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An unregistered truck has reportedly crushed three persons to death along the Ogijo-Mosimi road in Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Spokesman of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in…
Evangelist Mike Ikeokwu, a stakeholder of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, has accused Governor Hope Uzodimma of targeting his businesses. He made the allegation after parts of the popular…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has accused Lagos State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) of hypocrisy over its stance on the controversy surrounding the number of Christians among the…
A large group of ISWAP are moving out of their base in the Sahel and Niger Republic to the fringes of Lake Chad and North West, a top security source told Daily…
Prof. Sola Akinrinade of the Department of History, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ife, has been elected President of the Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL). The Vice-Chancellor of OAU, Prof. Adebayo Simeon Bamire,…
The Director General of National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS, Professor Abubakar Sulaiman, has raised concern over escalating violence and rising insecurity in Nigeria. Professor Sulaiman who spoke through the…
The management of Fidelity Bank Plc has distributed over 1,200 food packs to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue State. Divisional Head, Brand and Communications, Fidelity Bank Plc, Meksley Nwagboh, during…
The 15-man Palliative Committee on Sustainable Action for Economic Recovery (SAfER) has assured residents of Oyo State that it will start disbursement of palliatives soon. The committee, headed by the Chief of…
Hoodlums armed with sophisticated arms and other weapons Monday evening attacked journalists who had gone to the Opu-Nembe community in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State for on-the-spot assessment of a…
FBN Holdings Plc (FBNHoldings), the parent company of Nigeria’s premier financial inclusion services provider, First Bank, Tuesday, held its 11th Annual General Meeting (AGM) after filing a stay of execution of the…
Adams Oshiomhole, lawmaker representing Edo-North Senatorial District, has said “nothing can be worse” as the nation’s economy inherited by President Bola Tinubu from Muhammadu Buhari, his predecessor. Oshiomhole said the Tinubu-led administration…
Comrade Abdullah Anas Kaura, spokesperson to former Zamfara State Governor, Bello Mattawalle, says Zamfara is currently facing turbulent times “due to inept leadership”. Kaura also claimed that non-indigenes, acting as cabals, were…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will follow its sanctions against the military junta in the Republic of Niger to the letter. But the…
Terrorists have claimed responsibility for the Monday’s surveillance helicopter crash in Badna, Chukuba ward of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The Nigeria Air Force had said its MI-171 helicopter on…
Families in Nigeria are passing through difficult times as the cost of staple food is increasingly becoming unbearable, Daily Trust reports. Findings at various markets across the country show that prices of…
For more than a year now, when some youths in their numbers backed by the police stormed some houses of a Muslim community along Kalong road, in Shendam Local Government Area of…
Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani, has announced a generous gesture of providing one million naira to the families of each of the eight worshippers who tragically lost their lives during…
FBN Holdings Plc (FBNHoldings), the parent company of Nigeria’s premier financial inclusion services provider, First Bank, on Tuesday, held its 11th Annual General Meeting (AGM) after filing a stay of execution of…
Ahead of the November 11 governorship election, the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to investigate the attack on Bayelsa communities with…
As part of events across the country marking the 2023 International Youth Day, a youth serving organisation, Onelife Initiative with support from its partner, Horti Nigeria offered opportunities for youths in agribusiness.…
Seplat Energy has reportedly lost six workers, including a foreigner, in an accident involving the Majestic rig at Ogboren close to Ovhor Oilfield in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State. According…
Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, has said troops attached to Operation Hadrin Daji and Operation Whirl Punch in the North West region will continue to crack down on bandits…
Niger State Governor, Umar Bago, on Tuesday appealed to the Nigerian Air Force not to be tired of fighting insurgents in the state following the Monday imcident where the surveillant jet belonging…
Plans are not underway by the President Bola Tinubu-led government to reintroduce fuel subsidy, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Tope Ajayi, has said. Ajayi said this while…
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to as a matter of urgency withdraw all sanctions imposed on Niger Republic while dialogue continues. Daily Trust reports that Nigeria…
Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, on Tuesday, gave an insight into the root cause of the crashes involving its fighter and surveillance jets, including the one in Niger State.…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has called for an inclusive governance system for the advancement of political and security stability in the member countries as enshrined in the Lagos…
An expert in security management, Dr. Blessing Agbomhere, says Nigeria is capable of taking out Niger coupists within 24 hours. In a statement issued in Abuja, Agbomhere who is a certified expert…
The Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has disclosed that the agency has commenced maintenance work on the failed sections of the Benin-Sagamu expressway and other failed section of the Benin Lagos road.…
Sani Shinkafi, former Chairman of the Committee on Prosecution of Bandits and Related Offenses in Zamfara, has described banditry as an organised crime with traditional rulers, security agents drug dealers and doctors…
By Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has restated his administration’s commitment to working closely with experts, organizations, and the global community to ensure that the State remains at the forefront of…
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and officials of the Nigerian Army on Tuesday agreed to strengthen partnership on traffic management in Lagos. The General Manager of LASTMA, Bolaji…
Former governor of Rivers State and a Minister designate, Nyesom Wike, visited the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Gnaduje, in Abuja, on Tuesday. Wike, who worked…
Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Olawunmi fondly known as Portable has revealed the reason for his ensuing feud with his colleague, Seyi Vibez. It should be recalled that about a month ago Portable…
Prof Cyril Ndifon, Dean of Faculty of Law of the University of Calabar, has reacted to allegations of harassing female law students sexually. Several students had staged a protest in the institution,…
Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Bala, and Governor of Niger State, Umar Bago, are currently meeting over the surveillance jet that was reportedly brought down by the bandits. Daily Trust…
Suspected armed cultists and ritual killers have invaded residents of the Oghara community and its environs spreading fear and destruction of lives and property in Oghara, Ethiope West Local Government Area of…
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) says the threats by the country’s military leaders to bring charges of treason against the ousted President Mohamed Bazoum or kill him is not the best…
The National Assembly management says the N2 million “enjoyment allowance” paid to Senators ahead of their recess was captured in the 2023 budget. Senate President Godswill Akpabio had mistakenly revealed that a…
The headline inflation rate for the month of July 2023 increased to 24.08% compared to 22.79% recorded in June 2023, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has stated. NBS, in a report,…
Two persons died in the early hours of Tuesday in two crashes in the Ogun axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Spokesman of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Florence Okpe, Ogun State,…
The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says Nigerians who voted for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 elections are already regretting their actions. This statement was…
The Federal Government has dissolved the Secretariat of the Advertising Standard Panel (ASP) after it approved billboards that were considered to be blackmailing the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The billboards, which had…
Military chiefs from the West African bloc ECOWAS will meet in Ghana this week to discuss possible intervention in Niger, military and political sources in the region said Tuesday. The meeting on…
Operatives of the Kano State Road and Traffic Agency (KAROTA) have clashed with tricycle riders on Zaria Kano Close, Kofar Nasarawa Bridge. The clash left commuters stranded for minutes as louts attacked…
Operatives of the Kano State Road and Traffic Agency (KAROTA) have clashed with tricycle riders on Zaria Kano Close, Kofar Nasarawa Bridge. The clash left commuters stranded for minutes as louts attacked…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has reopened its camp in Borno State, 13 years after it was shut over insecurity. Commissioner of Police, Borno State command, ML Yusuf, visited the orientation…
Police Command in Ogun State has finally released an investigative report on the allegations of vote-buying and electoral violence levelled against the chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor Dapo…
A forty-seven second video has been shared on social media especially WhatsApp, suggesting that the U.S President, Joe Biden, confirmed that former President Muhammadu Buhari Buhari died 6 years ago. The video…
The Police Command in Kano State has arrested six persons who allegedly chanted provocative slogans against the Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, thereby causing a breach of peace. The Kano State…
Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin, has reassured stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano North Senatorial District that he will not let them down in the discharge of…
An aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force has crashed in Niger State. The ill-fated aircraft was said to be heading to Kaduna State when the unfortunate incident happened on Monday. In…
The Information Technology Association of Nigeria (ITAN) has organized a workshop to bridge the gap between government, regulatory agencies in the ICT sector and private sector players, with a view to improving…
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said lack of selfless service by Nigerians is affecting the nation in terms of development. Obaseki said this during the commissioning of the John Odigie-Oyegun Public…
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has warned the newly sworn-in commissioners that he would not hesitate to sanction or send them packing if found wanting. Mohammed stated this in Bauchi on…
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has forwarded the names of 18 commissioner-nominees to the State House of Assembly for screening. Speaker, Engr Yakubu Danlad-Salihu, disclosed this during Monday’s plenary while reading…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called for the arrest and prosecution of those inciting the army to topple President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. Executive Director, MURIC, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, making the…
Salisu Usman recalled his childhood memories playing with other kids of his age at his neighborhood on the streets of Maradi. He had his primary and secondary education in Niger Republic. The…
Dada Itopa, a pastor in Ondo State, has been hacked to death by two suspected ritualists. Itopa, 45, was reportedly killed on his farmland at Ebira camp in Ipele community of Owo…
No fewer than three soldiers battered an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) in the Ojota area of Lagos. In a trending video, the angry soldiers – in uniform…
Capt. Shehu Iyal, Managing Director, Afri-Air International Limited, was one-time Presidential Adviser on Aviation. In this interview with our correspondent, he speaks on the state of airline industry in Nigeria and how…
Kano State Government has said a total of 8,277 patients were placed on Tuberculosis (TB) treatment in the last one week. The government said this is the highest quarterly TB notification ever…
No fewer than 16 dead babies are among the 108 unclaimed corpses that would be mass-buried by the University of Abuja by the end of August. The mass-burial, according to the management…
No fewer than 19 states are likely to witness heavy rainfall which might likely lead to flooding in pockets of areas in the affected states between August 14 and 18, 2023. The…
Niger’s coup leaders that toppled Mohamed Bazoum said late Sunday they would “prosecute” the ousted president for “high treason” and “undermining the security” of the country. This is contained in a statement…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has conferred the traditional title of Zaruman (chief of warriors) Sokoto on the immediate past Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Farouk Yahya (Rtd).…
Detectives attached to the Lagos State Police Command, on Sunday, arrested a suspected drug trafficker who claimed to be an official of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). As at the…
Some former members of the National Assembly under the aegis of The Initiatives, have thrown their weight behind Senate President Godswill Akpabio amid the criticism trailing his comment on senators’ “holiday enjoyment”…
Chelsea have agreed a British-record transfer fee with Brighton for midfielder Moises Caicedo. The fee, according to BBC, is worth £115m. The midfielder will sign an eight-year contract, with the option of…
No fewer than two persons were feared dead and one sustained injuries as a fatal crash occurred on Sunday along Eket-Oron road around 12:00noon, involving a Mitsubishi Bus. Chelsea Agree British Record…
Following the tragic incident at the Zaria Central Mosque, Pastor Yohanna Buru, the General Overseer of Christ Evangelical and Life Intervention Ministry, has expressed condolences to the Muslim community in Northern Nigeria.…
The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) says it plans to construct 7000 housing units to commemorate its 50th anniversary. Daily Trust reports that the project, named FHA Golden Jubilee Estate, is located at…
The Defence Headquarters has described as false and disturbing report that the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) received request to effect change of leadership in the country. This is contained in a…
Military rulers accept dialogue; ulamas to brief Tinubu today We sacked Bazoum to save Niger, Nigeria – Coupists ‘Why we shunned Abdulsalami delegation’ Protest in Katsina for Bazoum’s release; envoy seeks US…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says a total of 4,387 people were killed as a result of road traffic crashes from January to June across the 36 states and the FCT.…
Dozens of farmers in villages in Wushishi and Lavun LGAs have reportedly fled their homes since Friday night due to the movements of bandits across the two local governments. Some farmers who…
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has called for investigation into the Zaria Central Mosque collapse during the evening prayer session last Friday. At least 10 persons were killed when a section of…
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Ekiti Branch, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in the health sector. NMA made the call in a communiqué issued after…
Franklin Akinyosuyi, the suspected internet fraudster, otherwise known as ‘Yahoo boy’, allegedly arrested with a human skull and fetish items in Ondo State, has blamed the untold hardship and current economic crunch…
By Kazeem Ugbodaga The 30,000 capacity auditorium of the Deeper Life Bible Church’s headquarters, Gbagada, Lagos was filled to capacity. Those who could not gain entrance into the auditorium stayed outside. Worshippers…
The Senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, has chided Senate President Godswill Akpabio for mistakenly disclosing that a ‘holiday allowance’ had been sent to senators’ bank accounts. While addressing his colleagues on Monday…
Chief Press Secretary to the immediate past Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, Ismail Omipidan, on Sunday, called on Nigerian Muslims to pray for, and support the current administration of President Bola Ahmed…
Operatives of the Ogun Police Command have arrested a suspected armed robber, Akeem Owonikoko, 33, along Sagamu – Ijebu Ode – Benin Highway. Police Spokesman, Omolola Odutola, confirmed this to newsmen in…
Former Governor of Edo State, Chief John Odigie Oyegun, has said that he retired at the age of 48, following his refusal to compromise as Permanent Secretary in the Federal Civil Service…
Niger’s military leaders headed by General Abdourahmane Tchiani have disclosed the reason they ignored the delegation led by Nigeria’s former military Head of State, General Abdulsalam Abubakar (retd) in their efforts to…
Kano State Government has ordered the suspension of school fees increment across all private primary and secondary schools. The Special Adviser to Kano State Governor on Private Schools, Baba Abubakar Umar confirmed…
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has re-opened the oldest public pediatric in the State, Hasiya Bayero pediatric Hospital closed down by the Abdullahi Umar Ganduje administration. The development comes 33…
Former Deputy Governor of Kebbi State, Colonel Ismaila Yombe (retd), has said he respected the constitutional right of his former principal, former governor Atiku Bagudu, which was the reason they never engaged…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has simultaneously decimated several criminal elements in the last few days through airstrikes in various theatres of operation. This is contained in a statement by…
Former Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State was conspicuously absent when Bello, his eldest son, got married to his second wife, Aisha Habibu Shuaibu, on Saturday. Daily Trust had reported how El-Rufai…
A bridge along the Bauchi-Gombe federal highway got cut off on Sunday morning, leaving commuters stranded. Daily Trust reports that this is the umpteenth time in recent years that a bridge or…
The Abia State Government has granted five days extension as a mop-up period to civil servants in the ministries who were unable to complete their verification or access the portal in the…
By Isa Isawade Families, friends and associates on Saturday gathered at the Providence Hotel Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria to celebrate an illustrious son of the land, Professor Ropo Sekoni as he clocked…
Femi D. Amele, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of FineRadioCO, has revealed why podcasting is beginning to resonate among Nigerians. Amele, an accomplished broadcaster and radio host, recently made the revelation while speaking…
Tobi Amusan has not been given the all-clear to defend her title at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary next week, according to World Athletics. The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) had…
Wife of the Ogun State Governor, Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun, says the recurrent increase in the price of petrol and the free fall of naira have put Nigerians on the edge. She said…
The immediate past deputy governor of Kebbi State, Colonel Ismaila Yombe (retd), has said former military president, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), incubated him to command an army brigade. Daily Trust reports that…
Top Nigerian Islamic clerics met with the leader of the military coup in Niger, Abdourahmane Tchiani. The national leader of the Jama’atu Izalatu Bidi’ah wa Ikamatus Sunnah (JIBWIS) alongside other Islamic scholars…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has vowed to honour his campaign commitment of generating one million new jobs for youths in the digital economy for their upliftment and national economic development in general.…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has charged graduating cadets of the 5th Regular Course of the Nigerian Police Academy, Wudil, not to disappoint Nigerians on sacred trust reposed on them to provide adequate…