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Fresh details have emerged revealing how a 21 year old student of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Chidinma Ojukwu killed Mr. Micheal Usifo Ataga. POLITICS NIGERIA earlier reported that Chidinma, a 300…
Reactions have continued to trail the recently released result of the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination ( UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Some candidates and parents who…
Out of the $17 billion, the Nigerian government, which has been lambasted as wasteful and denying citizens of good infrastructure, collected $29.72 million from the Islamic Bank and $5.88 million from the…
An accident scene The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC ) in Osun on Saturday said 11 people lost their lives in a ghastly accident that occurred on Gbangan – Ibadan Expressway. The…
Faruk addressing troops The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya on Saturday charged troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force, North East Operation HADIN KAI to destroy all Boko…
Troops of Nigerian Army The Nigerian Army on Saturday said its troops have killed scores of bandits in a gun-battle at Mayanchi-Dogo Karfe and Fagantama villages in Talata Marafa LGA of Zamfara…
The attention of APC Mandate Defenders has been drawn to the fake and spurious news report alleging that there was an early morning protest in Abuja today, saying nothing like that ever…
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of five new universities specialised in technology and health to close the huge gap in the doctor-patient ratio as well as in medical research…
An official says the affected candidates would sit the examination at a date to be announced soon. Some candidates who took part in the 2021 , which kicked off nationwide on Saturday, have…
PRESIDENT BUHARI President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated that Nigeria would remain a united and indivisible nation under his stewardship. The President disclosed this at the inauguration of Kudirat Abiola’s Sabon Gari Peace…
President Nana Akufo-Addo chairman of ECOWAS Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Nana Akufo-Addo, has pledged to sustain democracy in member-countries via the conduct of free, fair…
Daniel Rensburg wins Equatorial Guinea’s Vice President in court The Western Cape High Court in South Africa has ordered Equatorial Guinea’s Vice President, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, to pay a South African…
Michael Usifo Ataga: murdered in Lagos Sylvia Ataga, mother of Michael Usifo Ataga, the CEO of Super TV took to Facebook on 17 June, to celebrate the 50th birthday of her son.…
Gov. AbdulRazaq of Kwara State A group, Kwara Political Front (KPF), has raised the alarm over purported defection of over 20,000 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State. It…
Frank Mba justifies use of tear gas on June 12 protesters Spokesman of the Nigerian Police, Frank Mba has justified the use of tear gas by officers on June 12 protesters in…
Abdulsalami and Jonathan Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said former Military Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar’s role in promoting democracy cannot be disputed because of his relentless passion and sacrifice…
File: Nigerian Hajj pilgrims returning home The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has confirmed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has cancelled Hajj for Nigerian and other international pilgrims for the…
Lekki Tollgate The Lekki area of Lagos, which witnessed massive violence during the EndSARS protests, was generally calm on Saturday as residents shunned calls for protests to mark this year’s Democracy Day.…
Protest rocks Ojota More protests rock Ojota area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on June 12, Democracy Day as Nigerians take to the street to protest bad governance from President Muhammadu Buhari. The…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State joins June 12 protest in Ibadan. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state on Saturday joined other protesters in Ibadan, the state capital for the June 12…
Markets shuts in Lagos Several markets in Lagos, including the popular Computer Village were shut on Saturday following threats of protest and violence in the state. Sunday Igboho, acclaimed Yoruba activist, had…
File Photo: Zamfara is mourning, not ready to mark Democracy Day Zamfara state will not observe the 2021 Democracy Day because of escalating security breaches, Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, said.…
Police in Ojota fire teargas at hoodlums not June 12 activists Anthony Adeyinka, an aide of Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said Police in Ojota fired tear gas to disperse hoodlums, not June 12…
Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia last year. Nigerian muslims banned for the second time Nigerian muslims hoping to make the 2021 Hajj should forget about it as the Saudis have extended their ban…
NANS makes U-turn, joins June 12 protest in Osogbo, The National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) on Saturday made a u-turn on its initial decision ordering members to boycott the June 12…
The protest march in Ojota Men of the Lagos State Police Command on Saturday disrupted with tear gas canisters the peaceful June 12 protest staged at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Lagos.…
Protesters in Abuja The Nigerian Police actualised their vow to stop any form of June 12 protests by pro-democracy groups on Saturday. In Abuja, police fired teargas at peaceful protesters, who had…
Buhari approves Infraco plc President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of Infraco Plc, an infrastructure development vehicle with a capital base of N15 trillion, about $36,407,766,000. The president revealed this on…
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State: urges his people to defend themselves After recording another massacre of no fewer than 90 people in Kadawa village in Zamfara, Governor Bello Matawalle has told…
Sanwo-Olu when he presented #EndSARS destruction of Lagos album to Buhari in Abuja last year President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday night said he told Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos that he has…
Edo youths block roads Ahead of the June 12 Democracy Day celebration, some youths in Benin, Edo State on Friday evening took to the streets to protest against alleged poor security situation…
Buhari speaks President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that Nigerians who hold the opinion that his administration goes too hard on protesters but treats bandits with care are being unfair. Buhari stated this…
U.S. Mission Nigeria warns Americans to avoid June 12 protests The U.S. Mission in Nigeria has told Americans to avoid any protest nationwide on June 12, the Democracy Day. The U.S. gave…
Buhari: to speak on NTA at 7 am on June 12 President Muhammadu Buhari will address the nation on Saturday, June 12, 2021, at 7 am. In a statement released by Femi…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu: speaks on June 12, delivering dividends of democracy Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday urged public office holders to deliver dividends of democracy to the citizens. According…
As Nigeria marks Democracy Day on June 12, 2021, the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Bola Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to stand for democracy. Tinubu made the call in a congratulatory…
PDP The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Nassarawa has declared that it will participate in the forthcoming local government elections being organised by the All Progressive Congress (APC)-led government. The chairman of…
Sunday Asefon, NANS president The National Association of Nigerian Students has suspended its planned June 12 nationwide protest. everybody should stay safe tomorrow june 12 protesters are not smiling everybody should keep…
File Photo: Nigeria’s Super Falcons Nigeria’s Super Falcons lost their first game to Jamaica by a lone goal in the Four-nation tournament in the United States. Goal by Deneisha Blackwood in the…
So sad new born baby girl dies in well The corpse of a baby girl, suspected to be a day old, has been recovered in a well at Tsalle Village in Gezawa…
Buhari: receives letter from Nigerians in America Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Americas (NIDOA), USA Chapter, has written to President Muhammadu Buhari on some issues affecting the country and suggested a way forward.…
NYSC members The Chairman House Committee on Youth Development, Mr. Yemi Adaramodu, has given assurance that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme would not be scrapped. Adaramodu gave the assurance at…
Olusegun Obasanjo: will lead eminent Nigerians to Aso Rock today Former President Olusegun Obasanjo will lead former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.); the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar; to…
Buhari orders review of police salaries President Muhammadu Buhari said he has given directives for the upward review of Police salaries and benefits. The President made the disclosure while delivering a speech…
Sanwo Olu Compensate Baba Suwe The Lagos state government has compensated veteran Yoruba comic actor, Babatunde Omidina better known as Baba Suwe as compensation for the demolition of his property in the…
A video showing the arrival of two warships to Nigeria through the Apapa sea port went viral yesterday. The video sparked mixed reactions online and many wondered what significance it could bring. Warships are…
President Muhammadu Buhari says he has given the military and the police the order to “be ruthless” against bandits terrorising the north-west region of the country. The president declared this during an…
Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has declared June 12 as day of protest for Yoruba Nation agitators. The self-acclaimed Yoruba activist said the agitators will hold ‘peaceful rallies’ across the…
Faces of the nine suspected internet fraudsters arrested in Abuja. Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested nine suspected internet fraudsters at Gwagwalada New Layout area of Abuja.…
The suspected internet fraudsters Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested 50 suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan, Oyo State. The suspects were arrested at Alaro Sango, Agbaje Ijokoro,…
The suspects The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested Emmanuel Obiyan for allegedly obtaining money by false pretence and diversion of fund to the tune…
Buhari: dragged to ECOWAS court by 177 Nigerians President Muhammadu Buhari has been dragged to ECOWAS court over “the unlawful suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. The legal fight is being spearheaded by…
Sanwo-Olu, others at Climate Change Summit Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has unveiled a five-year Lagos State Climate Action Plan – a policy document that will make the State project impacts, coordinate responses and…
House of Representatives The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to beef up security around schools across the country in view of the current security challenge. This followed the…
Members, House of Representatives The House of Representatives has condemned the continued casualisation of workers and the degrading treatment meted out to them by their employers in the country. This followed the…
Dubai court where the four Nigerians were jailed on Monday Four Nigerians who lured a Saudi man to an apartment through a dating application, have been sentenced to three years in jail.…
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Monday, received two awards – the Parliamentary Leadership for Good Governance and the Budget Cycle Restoration Awards. The awards were presented…
FBI recovers cryptocurrency ransom paid to U.S. Colonial Pipeline hackers The FBI has recovered millions of dollars in cryptocurrency paid in ransom to hackers of Colonial Pipeline, that led to the shutdown…
Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala: denies having favourite APC governorship aspirant A former Governor of Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala said that he has no preferred aspirant among those jostling to pick the All…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (second left) with Arise TV presenters, Rufai Oseni (left); Mr. Reuben Abati (right) and Tundun Abiola during his appearance on Arise TV’s ‘The Morning Show’ in…
Atiku and Soludo poster Former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has said he is not interested in contesting the 2023 presidential election. Soludo said this in response to posters circulating…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state Governor Aminu Tambuwal has warned Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the state against rejecting National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to their establishments. Tambuwal…
Buhari By Kazeem Ugbodaga The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned the illegal and unconstitutional suspension of Twitter’s Operations in Nigeria. It called on the government of President Muhammadu Buhari…
Twitter suspended in Nigeria Only very few countries have blocked the micro-blogging platform Twitter since it was born 21 March 2006 in San Francisco, United States. The blocking countries are united in…
Outrage greets FG’s suspension of Twitter in Nigeria There is outrage and anger in Nigeria following the Federal Government’s suspension of Twitter indefinitely in Nigeria. Nigerians have taken to Twitter to condemn…
An airplane got stuck in the mud in Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, while trying to take off. The Ethiopian Airlines flight skidded off the runway and ran into a muddy…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Tuesday has declared the popular June 12 known as Democracy day to be a nation-wide protest. June 12 day initially as well know is…
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. There was palpable tension in Benue State, yesterday, following the assassination of the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Samuel Ortom on Security, Assistant…
The incident occurred around 7am while the driver and the abducted staff were moving round to pick up the pupils. Some gunmen on Thursday morning hijacked a bus belonging to Chimola School…
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has expressed sadness over the death of Professor Godswill Obioma, the National Examinations Council (NECO) Registrar. There is confusion over the cause of death due to conflicting…
Alhaji Sulu Gambari, Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara Council of Chiefs Alhaji Sulu Gambari, Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara Council of Chiefs said there is a need for the Federal…
Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) in Zaria, Kaduna The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has appointed Malam Alhassan Garba as its Acting Registrar. A statement issued by the university’s Director, Public Affairs Directorate,…
Charles Onus, Akintola, Ajibola and two other Nigerian face criminal charges for internet scams in U.S. At least five Nigerians have been charged in New York by the U.S. Justice Department for…
The Lagos State Government has said there must be a sustainable youth agenda to enhance quality of lives of the youth in the state. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Social…
President Muhammadu Buhari The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for establishing an agency for senior citizens (elderly people above 70 years). In a statement signed by its Chairman…
Lai Mohammed: says FEC approves 37 oxygen plants The Federal Executive Council (FEC), today approved N5.6billion for the establishment of an oxygen production plant in each of the 36 States of the…
Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA) Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA has warned President Muhammadu Buhari to stop reminding the Igbo-speaking people of Nigeria how he participated in the…
40-year-old Mutiu Abdulrasheed Operatives of Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN), popularly called Amotekun Corps, have arrested Mutiu Abdulrasheed, a 40-year-old herbalist for selling human parts. The suspect was arrested in the midnight…
Izombe Police station Oguta Imo state destroyed by arsonists in Southeast It appears the Southeast part of Nigeria learnt nothing from the civil war. Who invites the grim reaper to his own…
Wike gives reason Nigerians must reject APC in 2023 Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has told Nigerians to reject the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 because it is only tales…
Jema’a residents running helter skelter when bandits struck The Kaduna State government on Tuesday said bandits killed four persons and injured one in the Jema’a Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security…
Professor Godswill Obioma: dies Professor Godswill Obioma, the registrar of the National Examinations Council (NECO) has died. According to reports, Obioma died in home in Dutse Kura quarters in Minna on Monday.…
Moghalu running for 2023 Presidency Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, the 2019 presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), has declared his intention to run for the presidency again in 2023. He disclosed…
Professor Godswill Obioma: dies suddenly, not assassinated Reports that Professor Godswill Obioma, registrar of the National Examination Council(NECO) was assassinated have been debunked by competent sources in Minna. Both the police and…
Okada riders: to wear number tags in Ogun Stakeholders in the Ogun State transport sector have concluded plans to register, co-ordinate and monitor the activities and operations of Okada riders to checkmate…
NNPC GMD Mele Kyari The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, said it is planning to hold equal stakes and participation in some private refineries across the country. This is in line with…
The suspected vandals Six men have been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly vandalising railway facilities at Oteyi area of Ibogun in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State.…
The activist was speaking with a detachment of police officers stationed at the public facility when the female officer fired at him. Altine Hyelhira Daniel, a notorious police officer who shot human…
Kazeem Ugbodaga, with Agency Report The entire Southeast Nigeria stood still on Monday in compliance with the order of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for residents to sit at home to…
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Chelsea Saturday night, won the Champions League for the second time after beating Manchester City in a thrilling final in Porto. Chelsea defeated…
On social media, a viral video of an accused Boko Haram commander marrying the daughter of a Fulani herdsman has sparked a flurry of comments. According to NEWS DIRECT, a video uploaded…
Popular Instagram comedian, Cute Abiola, has tied the knot. He got married to his woman in a private ceremony that took place in Ogbomosho, Oyo state on Friday, May 28. See more…
Ibadan bizman Amos Olugbenga Olaniyan arrested for Ponzi scheme A 43-year-old Ibadan-based businessman Amos Olugbenga Olaniyan has been arrested by the EFCC over a N128 million Ponzi Scheme. He was arrested following…
Buhari: naysayers silenced with catalogue of achievements The Muhammadu Buhari administration clocks six years tomorrow and to naysayers, who believe his presidency has been years of waste, Aso Rock has rolled out…
Falana say Nigeria on verge of collapse, 2023 election threatened Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana on Thursday said Nigeria is on the verge of collapse as the 2023 general election is threatened…
Obasanjo hits Ibadan Chicks Market Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday, visited the Obasanjo Market, at Oluyole Estate, Ibadan, with a promise to assist in having better structure and government backing.…
NNPC GMD Mele Kyari: surplus declared in February The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced a ₦39.85billion trading surplus for February 2021, representing a 314.24% leap from the ₦9.62billion surplus in…
Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) said…
Malam Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education clocks 67 President Muhammadu Buhari has joined family, friends and well-wishers to congratulate Malam Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education as he marked his 67th birthday. Buhari,…
Uche Secondus-led PDP NWC visits, condoles Attahiru’s widow Uche Secondus, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said the opposition party is still grief-stricken over the death of Chief of…