were recovered from the scene.   Police ...

The Kwara State Police Command has begun searching for a man who allegedly killed a lady in a hotel in Ilorin, the state capital, about three weeks ago. The suspect, whom the police identified as Adegboye James of Okelowo Street, ...

Nigeria may return to food importation to augment what the country currently produces, if the issue of insecurity persists, farmers have warned. Speaking to The Nation, a farmer based in Borno State, Alhaji Abiso Kabir said farmers are being attacked ...

Eighteen days after the micro-blogging platform, Twitter, was suspended in Nigeria, the Federal Government insists operation of Twitter in the country’s social media space “is not legally permissible.” The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this yesterday when ...

  A young woman identified as Tamara Daspan has died from traumatic brain injury she suffered after she was allegedly robbed and pushed out of a moving commercial tricyclist by suspected robbers in Jos, Plateau state.   Details of the ...

  Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez has pardoned nine leaders serving prison sentences for their roles in Catalonia’s failed secession attempt, the European nation has announced. Catalonia is the wealthy, restive northeastern region  of Spain whose capital is Barcelona. For ...

  The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Major General Farouk Yahaya as the Chief of Army Staff.   The confirmation was sequel to the presentation and consideration of the Joint Committee on Defence and Army on the confirmation ...

  Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 176 concerned Nigerians have won a suit at the ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja, restraining the federal government from prosecuting Twitter users. Following the ban and subsequent threat of prosecution, Socio-Economic ...

  The lobby of the National Assembly began to leak profusely on Tuesday morning following a heavy downpour in Abuja. According to reports, plenary was delayed for a few hours as cleaners had a hectic time scooping out the water. ...

  Senate minority leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe has been photographed wearing the popular a ‘dot nation’ t-shirt following President Buhari’s comment. Few days ago, the president in an interview on Arise TV, said that the military and the police will be ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has threatened to suspend all social media platforms that allow their apps to be used to propagate division of the country through inflammatory statements or posts. This is coming weeks after the government banned micro-blogging ...

The Ondo State High Court, sitting in Olokuta Correctional Centre, Akure, the state capital has granted bail to Kemisola Ogunniyi, the EndSARS protester who delivered in prison custody. The 18-year-old Ogunniyi and three others were arrested and standing trial at ...

Several vehicles went up in flames as a tanker exploded on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway today. It was gathered that the fire incident happened around 6.20 am at the Romona trailer park in the Ogere area of Ogun State. The Ogun State ...

Ex-CBN Deputy Governor, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu has been elected member of the Board of Directors, Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS). ACUNS, established in 1987, is an association of scholars, practitioners and institutions active in the work and ...

Fifteen pupils of Salihu Tanko school in Tegina, Niger state, abducted on May 30, have escaped from their abductors as they slept. The 15 were among more than 130 pupils and teachers snatched by gunmen from an Islamic seminary, the ...