Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has called on Nigerians to use the occasion of this year Eid-el-Kabir to demonstrate sacrifice, love and peace. Abubakar in a statement by his media office on Saturday in Abuja, congratulated fellow Muslim faithful on the celebration of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir festival. He...
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By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the Spokesperson to the Osun State Governor, has asked a former Deputy Governor in the state, Benedict Alabi, to bury his head in shame over his misguided notion on the performance of Governor Ademola Adeleke In a statement issued in Osogbo...
The anticipation is building for the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize award ceremony, set to take place on June 26. This year marks a record-breaking number of entries, reflecting the growing strength of the global community of storytellers within the Commonwealth’s 56 countries. The Commonwealth Foundation, which organises the...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The resignation letter he sent to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has provided answers to why Finidi George had to dump the Super Eagles as Head Coach barely three months after he was appointed. In the letter, address to the NFF President, Alhaji Shehu...
The Federal Government has flagged off construction of Section Two of the Lagos-Badagry Coastal Highway The project starts from the Lekki Deep Seaport, which is Lagos State border with Ogun. The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, flagged off of the construction on Saturday. Umuahi was accompanied by...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Government has confirmed that the cholera outbreak in the state has claimed 15 lives, with 350 suspected cases reported across 29 wards in multiple local government areas. The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, confirmed the development in statement...
Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, has urged Muslims to draw strength from the teachings of Prophet Muhammad ( PBUH). This is contained in a statement by his spokesperson, Dr Yunusa Tanko, on Saturday in Onitsha. Obi in a message of felicitation to Muslims on the...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has urged the Muslim frightful to pray for President Bola Tinubu to successfully steer the country towards a brighter future. Wike made the appeal in his Eid-el-Kabir message to Muslim Ummah in Abuja on Saturday. The minister...
The Kano State Government has alleged that “some enemies of the state” were bent on causing a breakdown of law and order so as to destroy the state. Mr Haruna Dederi, its Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, made the allegation on Saturday in Kano while briefing the...
The Federal Government has said it is withholding payment of compensation to affected property owners from Kilometer Seven on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, due to alteration on the plan. The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, said this when he inspected ongoing works on Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway...
Unidentified gunmen on Saturday morning reportedly attacked Ogbaru Local Government Secretariat and torched four patrol vehicles belonging to a local vigilance group. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the hoodlums arrived at the council headquarters in large number in motorcycles and one vehicle and began to...
The immediate past Vice Chairman of Ondo State Football Association, Dele Ologbese, has described the resignation of Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Finidi George as a welcome development. Ologbese said his resignation would pave way for the appointment of a more experienced tactician. “It will not be good if...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – At least one suspect has been killed and 3 others arrested after the FCT Police Command raided a kidnappers’ camp in an Abuja border community. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, said this in a statement on Saturday...
The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, has said building roads using concrete will lead to carbon credits and align with President Bola Tinubu led administration’s efforts in tackling climate change effects. Umahi said this on Saturday in Lagos while inspecting works on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said Nigeria’s headline inflation rate increased to 33.95 per cent in May 2024. The NBS said this in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report for May, which was released on Saturday in Abuja According to the report, the figure...
A good number of those travelling from Ibadan to Lagos and other cities by road on Saturday condemned the hike in transport fares. The passengers, in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan, lamented the manner the fares up. They said the fares moved...
A Peoples Democratic Party chieftain and former Chairman of the party in Lagos State, Chief Segun Adewale, has said he is dumping his party to join the All Progressives Congress (APC). Adewale, popularly known as Aeroland, said this at a news conference on Saturday in Lagos. The News...
Nigerian politicians have perfected the art of reducing almost everything to situational comedy. They just put us through a fortnight of celebrations on the altar of democracy. That is about the only word that unites them in their diversity of costumes and intentions. It was a...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The remains of the Late Commissioner of Police, Jatau Anga (Rtd), was on Saturday buried amidst tributes and eulogies from the Church, family and associates. CP Anga, who was also a former military administrator of Enugu State, battled with dementia for few years,...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Women for Gagdi, a support group dedicated to community development and political involvement in honour of Hon. Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, organized a rally to celebrate his one year in office for his second term as the Member of the House of...