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The World Health Organisation has said that 160 million Nigerians are at risk of yellow fever. The WHO said with Nigeria’s population of about 200 million, the figure makes up around 25 percent of all the people at risk in ...

  The Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities has said the government’s insistence that it does not have money to fund Nigerian universities is disheartening. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo, had in an interview, ...

Following a change in plan, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced plans to commence its presidential campaign on September 28. A meeting of the National Working Committee under the leadership of Senator Abdullahi Adamu is scheduled to hold today, ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has denied a media report that it had since accorded recognition to Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Honourable Godswill Akpabio, as the senatorial candidates for Yobe North ...

  Call and data tariffs may increase by as much as 100 per cent if plan by the federal government to hike consumption tax on telecom services scales through, Daily Trust reports. The new tax regime, according to industry sources, ...

Pep Guardiola has hit out at his critics over his lack of European success at Manchester City as he suggested that his stint as the club’s manager will not be deemed as a failure if he is not able to ...

  A 35-year-old man, Kamaldeen Raji has stabbed a lottery operator to death during an argument over debt in the Badagry area of Lagos State. Tribune Online gathered that the deceased man, who was a manager at a lottery agency ...

The legislative arm of Ido Local Government Area in Oyo State has suspended the chairman of the local government area, Sheriff Adeojo. The councilors announced the suspension on Tuesday. Ido is one of the eleven local government areas that make ...

  Fire today gutted Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) injection substation in Idumagbo, Lagos Island. Godwin Idemudia, General Manager, Corporate Communications EKEDC in a statement in Lagos, said electricity supply to customers in Idumagbo and Ajele areas have been affected ...

Armed robbers have stormed the house of popular actor, Hafiz Oyetoro demanding the sum of N20m or his life. The incident happened on Monday night. The actor’s friend Kayode Soaga has confirmed the incident in a statement. The statement partly ...

The Police in Ogun State have reacted to claims that 20 persons were kidnapped by bandits at the Kara bridge, along the Lagos-Ibadan highway. Police said the news circulating across social media platforms is fake and a lie from the ...

  The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar, has assured the 2022 Batch ‘B’ Stream 11 corps members in Sokoto State that the Shari’a Law is not binding on non-Muslims in the state. The Sultan gave the assurance in his ...

A 40-year-old herb seller has been arrested for allegedly killing a septuagenarian, Mr Rufus Olayinwola, his creditor. The suspect, simply identified as William confessed that he got into an argument with the deceased who loaned him money and pushed him ...

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has described Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Presidential Congress (APC) as the solution to Nigeria’s challenges. He also described Tinubu as a unifier whose conducts have been instrumental to the sustenance of ...

About 12,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IPDs) including women and children, on Monday, returned to their Shimfida community in Jabia Local Government Area of Katsina State. Bishir Sabi’u, the chairman of the council, said the IDPs were taken to their community ...

  A team of policemen from Elemoro Division of the Lagos State Police Command, at the weekend, stormed the Peculiar Generation Assembly at Eputu London in Awoyaya, Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos, arresting the General Overseer, Bishop Chris Omosekpa. His arrest ...

  Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has said that not even his corpse will be found in the camp of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. El-Rufai stated this while responding to a comment by Daniel Bwala, spokesperson to PDP ...

  The Nigeria Police Force have dismissed an officer, PC Liyomo Okoi, with the force No. 524503 over a gross misconduct captured in a viral video The video, which trended on social media platforms recently, captured the dismissed officer flogging ...

  Former U.S. President, Donald Trump Monday night said FBI agents broke into his mansion in Florida as part of an ongoing investigation. Mr Trump said the attack was aimed at preventing him from running for president again in 2024, ...

  On Monday, the governorship ambition of Adebayo Adelabu of the Accord Party received a major boost as Adegboyega Adegoke, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Fatai Adesina of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) joined forces with ...

  Nolllywood actor, Yul Edochie has told those attacking Tinubu and mocking his ‘old age and health’, saying they may not be lucky to see OLD AGE. Yul dropped what many has now termed a curse on twitter saying even ...

Nigerian defender, Oludare Olufunwa has joined Liverpool on a free transfer. Liverpool signed centre-back Olufunwa on a free to bolster their U21s squad following a successful trial. The 21-year-old signed for the Merseyside club after being released by Southampton at ...

  An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday sentenced one Pastor Erinmole Adetokunbo and one Adedoyin Oyekanmi to death for killing a seven-year-old boy for ritual purposes. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo sentenced the duo who changed their pleas from not guilty ...

The military high command has confirmed the arrest of Owo catholic church bombers. The arrest, according to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor was made possible by joint operations of all the security agencies. The CDS, who ...

  Masquerades of any kind are no longer allowed to take part in any electioneering campaign in Nigeria. This is contained in the new Electoral Law 2022 signed by President Muhammadu Buhari. In previous elections, masquerades were usually seen during ...