Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has condemned the killing of Olukoro of Koro in Ekiti Local Government Local Government area of the state, Oba Segun Aremu. The governor, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Rafiu Ajakaye in llorin on Friday, described the killing as...
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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, struck out an application filed by Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff (CoS) to Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers, seeking an order to strike out the charge against him and others for want of jurisdiction. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon, in a...
There is cheering news for the teeming Super Eagles fans as shot-stopper Stanley Nwabali has been declared fit and available for selection for Nigeria’s quarter-final Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) clash with Angola. The Chippa United man was stretchered off in Nigeria’s 2-0 win over bitter rivals Cameroon...
Former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido has donated his country house to the Jigawa State University. The edifice located at Bamaina village in Birninkudu Local Government Area of the state would be utilised as Institute for Islamic Studies and Research under the University. This is contained in a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Presidential delegation led by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, Minister of Agriculture, Senator Abubakar Kyari, Governor Babagana Zulum, Senator MT Monguno, Senator Kaka Shehu Lawan, members of House of Representatives from Borno state and Borno State Assembly members, among other...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar ibn Umar Garbai El kanemi has appealed to Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State to help the people of Maiduguri metropolis by allocating land for a second cemetery within the state capital so as to decongest the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Deputy Governor, Umar Kadafur, has led the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign team to Chibok town in preparation for the upcoming House of Assembly by-election scheduled for Saturday. The event saw the presence of several notable APC figures, including the APC...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The Oyo State Government has sealed a branch of a place of worship (name withheld) situated at Golden Estate, Oluyole, Ibadan, over noise pollution. The Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, said in a statement on Friday that government took the action...
Russia once again hit Ukraine with drone strikes early on Friday, causing a major power outage in the industrial city of Kryvyi Rih, which is the birth place of President Volodymyr Zelensky. Tens of thousands of households and numerous companies in the city in the south-east of the...
Three influential opposition figures have hinted at the coming of a mega party that will challenge the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2027 general election. These are Prof. Pat Utomi of the Labour Party, a former governor of Kano State and the presidential candidate of the NNPP,...
The Police Command in Kwara on Thursday in Ilorin confirmed the killing of a traditional ruler in the state, Oba Peter Aremu, the Onikoro of Koro-Ekiti in the Ekiti Local Government Area. CSP Ejire Adeyemi-Tohun, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the state Police Command, confirmed this in...
The Central Bank of Niger , has removed allowable limit of exchange rate quoted by the International Money Transfer Operators (IMTOs). This is according to a circular signed by Dr Hassan Mahmud, the Director, Trade and Exchange Department of the CBN, addressed to IMTOs and the general public....
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun has debunked alleged crisis within the party ahead of the 2026 governorship election in the state. The APC Chairman in the state, Mr Tajudeen Lawal, who debunked the reports in a statement on Thursday, urged members to...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has cautioned against dealing with its expelled members, parading themselves as national executives. The National Legal Adviser, NNPP, Mr Hon Robert, said this at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja. Robert said that some former executives had been expelled from the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has condoled with his deputy, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, over the death of his stepmother, Hajja Hauwa Kormi. Kormi died on Thursday in Maidugiri after a protracted illness and was survived by five children, stepchildren and many grandchildren. A statement by the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun has ordered restriction of movements in 26 states, ahead of Saturday’s re-run and by-election. The IGP who gave the directive in a statement by the Force spokesman, ACP Olumuywa Adejobi on Thursday in Abuja, said the restriction...
Nigerian International, Asisat Oshoala, has joined Bay FC, a soccer franchise in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) in the United States. Oshoala departs Barcelona after a five year stint with the Spanish club for an undisclosed transfer fee. Following the transfer on Thursday and as...
Senegalese official, Issa Sy will be the referee when Nigeria take on Angola in Friday’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) quarter-final encounter, at the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan. Head of Communications at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ademola Olajire, stated this on Thursday in Abuja. He said...
The Oyo State Government on Thursday in Ibadan ordered the reopening of 23 schools across the Atiba, Afijio, Oyo East and Oyo West Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. This was after the state’s Deputy Governor, Mr Bayo Lawal, met with several actors in the boundary crisis...
A former Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris, on Thursday in an FCT High Court objected to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) tendering a video recording of an interview session operatives had with him and others. The compact disc containing the video was tendered by...