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  The presidency has reacted to the southern governors’ proposed plan to enforce the ban on open grazing in the region, stating that it is of “questionable legality”. In a statement on Monday, Garba Shehu, a presidential spokesperson, said President ...

  French fashion tycoon Bernard Arnault is now the world’s richest person, with an estimated net worth of $186.3 billion—putting him $300 million above Jeff Bezos, who is worth $186 billion, and Elon Musk, worth $147.3 billion. Whereas Bezos built ...

President Buhari yesterday hosted a delegation of Nigerian governors who were in the Aso Rock Presidential Villa on a condolence visit to the President. The Governors were at the Villa to condole with Buhari following the death of the Chief ...

A British clothing retailer has come under fire for trademarking the name of the west African Yoruba people several years ago, igniting a debate online about whether trademarking names of ethnic groups amounts to cultural appropriation. Timbuktu, an outdoor clothing ...

The Kaduna State College of Nursing and Midwifery has confirmed the death of one of its students, Lydia Dantata, who was a victim of a fire incident that started at a petrol filling station opposite its Kafanchan campus. About 10 ...

Pandemonium ensued at the Ile-Epo Market on Monday as okada riders were said to have engaged the police a battle following alleged killing of one of their members by a police officer. The entire market was deserted as irate youths ...

A man has been arrested for stealing plantain at Ebedebiri, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa state. The man was caught in the act. When asked why he decided to steal another man’s property, he confessed his girlfriend had asked ...

The Nigerian Stockfish Dealers Association has raised an alarm over the growing challenges faced in the stockfish business in the country. The chairman of the association, Gregory Ilobinso, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said the continuous attacks on its facilities have now become a national emergency after its offices in Enugu, Imo, and Anambra state came under attacks on Sunday. In an emergency session on ...

A woman who sneaked into a married man’s room and performed oral sex on him as he slept has been convicted. Marie Le-Mar, 38, was handed three years and six months in jail for a string of offences after stripping ...

A mad woman allegedly caught with three AK-47 rifles placed in a sack bag has been set ablaze by angry mob at Abule-Ado, Trade fair area of Badagry, Lagos State. According to social media reports, the woman is suspected to ...

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has announced the death of the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Arzika Tureta, who died on Sunday night. Tambuwal in a statement, titled, ‘Transition Announcement and Burial’, which he personally signed said, “With submission to ...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised alarm over fraudulent recruitment activities by one Jesustofunmi Nifemi Alabi to dupe unsuspecting members of the public. Public Relations Officer, DSS National Headquarters, Abuja, Dr Peter Afunanya, said Alabi had created a ...

The National Chairman, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Uche Secondus, has said the situation of Nigeria is now pathetic as he urged Nigerians to continue praying. Secondus stated this on Sunday in Abuja at a fundraising dinner to build ...

Boris Johnson and fiancee Carrie Symonds are set to get married in summer next year, it has been reported. The couple have sent out save-the-date cards to friends and family to ‘celebrate their wedding’ on Saturday July 30, 2022, according ...

The House of Representatives is considering discontinuation of the National Youth Service Corps scheme. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Alteration Bill, 2020, which is seeking to repeal the NYSC Act, is billed for the second reading. The ...

  Anambra state governor, Willie Obiano has stated that is the only Nigerian governor who does not receive a monthly salary. The governor explained that after his tax has been deducted from his salary, he sends the remaining balance to ...

Wife of Youth Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State Isiaka Salawu, Dr Aderiyike Oni-Salawu, has been kidnapped by gunmen. The sad incident took place at Aromolaran area of Ibadan, the state capital on Sunday evening A ...

Three persons on a motorcycle were crushed to death on Sunday night by a truck around Ago Oko in Abeokuta. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesman, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of ...

Residents angered by incessant abductions and bandit attacks have blocked the Gauraka Abuja-Kaduna Highway in the Tarfa Local Government Area of Niger State in protest. The irate youths in their numbers went on rampage as early as 6:00am on Monday ...

Thirty-three commercial s.e.x workers, mostly Nigerians, have been arrested by the Greater Accra Regional Police Command at Pokuase Timber Market. The five-hour operation, which led to their arrest took place on May 20, 2021, in collaboration with the Ga North ...

Relatives and demonstrators gathered in a rally to mark the first anniversary of the death that triggered protest against racism and police brutality across the US and around the world. Mr Floyd died after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on ...

The Oyo State Independent National Electoral Commission has declared candidates of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the state winners of the chairmanship elections conducted in 32 out of the 33 local government areas in the state. The Chairman of ...

Bunmi Oladuntoye, fiancée of Taiwo Olufemi Asaniyi, the pilot who flew the military aircraft that crashed in Kaduna state, has penned a touching tribute to her late lover. Asaniyi, Ibrahim Attahiru, chief of army staff, and nine other military officers ...

Pharaoh Okadigbo, son of an ex-senate president, the late Chuba Okadigbo, is dead. Pharaoh is said to have died in a car accident that occurred on Saturday. Reacting to the news of his death on Sunday, President Muhammadu Buhari condoled ...