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Reps’ draconian bill on doctors dead on arrival
A draconian bill being prepared by the House of Representatives seeking to prevent newly qualified Nigerian…
Adamawa: Fintiri, others to get certificates of return
The Independent National Electoral Commission will on Wednesday present Certificates of Return to the Adamawa State…
Residents accuse Lagos agency officials of assaulting estate guards
Residents of Omole Estate Phase II have accused officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency…
Osinbajo presides over FEC meeting
…as Buhari returns to Abuja later today For the second consecutive time, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo…
Police nab man for robbing same store 11 times
A 36-year-old man, Donte Elbert, has been arrested for robbing the same retail business 11 times.…
Oyebanji promises to reform Ekiti varsity
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has assured that Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti will soon witness…
US Supreme Court to decide on abortion pill ban
The US Supreme Court will step into the divisive and emotional battle over the abortion drug…
Cost of food pushes UK inflation to 10%
UK inflation slowed last month but held above 10 percent on soaring food prices, official data…
IG unveils 88 residential blocks for Kano police officers
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, on Wednesday, commissioned no fewer than 11 blocks…
Things fall apart in Warri
Olu, kingdom’s prime minister lock horns DELE OGUNYEMI writes on the fresh twist in the prolonged…
Xiaomi Releases Another Redmi Note 12 Series Smartphones Aiming to dominate the Mid-Range Sector
Starting at ₦177,000, Redmi Note 12 Pro is the latest addition to Redmi Note 12 Series…
Oyo govt to prosecute recruitment scams perpetrators
The Oyo State Government, on Wednesday, vowed to prosecute those it described as “undesirable elements” who…
3,298 inmates on death row in Nigeria – NCoS
No fewer than 3,298 inmates across the custodial centres in Nigeria are on death row, the…
WHO seeks community collaboration to end Tuberculosis
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, has called for joint action between…
DigiToads (TOADS) Set to Become the Top Meme Coin of 2023 as Dogecoin (DOGE) And Shiba Inu (SHIB) Fail to Attract New Investors
Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Dogecoin (DOGE) have always been the poster child and bright spots of…
FG to increase tax on tobacco products to 50% — Official
The Federal Government says it will increase excise tax on tobacco products from 30 per cent…
Daibau, the free online service for finding building contractors, finally comes to Nigeria, too!
We’re all faced with needing to carry out renovation or construction work at least once in…
Nigeria’s Youthful Population A Possible Solution To UK Staff Shortage
The United Kingdom and the National Healthcare Services (NHS) continue to go through immense stress as…
Chinese govt denies financing terrorists to access Nigerian resources
The Chinese Government has denied funding militants to access Nigerian mining sites, adding that it will…
Again, Russia launches drone attack on Ukraine
Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine’s southern port city of Odesa early Wednesday but there…
Protesting youths demand Afenifere restructuring, Adebanjo’s removal
Some youths, under the auspices of Afenifere Yoruba Youth Organisation of Nigeria, staged a protest in…
Abdulkareem: Food seller turned Yellow Greens star
From helping his mother sell food around Igbosere Road, Lagos Island, Ridwan Abdulkareem found his way…
TotalEnergies appoints new executive director
The Board of Directors of TotalEnergies Marketing Nigeria Plc has approved the appointment of Mrs Bunmi…
NGX rebounds with N2bn gain for investors
The Nigerian Exchange Limited rebounded on Tuesday, recording N2bn gain for investors. The All-Share Index also…
ILO, Nigeria collaborate on trade test certifications
The International Labour has said it would be engaging the Nigerian government, workers’ unions and social…
Fury rejects possible Joshua clash
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has dismissed rumours of a four-man tournament featuring himself and Anthony…
Iwobi recounts moments with ‘wizard’ Wenger
Nigerian midfielder Alex Iwobi has said that he always considered former Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger a…
F’Eagles know U-20 World Cup foes Friday
Nigeria will find out their 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup opponents on Friday, April 21 when…
Lagos sues teenager for making hoax call to fire service
The Lagos State Government will today, Wednesday, arraign one Uzuokwu Solomon for offences relating to making…
Abdullahi Bayawo wins PRP’s Kogi governorship election ticket
Dr Abdullahi Bayawo has emerged winner of the People’s Redemption Party primary election for the Nov.…
Adamawa gov: Fintiri floors Binani, INEC takes REC’s case to Buhari
The Returning Officer for the Adamawa State governorship election, Prof Mohammed Mele, on Tuesday declared Governor…
Jeb knockout highlights OFU Fight Night 2
Making his mixed martial arts debut at the One Fight Ultimate OFU Fight Night 2, Philemon…
UCL hoodoo continues!
•Osihmen scores, but Nigerians’ seven-year s’final jinx continues as Napoli crash •Champions send uninspired Blues packing…
NMDPRA urges businesses to embrace gas
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority has advised businesses to take advantage of the…
Edo partners FG, UN to tackle deforestation
The Edo State Government is collaborating with the Federal Government, the United Nations Food and Agriculture…
FG plans 13 fresh oil sector policies
The Federal Government will in the coming weeks, release 13 new regulations in the upstream sector…
Nigerian mobile money accounts grow by 22%, says GSMA
Mobile money account ownership grew from 16 per cent in 2021 to 22 per cent in…
LASACO pays N3bn to deceased Lagos workers’ relatives
Lasaco Assurance Plc said it has paid N3bn under its Group Life Assurance Policy to Lagos…
Globacom rewards business partners
Globacom has rewarded its business partners with gifts to celebrate their contribution to its growth. According…
Real estate firm seeks to sustain revenue growth
After recording its first profit since 2018, real estate firm, UPDC, has said that it will…
Currency in circulation rises by 71% to N1.6tn – CBN
The currency in circulation in the country jumped by N701.4tn in one month to hit N1.6tn…
Afriland shareholders approve N137.4m dividend
Afriland Properties Plc’s shareholders have approved N137.4m dividend payout for the 2022 financial period. The real…
Ogun, Kogi, five states lose N45bn FG funding
The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning and the Chairman of the Federal Cares…
Court nullifies Ararume’s sacking, awards N5bn against Buhari
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday restored Senator Ifeanyi Ararume as the non-executive Chairman…
Shell removes 460 illegal connections on Trans Niger Pipeline
The Chairman of Shell Companies in Nigeria, Osagie Okunbor, on Tuesday, revealed that the international oil…
19-year-old steals ram, attempts escaping from police custody
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a teenager, Abass Enitan, to nine months imprisonment without…
Developers flee after defrauding accommodation seekers in Lagos
Two developers identified simply as Ola, aka Pastor, and one Yusuf, have gone into hiding after…
Husband tackles Lagos hospital as wife dies after childbirth
A man, Jeremiah Akinsetemi, has accused the management and medical practitioners at the Faith-Hills Specialist Hospital…
Court acquits ASCSN president of human trafficking charges
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama, Abuja, has cleared the President of…
LP sweeps 14 out of 24 Enugu Assembly seats – INEC
Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday released the list of the 24 members-elect of the Enugu…
Netflix subscribers hit 232 million
18th April 2023 Netflix on Tuesday said that its number of subscribers hit 232.5 million in…
Fire guts UNIBEN female hostel
A female students’ hotel at the Ekehuan campus of the University of Benin was on Tuesday…
Why Senate Presidency should go to South-South – PANDEF
The Pan Niger Delta Forum has joined the call for the zoning of the 10th National…
₦6bn fraud: Ex-JAMB registrar, Ojerinde’s trial begins Wednesday
The money laundering trial of a former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, Professor…
Abiodun seeks Ogun Assembly’s nod on stamp duties
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has sent a letter to the House of Assembly,…
Court fixes May 30 for continuation of Ali Bello’s trial
The Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed May 30 and 31 for the continuation of the…
Air transportation: Cote D’Ivoire given 10-day ultimatum to honour reciprocity agreement
The Airline Operators of Nigeria has slammed a 10-day ultimatum on the government of Cote D’Ivoire…
Police demote Rivers cop assaulting man in viral video
…IG tasks officers on professionalism, respect for fundamental rights A policeman, Adejoh Siaka, has been demoted…
UCL: Chelsea vs Real Madrid starting line-ups
Starting line-ups for the Champions League quarter-final second leg between Chelsea and Real Madrid at Stamford…
Adamawa: I apologise for psychological trauma, Fintiri begs supporters
The governor-elect of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri, has apologised to his teeming supporters for what he…
UCL: Osimhen starts as Napoli, AC Milan clash
Victor Osimhen will start for Napoli as they try to overturn a 1-0 deficit in the…
UCL: Bayern need ‘a miracle’ against Man City –Tuchel
Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel insisted on Tuesday that his side needed “a miracle” to overturn…
UCL: Peter Okoye lands in Napoli to support Osimhen
Nigerian singer, Peter Okoye, has landed in Italy ahead of Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League quarter-finals second-leg…
Earth Day: Google unveils Nigerians’ growing interest in environmental issues
Google has released data highlighting the top sustainability-related trends and Nigerians’ growing interest in environmental…
DG NCAA brokers peace with labour unions over strike
The Director-General Civil Aviation, Captain Musa Nuhu, has waded into the two-day warning strike embarked upon…
Alcaraz brushes aside Borges in Barcelona Open
World number two Carlos Alcaraz began his belated build-up to the French Open with an emphatic…
Okowa didn’t sign new governors’ pension benefits —Commissioner
The Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu says Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta did…
PDP dismisses alleged suspension of ex-federal lawmakers
The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed the purported suspension…
Edo govt seals private hospital over regulation
The Edo State Government has sealed Selaf Specialist Hospital in Uromi, Esan-North-East Local Government Area of…
INEC: Police promise to probe ‘Adamawa incident’
…Say yet to receive INEC’s letter, but will collaborate with electoral umpire The Nigeria Police Force…
INEC declares Fintiri winner of Adamawa gov poll
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Ahmadu Fintiri as the winner of the Adamawa State…
270 killed, over 2000 injured in Sudanese violence – WHO
The World Health Organisation has said the violence that broke out in Sudan on Saturday has…
I’ve never killed a fly, let alone human beings— Doguwa
A member representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency and Majority leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado…
Abducted Kaduna female students escape from kidnappers’ den
The eight abducted female students of Government Secondary School, Awon, Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna…
21 killed as fire guts Beijing hospital
A fire in a Beijing hospital has killed 21 people, the state-run Beijing Daily said on…
84,000 take rescheduled mock exam ahead next week’s UTME
No fewer than 84,000 candidates sat for the rescheduled mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in 387…
UPTH denies sending nursing mothers, babies home over power blackout
The management of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital has debunked an online report that…
Adamawa: INEC resumes collation of supplementary gov election results
The Independent National Electoral Commission has reopened the collation centre for the Adamawa State governorship supplementary…
Defection: Court refuses APC’s request to sack Tambuwal
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday refused to grant the request of the All…
IG removes Adamawa CP over supplementary poll
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered that the Commissioner of Police on election…
Why Nigeria is poor despite potential – Mamora
The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Adeleke Mamora, has given reasons why Nigeria remains a…
WHO raises alarm on courts restricting abortion access
The World Health Organisation voiced concern Tuesday at courts limiting the right of women to…
Ekiti court jails man for a breach of the peace
An Ekiti State Magistrate Court, Ado Ekiti District has sentenced one Abiodun Falade to three months…
Biafra Government in Exile, FG’s sponsored distraction – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra has denied any affiliation with a group, Biafra Government in…
Subsidy removal will spur investment, tackle rising debt — LCCI
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the Federal Government’s planned petrol subsidy removal remains…
Man, 37, in court for stealing N21m from Church
The police on Tuesday, arraigned a 37-year-old man, Nwafor Onyebuchi, before a Badagry Magistrates’ Court, Lagos,…
Adamawa poll: Court refuses to hear Binani’s motion over jurisdiction
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, refused to hear an ex-parte motion filed by the…
Group wants APC to zone House leadership to South-East
As the race for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly gets closer, a group, Igbo…
Alleged espionage: Russian court denies US reporter bail
A United States reporter, Evan Gershkovich, appeared at a Moscow court on Tuesday, in the…
Anti-party: Gombe APC expels ex-gov Goje
The Kashere ward of the All Progressives Congress in Gombe State has expelled former Governor Danjuma…
Covenant varsity, firm partner on AI, language translation device
Covenant University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with OBTranslate to undertake research and development activities…
UPDATED: INEC asks IG to probe, prosecute Adamawa REC
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it will write the Inspector General of Police, Baba Ahmed,…
Adamawa polls: Judiciary should not interfere, warns CDD
The Judiciary has been warned against interfering with the electoral processes in Adamawa State following last…
Ikpeazu orders immediate reversal of hiked ABSU fees
The Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has ordered an immediate reversal of the tuition fee…
Aviation unions move strike to international terminal, cause heavy gridlock
As a result of the ongoing industrial action by aviation unions in Nigeria, offices of agencies…
Fire destroyed N2bn property in 12 months — Osun Fire Service
Osun Fire Service on Tuesday said properties worth N2.28 billion were lost to fire outbreaks…
Kaduna night attack victims get mass burial
Normalcy has been restored to Runji Sakwab Community, in Atyap Chiefdom of Zango Kataf Local Government…
Man City to expand Etihad to over 60,000 capacity
Manchester City have submitted a planning application to expand the capacity of their Etihad Stadium…
Four steps to beating Real Madrid – Chelsea’s goalkeeper, Kepa
Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga has revealed what his team must do to beat Real Madrid. The…