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Ogun State’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Niyi Ijalaye, suffered a sudden collapse on Monday evening in Abuja. According to a reliable source, Ijalaye attended a meeting at the Independent National Electoral Commission’s headquarters, appearing to be in good spirits throughout. However, ...

  FirstBank, the West African premier financial institution and financial inclusion services provider is proud to announce its 2024 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CR&S) Week, scheduled for 19 to 24 August. This year’s edition aims to reinforce the bank’s positive ...

  The brutal ra.pe and mur.der of a seven-year-old girl has sparked outrage in Ethiopia, with many saying the sentence given to her attacker is too lenient Heaven Awot was se.xually assaulted, mutilated and klled by her mother’s landlord Getnet Baye last August in ...

  A 95-year-old Kenyan man has married his 90-year-old long-time lover at the weekend Ibrahim Mbogo walked down the aisle with Tabitha Wangui at a white wedding at a church on Sunday. “We met and fell in love in 1960, ...

A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Lagos on Monday ordered the remand of a 65-year-old man, Idris Danladi, for allegedly def!ling a one-year-old girl. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Patrick Adekomaiya, ordered that Danladi be remanded in the Awarjigoh Correctional ...

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thundery and rainy weather conditions from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released in Abuja envisaged thunderstorms over parts of Kano, Katsina, Zamfara, Jigawa, Kaduna, Taraba and Bauchi States during the ...

The mobile police officer, who was abducted around Kampani community in Bashar District of Wase local government area of Plateau State, has been found d3ad. The policeman was reportedly part of a security team fighting bandits in the area when ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has put the Federal Government on a 21-day notice, threatening to embark on a nationwide strike if its demands are not met. This decision was made at the end of the National Executive ...

  President Bola Tinubu has relieved Jalal Arabi of his duties as Executive Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), according to a statement released by Presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale. The statement also announced the appointment of Professor ...

  The Federal Government has unveiled a newly acquired Airbus A330 for President Bola Tinubu. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, unveiled this. Onanuga shared images of the new presidential jet on his verified ...

  The Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria has accredited the undergraduate building programmes of six universities for five years, according to a communiqué signed by the Registrar and Secretary to the council, Adetunji Adeniran, in Abuja recently. The accredited ...

  The Nigeria Police Force has summoned Joe Ajaero, the National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, for questioning over allegations of terrorism financing, cybercrime, and other related offences. The invitation letter, signed by ACP Adamu Muazu on behalf of ...

The chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Barr. Isaac Omodewu, is reportedly dead. Details surrounding his death are still sketchy as of the time of filing this report. According to THE NATION, Omodewu was said to have ...

  The biting scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, which had hit the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) since over one month, became more acute at the weekend and spread nationwide, with fuel queues on a scale ...

The Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Kwara State command, Hajia Fatima Abiola-Popoola, has urged the National Universities Commission to make drug tests a requirement for admission into tertiary institutions. The commander, while answering questions from journalists in Ilorin, ...

Abdullahi Ganduje, the National chairman of the All Progressives Congress, has distanced himself from a poster circulating on social media that claims he will contest for the presidency in the 2027 election with Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State as ...

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested one Adekunle Adebajo, 34, popularly called Kunle Poly. Kunle Poly, a suspected cultist was arrested for allegedly participating in the murder of a rival cultist known as Mosquito in Ijebu Ode area of Ogun. ...

Kanye West and Bianca Censori made a surprise appearance at a Donald Trump rally in Beverly Hills. According to a TikTok video shared by a Trump supporter who attended the rally, the “Gold Digger” rapper and his wife pulled up ...

  Former Senator Ishaku Elisha Abbo, who represented Adamawa North Senatorial District, revealed in an Arise TV interview that his total monthly pay and perks as a senator were N14.4 million. He noted that the current salary for senators is ...

Church service abruptly ended at the United Methodist Church in the Durumi area of the Federal Capital Territory as congregants engaged in a serious fight The fight, which went on for hours, resulted in damage to some of the church’s property and ...

  President Bola Tinubu is set to depart Abuja for France on Monday, August 19, according to a statement released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale This will be the President’s fourth trip to France since ...

President Bola Tinubu has given the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) the go-ahead to use the 2023 dividends meant for the federation to fund the petrol subsidy. As part of this decision, the 2024 interim dividend payments to the ...

Leaders and members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Remo North LGA of Ogun State have announced the indefinite suspension of the Council’s party Chairman, Mr. Sobambo Ladejobi pending the outcome of investigations into some weighty allegations preferred ...

A widow named Alhakatu Abdulkarim and her five children died after eating a local dish called Danwake in Karkari village, located in Gwarzo Local Government Area of Kano State. The Kano Police Command reported that the family was taken to ...

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has declared Tuesday, 20 August 2024, a work-free day to mark this year’s Isese Day celebration. The declaration is contained in a circular titled “Commemoration of Year 2024 Isese Day – Declaration of Work Free Day”, ...