Metro
18 May 2023
The coalition of Middle Belt Youth Leaders have called out the Vice President-elect senator Kashim Shettima to honorably resign his position to pave the way for his replacement by a Christain Vice President. The group spoke on Thursday against the backdrop that Senator Shettima was reported on 13th May, 2023 to have counseled the elected…
18 May 2023
All Progressives Congress (APC) Northwest youth has endorsed senator Godswill Akpabio and Barau Jibrin as the 10th Senate president and deputy, for the betterment of Nigeria. The APC youth wing said having Akpabio from South-south as senate president and Jibrin from Northwest as his deputy will go a long way in building the confidence of…
18 May 2023
Lagos State government has arraigned Kenneth Okenini before the Special Offences Court sitting at Bolade, Oshodi, Lagos, for contravening the state’s building codes.
17 May 2023
The Department of Creative Arts of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), under the leadership of Professor Albert Oikelome, has celebrated the General Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles (MFM), Dr. Daniel Kolawole Olukoya, at its 10th edition of Intercollegiate Choral Festival.
17 May 2023
The Labour Party (LP) acting chairman, Lamidi Apapa, was booed by the party's supporters at the Appeal Court in Abuja on Wednesday. That was after Apapa and the Director General of Peter Obi’s presidential campaign council, Akin Osuntokun had earlier clashed. Apapa and Osuntokun were seen in viral videos arguing over a seat at the…
17 May 2023
Security operatives of the Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) on Wednesday arrested five suspects in connection with the attack on Bwai in Mangu Local Government Area of the state. DSP Alfred Alabo, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Jos. He said that the police also…
17 May 2023
Nigerian students have a major role to play in the country's fight against corruption, according to the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa. Bawa said this while receiving members of the Zero Tolerance for Corruption, Ahmadu Bello University and Zaria who paid him a courtesy visit at the corporate headquarters…
17 May 2023
*As Shamies Foundation donates food, and cash gifts to 150 widows Residents of the Kabusa community in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Shamies Unusual Hearts Foundation, have decried the rising rate of hardship in the country. The foundation also put smiles on the faces of over 150 widows and their households with the donation…
17 May 2023
The Labour Party acting chairman, Lamidi Apapa, and the Director General of Peter Obi’s presidential campaign council, Akin Osuntokun clashed at the Appeal Court on Wednesday. Apapa and Osuntokun were seen in viral videos arguing over a seat at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPT) sitting in Abuja. The Labour Party has been immersed in…
17 May 2023
The police said they discovered suspicious items during a search of the home of Afrobeat musician Seun Kuti in Lagos State. Lagos police spokesman Benjamin Hundeyin disclosed this in a tweet while responding to criticism on how police are handling the musician's ongoing case of assault against a policeman. Nairaland founder Seun Osewa accused the…
17 May 2023
The White House has confirmed that no US citizen was involved in the attack on the officials of the United States Embassy in Anambra State on Tuesday. Reports said there was an attack in Anambra State late Tuesday that claimed the lives of four staff members from the US Embassy in Nigeria. The victims were…
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The Lagos State Government said it will test run the Redline Rail from Agbado to Iddo next week. The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, disclosed this at a press briefing on Thursday. Omotoso said that for two months, various interest groups and stakeholders will be invited to take a ride on…
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Police in Lagos State have intercepted some bags of substances, suspected to be Indian Hemp, at a Jetty in Ojo area of Lagos and arrested a suspect.
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Nigerian Army troops have successfully repelled an attack by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militia arm, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), in Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra.
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Police operatives in Katsina have foiled an attack on Sabuwa town, headquarters of Sabuwa local government area of the state, neutralising one suspected bandit.
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Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, says the administration of President Bola Tinubu is working to put Nigeria on a solid economic pedestal.
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Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State on Thursday concluded a seven-day campaign tour of the 18 local government areas of the state ahead of the Saturday’s governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress(APC).
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Rising inflation and weak earnings have pushed 10 million Nigerians into poverty in 2023, the World Bank in its Macro Poverty Outlook for Nigeria: April 2024 has stated.
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Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has said the country would be able to ramp up oil and gas production to feed Dangote and other local refineries by curtailing pipeline vandalisation and oil theft through its new partnership with the Nigerian Armed Forces.
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Spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Ahmad Aruwa, has accused the presidency of working against the party’s suspended National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
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Governor of Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah, has charged contractors and site engineers handling the construction of the 260 smart schools and 260 Type-2 primary health facilities in the 260 wards of the state on the delivery of world-class projects that would stand the test of time.