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Whereabouts of suspended Adamawa REC unknown, says INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that it has no information on the whereabouts…
Accept 2023 elections outcome, Sultan advises politicians
Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III,…
Dowden becomes UK deputy PM
The British government has named Oliver Dowden as the country’s deputy prime minister on Friday.…
Imbibe Ramadan lessons, Kwara gov urges Muslims
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has appealed to Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of Ramadan and…
Police begin manhunt for killers of Imo officers, couple
The Imo State Police command said that it had launched a manhunt for the killers of…
UN aid worker killed in Sudan crossfire
The United Nations migration agency said that a staff member had been killed in fighting…
Comoros refuses migrants expelled from Mayotte in diplomatic standoff
The Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros warned Friday it would not accept migrants expelled from…
Buhari apologises to Nigerians hurt by regime’s policies
…Thanks citizens for tolerating eight-year regime With only 38 days left in office, the President, Major…
Eid el-Fitri: Trust God during challenges, Onikijipa urges Nigerians
Popular Islamic cleric, Sheik Sulaiman Farooq Onikijipa, has urged Nigerians, particularly Muslims to always trust in…
Alibaba founder, Jack Ma, accepts teaching post in Hong Kong
The founder of Chinese tech giant, Alibaba, Jack Ma has been made an honorary professor of…
ECWA condemns terrorist attacks, murder of 472 persons in North-Central
The Evangelical Church Winning All on Friday expressed shock over the killing of 472 persons in…
Proceed to print exam notification slips, JAMB urges candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has implored all candidates sitting the 2023 Unified Tertiary…
Load-shedding cause of failed electricity supply – Aba Power Plant
The Aba Power Ltd has identified the shortage in the electricity supply to consumers within the…
Eid-el-fitr: Be good to Abians, Abia Chief Imam charges Otti
Abia State governor – elect, Dr. Alex Otti has been charged to put the interest of…
PICTORIAL: Eid el-Fitri prayers in Lagos
Eid-el-Fitri is the festival that marks the end of a month-long Ramadan fast. Ramadan is the…
Oyo govt to open Oyo-Fasola-Iseyin Road soon – Commissioner
The Oyo State Government has assured users of the Oyo-Fasola-Iseyin Road that the newly constructed…
FCDA announces road closure for construction work
The Management of the Federal Capital Development Authority has announced the shutdown of the Nnamdi Expressway…
South Africa evicts asylum-seekers camped outside UN refugee office
The South African police on Friday evicted more than a hundred asylum seekers camping for…
France extends electricity subsidies to 2025
The French government will continue subsidising electricity bills into 2025 as prices suffer from Russia’s invasion…
Eid-el-Fitr: Remember the poor, needy Akpabio urges Muslims
The immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and senator- elect for Akwa Ibom North West…
CSO tasks FG to provide care for orphaned children
A civil society organisation, the Maple Leaf Early Years Foundation, has tasked the Federal Government to…
Eid-El-Fitr: Shun divisive comments, FCT minister urges residents
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Bello, has called on residents to shun…
Kaduna Police save man from mob, arrest him for murder
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested an unidentified man said to have inflicted matchet…
400 killed, 3,500 hurt in Sudan fighting – WHO
More than 400 people have been killed and over 3,500 others hurt in the fighting…
Eid-el-Fitr: Sustain religious harmony, Emir of Ilorin urges Muslims
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari has urged…
Three entrepreneurs to represent Nigeria at Forbes summit
The Ministry of Youths and Sports Development on Friday announced the selection of three young…
Ex-Imo gov Ihedioha’s mum dies at 90
Former Governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha has announced the death of his mother, Dame…
CAN felicitates Muslims on Eid-al-Fitr celebration
The Christian Association of Nigeria has joined Muslim brothers and sisters in Nigeria and around the…
Oil firms selling assets to escape justice, accountability – Niger Delta group
A Non-Governmental Organisation under the aegis of We the People has faulted the rush by oil…
FULL LIST: Europa League semi-final matches, top scorers, most assists
As the quarter-final second-leg matches of the UEFA Europa League for this season end on…
Sudan: Nigerian students terrified by continued fighting, flee for safety
Nigerian students are fleeing their residences for safety as heavy gunshots persist in the Republic of…
Family of 10 killed in latest South Africa mass shooting
Unknown gunmen stormed a house and killed 10 members of a family on Friday, in the…
Spurs’ Paratici resigns after failed appeal against ban
Tottenham Hotspur’s managing director of football Fabio Paratici resigned on Friday after losing an appeal…
Tokyo Olympics ex-chair sponsor handed suspended jail sentence for bribery
The former chairman of a Tokyo 2020 Olympics sponsor was handed a suspended prison sentence Friday…
Eid-el-Fitr: Citizen’s welfare, democracy must be prioritized – Kaduna gov-elect
Kaduna State governor-elect, Senator Uba Sani, has urged Nigerian political leaders to prioritize the security and…
NAPTIP unveils cybersecurity team to tackle online s6xual exploitation
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has unveiled plans to address the…
Nigeria can earn N1tn from mushrooms annually – Don
A mushroom plant scientist, Prof. Sami Ayodele, has urged the Federal Government to create…
FG to remove fuel subsidy without disrupting livelihoods – Official
The Federal Government says it is considering how best to achieve subsidy removal without disrupting livelihoods…
Teenage inmate begs FG for vocational skills instructors in Delta prison
An 18-year-old inmate at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Ogwashi-Uku in Delta State, Gabriel Uwaya, on…
Lawyer wants IG to quit office over retirement age
A lawyer and human rights activist, Festus Ogun, has filed a suit at the Federal High…
COREN elects Zubair new president
The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria has elected Abubakar Zubair as its new…
Police arrest 26 cultists terrorising Enugu
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested 26 persons suspected to be involved in the cult…
Stamp duty: Rivers, FG opt for out-of-court settlement
The Rivers State Government has agreed to an out-of-court settlement with the Federal Governmentnt on the…
Eid el-Fitr: UN chief calls for ceasefire in Sudan
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for a ceasefire of “at least three days”…
Dano Milk and Rechael Okonkwo partner to host Mega Eastern Carnival in Nsukka
Nigeria’s leading dairy brand, Dano Milk in partnership with Nollywood actress, Rechael Okonkwo is set to…
NBS to release new unemployment figures May
The National Bureau of Statistics has said it will release new unemployment and employment figures for…
Forex scarcity, energy costs, others hurting manufacturers — LCCI
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has said that growth in manufacturing remained subdued due…
NEPC trains Plateau coffee farmers in export
In an effort to improve the production and exportation of coffee, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council…
CBN dormant account policy triggers anxiety in banking sector
Banks and their customers have raised concerns over the Central Bank of Nigeria’s proposed plan to…
Political apathy, sin before God — Islamic cleric
An Islamic cleric and scholar, Sheikh Al-Imam Abdulateef (Sododo), says political apathy is a great sin…
Sudan conflict: 1,262 Nigerian students demand evacuation, 330 residents killed
•Nigerian students fill forms for airlifting, Uganda, Tanzania rescue nationals •3,200 injured as outage, food, water…
Pharmaceutical firm promotes school sports
Dexa Medica, an Indonesian pharmaceutical company, has stated that it will sponsor the inter-house sports competitions…
Shareholder groups advise Otedola on Transcorp stake acquisition
Some shareholder groups have hailed the acquisition of a 5.52 per cent stake in Transcorp Corporation…
Zelenskyy invites Tinubu, urges stronger Nigeria-Ukraine ties
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has congratulated Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on his electoral…
The Buhari Years: Failed promises, dashed hopes
WITH just barely six weeks to the expiration of his tenure, the President, Major General Muhammadu…
National Assembly inducts lawmakers-elect May 7
The Management of the National Assembly, in conjunction with the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic…
NGO to mark Fawehinmi’s posthumous birthday
A non-governmental organisation, Gani Fawehinmi Memorial Organisation, has listed programmes to mark the posthumous birthday of…
Police screen officers for promotion
The Nigeria Police Force has set up the Departmental Selection Board for the screening and selection…
SOKAPU urges AU,ECOWAS intervention on Southern Kaduna killings
The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union has asked the Economic Community of West Africa; the African Union,…
You can turn avowed enemies to avid friends
Are you a good, generous, kind, and compassionate person who always looks out for the good…
Tinubu must decisively tackle insecurity – Economist
An economist, Mr Opeyemi Agbaje, has urged the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to decisively address the nation’s…
COVID-19 nearly ended my Commonwealth Games dreams– Oshoba
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medallist Elizabeth Oshoba talks about how she started boxing, winning a…
Wilder vows to KO Joshua in proposed Saudi bout
Deontay Wilder has promised to knockout Anthony Joshua in a proposed heavyweight bout against the British-Nigerian…
Tinubu, Atiku, Obi lose Twitter verification badges
Politicians, including the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, and other candidates in the February 25 presidential election, Atiku…
34-year-old man in court for defiling teenager
Justice Geraldine Imadegbelo of a Benin High Court, Criminal Division on Thursday remanded a 34-year-old Efoghe…
Inauguration Committee: Tinubu appoints Yar’Adua, Kyari, Onanuga, 11 others
The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has submitted 14 names that would make up the composition of…
Lookman to miss Roma clash
Ademola Lookman has been ruled out of Atalanta’s Serie A clash against Roma on Monday, PUNCH…
Simy incurs Benevento wrath
Super Eagles striker, Simy Nwankwo, has incurred the wrath of his employers, Benevento Calcio, after video…
Drogba, Berbatov want Osimhen to make EPL switch
Premier League legends, Didier Drogba and Dimitar Berbatov have warned Napoli forward, Victor Osimhen against a…
Rivers won’t underrate Yanga – Eguma
Rivers United will not be buoyed by their previous results against Tanzanian club, Young Africans, when…
Abuja marathon: Students category winner to get N.5m
In a bid to encourage young Nigerians in marathon and road races, the organisers of the…
Ogun community one-year blackout lingers over IKEDC, IBEDC disagreement
A disagreement between the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company and the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company has continued…
Peter Obi’s Animal Farm (II)
Unlike charity, hypocrisy is homeless. Since the Soyinka-Datti fascism brouhaha broke out, Mr Obi, you’ve not…
Collapsed stadium floodlights posing danger to us – Athletes
Some athletes at the National Stadium, Lagos have lamented the state of the stadium, after a…
Moon sighted in Saudi Arabia, Muslims mark Eid-el-Fitr Friday
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad…
Gov poll: Kogi East, West protest as Bello anoints kinsman
GBENGA ODOGUN writes on the crisis that rocked the All Progressives Congress in Kogi State following…
Two suspects caught with slain woman’s phone
Two men, Abdullahi Abubakar and Nurudeen Shotade, have been arraigned before a Magistrates’ Court sitting in…
Gunmen abduct IMT student in Enugu
A student of the Institute of Management and Technology Enugu, Enugu State, identified as Stanley Ogwo…
Experts demand stronger proof as new over-the-counter gel threatens Viagra
With reports from The Telegraph of the United Kingdom and futuramedical.com, LARA ADEJORO writes on the…
Group hails military, DSS for averting post-election crisis
A pressure group, The Natives, on Thursday commended the Nigerian military and the Department of State…
Don’t shy away from census, FG tells PLWDs
The Federal Government has urged Persons Living With Disabilities to make themselves available and ensure that…
National Assembly leadership: APC group backs North-Central, ex-gov demands zoning
A group within the All Progressives Congress, Patriotic Peoples’ Forum, has urged the national leadership of…
ECOWAS signs €1.3M sustainable farming deal
The President of the Economic Community of West African States, Dr. Omar Touray, has signed grant…
Twitter removes Davido, Burna Boy, Wizkid verification tags
Nigerian singers, Davido, Burna Boy, and Wizkid verification badges have been removed on the microblogging platform, Twitter.…
10th Assembly: NASS to induct lawmakers-elect May
Following the conclusion of the National Assembly elections and the formal release of the authentic list…
Tinubu: Transition will be peaceful, says DHQ
The Defence Headquarters has assured Nigerians that there will be a peaceful transition of power from…
Conviction figures for 2023 rising – EFCC
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said conviction figures in…
Access Holdings’ gross earnings hit N1.4tn
Financial institution, Access Holdings Plc, has grown its gross earnings by 42.30 per cent to N1.4…
Otedola acquires 5.52% stake in Transcorp
Indigenous conglomerate, Transcorp Corporation Plc, has disclosed that billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, has bought 2,245,639,251 units…
Swiss Embassy donates N8m to Maiduguri market fire victims
The Embassy of Switzerland in Nigeria has donated N8million to 150 victims of the fire disaster…
Six fun places to visit during Eid-el-Fitr holiday in Lagos
Following the declaration by the Federal Government of Friday, April 21 and Monday, April 23, 2023,…
Musk’s SpaceX Starship explodes during first flight test
Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, exploded during its first flight on Thursday, but Elon…
Police arrest notorious kidnapper in Nasarawa
The Nasarawa State Police Command says it has arrested a suspected notorious kidnapper, Shuaibu Mohammed, AKA…
Power crisis defies new solutions amid infrastructure failure
Despite the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission’s promise to deliver 5,000 MW to the national grid, Nigerians…
Group hails military, DSS for averting post-election chaos
A pressure group under the aegis of The Natives on Thursday commended the Nigerian military and…
FG withdraws immigration case against Seplat’s CEO
Seplat Energy Plc has said that the immigration lawsuit against its Chief Executive Officer, Roger Brown,…
Ruling house sues Ondo govt over candidate’s imposition
The Akinboro Royal House of Alade-Idanre Community in Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State has…
Rainstorm kills six, injures others in Delta
No fewer than six persons have been reportedly killed in Oko Oshimili South Local Government Area…
LP not for moneybags, party chairmen warn
The chairmen of the Labour Party in the 20 local government areas of Ogun State have…