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8 Feb
An aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and business mogul, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, has said that with the nine university degrees at his disposal, he is the most qualified candidate to win the November governorship election in Ondo State.
8 Feb
Ekiti State Government has said that the rescued abducted pupils and teachers of Apostolic Faith Nursery and Primary School, Emure-Ekiti that are receiving medical treatment at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado-Ekiti, would be discharged this week.
8 Feb
Oyo State Governor, 'SeyiMakinde, has received an official report on the January 16, 2024 explosion at Adeyi Avenue, Bodija, Ibadan.
8 Feb
The Adeyoruwa Royal Family and other families have announced the death of their beloved husband, father and grandfather, Adetutu Omolade Ogunde, who died at 85 years.
8 Feb
Despite the worldwide campaign against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), some women in Governor Ademola Adeleke's hometown of Ede, Osun State, insist that nothing will stop the practice in their domain.
8 Feb
A pressure group based in Kano State, Yan Dangwalen Jihar Kano, has advocated the dissolution of the four emirate councils established by the immediate past administration of Abdullahi Ganduje.
8 Feb
Anti[corruption Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), yesterday, warned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), under Ola Olukoyede, to refrain from allowing "cankerworms of the previous management left in the system" to rubbish his credentials as anti-graft czar.
8 Feb
National Orientation Agency (NOA) is planning to introduce nationalism study as a compulsory subject into the curriculum from primary, secondary and university levels to inculcate positive values in the coming generations.
8 Feb
The Federal Government will today lay the groundwork for the construction of 3,112 housing units in the Karsana area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) under the first phase of the 20,000-unit Renewed Hope Cities and Estates programme.
8 Feb
A coalition of civil society groups, yesterday, held 'Let the Poor Live' protest in Abuja to challenge the ban on sachet and PET bottles of alcoholic drinks by the National Agency for Foods and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
8 Feb
Terrorists have released a short video of 63 persons, including a bride, who were abducted last Thursday in Sabuwa Local Council of Katsina State.
8 Feb
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has directed the Head of Service (HoS), Mallum Fannami, to scrap the biometric data capture of civil servants in the state.
4 hours ago
To streamline operations and enforce parity across its workforce, the Board of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (Eko Disco) has affirmed recent management changes and its decision to harmonize salaries and conditions of service for all employees. Dispelling rumors of a reversal in the dissolution of the former management under Dr Tinuade Sanda, Mr. Dere Otubu,…
4 hours ago
The Federal Government said the first phase of the Lagos-Calabar highway will be completed within the next three years. This was disclosed on Thursday in a statement by Ben Bem Goong who is the spokesman to the Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi. Goong made this announcement following Umahi's inspection of the Lagos-Calabar coaster highway…
5 hours ago
Nigeria has been left in darkness as the national electricity grid controlled from Osogbo, Osun State collapsed at about 4:30pm on Thursday. Most distribution companies across the country disclosed that their feeders were out leaving their franchises area across the 36 states in darkness. While the grid output was 2984 megawatts as at 4pm, the…
5 hours ago
An Ikeja High Court on Thursday issued a bench warrant against the former employee of Punch Nigeria Ltd., Olusegun Ogunbanjo, and others charged with N950 million fraud.
6 hours ago
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday discharged and acquitted a 23-year-old student, Victory Tasie, charged with defiling his girlfriend.
7 hours ago
A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus and members of the Presidential Campaign Council of the party for the 2023 general elections in Rivers State have declared their loyalty to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara. A former Minister of Transportation and the Director-General, PDP-PCC Rivers…
7 hours ago
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, (LASTMA), says the authority will deploy men and materials during the Easter celebration to manage traffic incidences in the state.
7 hours ago
A Federal High Court, Lagos has ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and seven others to maintain status quo, suspend, and hold all actions pending the hearing and determination of the suits filed against them by a property developer, Gbadebo Aina Odunusi.
8 hours ago
A counterfeit Eva bottled water operation in Port Harcourt has been uncovered by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Acting on a tip, NAFDAC, in a statement, said its officials raided a dilapidated shop disguised as a pool house on Pipe Line Road in Eneka. NAFDAC disclosed that the raid…
8 hours ago
The Defence Headquarters says troops neutralised 121 terrorists, apprehended 253 and rescued 244 kidnapped hostages in different operations nationwide in one week.