National
7 Jan
The Edo Central PDP Special Committee has adjourned the screening of the governorship aspirants from the Senatorial zone scheduled to Wednesday January 10, 2024.
7 Jan
A 44-year-old cleric, Yisa Rasheed, has been arraigned before a Magistrate Court, Ota alongside five others on four count charges of providing false information to the police, assault, and malicious damage, among others.
7 Jan
Professor Anthony Ani, yesterday, emerged the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senatorial candidate for Ebonyi South with 281 votes.
7 Jan
The FAJIM Medicare Foundation (FAJIMMF) has awarded scholarships to 51 undergraduates studying health-related courses in public universities.
7 Jan
A Railway policy professional, Mr. Olawale Rasheed, yesterday, urged President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Executive Council (FEC), to implement urgent reform of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to solve national transport challenges and jumpstart the nation's economy.
7 Jan
Abuja, the nation's capital city of power is home to hundreds of dinning spots littered around around Abuja.
6 Jan
…pledges to work for emergence of an Esan man as Edo’s next governor The member of the House of Representatives, representing Esan West, Esan Central and Igueben Federal Constituency and leading governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Marcus Onobun, has stepped down from the race, declaring his total support for Dr. Asue Ighodalo,…
6 Jan
A 43-year-old pastor, Clinton Oscar John, of Mega World Healing Ministry have been arrested for defiling a 16-year-old. The girl's family in Giwa Agbado area of Ogun State reported the defilement case at the Agbado divisional police station. According to the parents, their daughter has been repeatedly treated for recurring infections. She also exhibited frightful…
6 Jan
In their determination to curtail crime rates around Lekki and its environs, in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, Lekki Residents Association (LERA) has organised the end-of-year party to fete over 50 street boys in the area. The event with the theme, "Show love to the homeless," took place on Friday, at LERA Center,…
6 Jan
As the new year heralds, with high expectations for Africa’s ICT sector, a brand and marketing communications expert, Dipo Mohammed, has observed that despite the economic headwinds experienced in 2023 across sectors due to foreign exchange and inflationary patterns, the sector remains a strong platform largely through the efficacy of being a major change maker…
6 Jan
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has inaugurated the newly constructed VIP Lodge in Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. He also inaugurated three intra-city roads estimated to be 1.7km in Akwanga...
6 Jan
The former minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) will take over power from the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra in 2025.
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President Bola Tinubu and President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, have promised to give fresh direction to the justice sector in the country through a holistic overhaul.
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Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has urged the Army to establish military formations in Sambisa Forest and the Mandara Hills, bordering Cameroon and Chad in the North East, to counter terrorism in the areas.
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Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has challenged privileged Nigerians to help in tackling water scarcity and provide Almajiri children access to Western education.
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The probe instituted by the Kaduna State House of Assembly against former Governor Nasir el-Rufai has begun, as the lawmakers directed the Ministry of Finance to supply documents relating to financial transactions between May 29, 2015 and 2023.
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A joint committee of the House of Representatives has summoned the Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, to appear before it on May 8 over a probe on environmental degradation caused by the activities of oil companies in oil-producing communities.
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Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, yesterday, said his successor in 2027 from the People's Democratic Party (PDP) must be between the age bracket of 50 and 52 years of age.
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Worried by challenges confronting developing countries, United Nations has called for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) stimulus of at least $500 billion yearly to scale-up affordable long-term financing for countries, alongside series of structural reforms to institutions and rules that make up the international financial architecture.
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President Bola Tinubu has approved the take-off of the first phase of the Consumer Credit Scheme, commencing with civil servants.
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National oil companies in Africa, financiers and global players, yesterday in Cape Town, South Africa moved to unlock barriers to existing oil and gas projects across the continent amid a $1.5 trillion investment portfolio.
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Due to its strategic function as an interventionist agency in the South-South region, the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has said that the commission is marred with so much distrust and suspicion by residents.