JOEL OLADELE, Abuja– The 30th Coronation Anniversary of the revered Oloba of Oba, His Royal Highness, Ọba (Dr.) Timothy Titilayo Oyebanji, Olufemiloye I, was marked by heartfelt tributes and congratulatory messages from various stakeholders, celebrating three decades of his impactful reign. In a message signed by the Publicity Secretary...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has inaugurated a high-level committee on the forthcoming national population and housing census on Wednesday. The committee will submit an interim report within three weeks. The President in a statement on Wednesday by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said the census is...
A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Chief Segun Adewale, has dismissed a statement made by another party stalwart, Chief Olabode George, that the candidacy of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar will affect the party’s chances in 2027. Adewale, a former Lagos State Chairman of the party, told the News...
National Vice Chairman, PDP South-South chapter, Chief Dan Orbih, has said that the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike was not the problem of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to Orbih, the real problem of the PDP is those with entrenched interest in contesting every presidential election without respecting the...
Former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) over alleged defamatory statements against him by suspended Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, (PDP-Kogi Central) In the petition, written and signed by his solicitor, Mr N.A. Abubakar to the IG on Wednesday, Bello called on the Nigeria...
The Dangote Refinery has announced another reduction in the gantry price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, from N865 to N835 per litre. The Group Chief Branding and Communications Officer of Dangote, Anthony Echiejina, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. Echiejina said that...
An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday declared that the removal of the reinstated Speaker of the House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa was illegal and unconstitutional. Delivering judgment, Justice Justice Yetunde Pinheiro, held that the members of the house of assembly erred in the removal of Obasa as speaker. The...
Gambia’s Supreme Court has commuted the death sentence of a government minister convicted of killing the finance minister to life in prison. This is one of few to be convicted of crimes committed during the 22-year rule of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh. The case has been closely watched in the...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said the ongoing project inspection across the territory is keeping contractors on their toes. Wike stated this in Abuja on Wednesday, after he inspected the ongoing construction of a three-kilometre road network in Giri District and the 16-kilometre...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration is constructing a road network in Giri District, Abuja, to open the area for development. Wike stated this in Abuja on Wednesday, after inspecting the ongoing construction of the three-kilometre road network in the...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, on Wednesday said that unmanaged natural disasters can exacerbate insecurity, enable displacement, disrupt critical infrastructure, and deepen societal fragilities. Ribadu stated this at the Validation Workshop for the Anticipatory Action Framework for Nigeria, on Wednesday in Abuja. The workshop was organised...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has urged the media stakeholders to deny terrorists the oxygen of publicity by refusing to give prominence to their cowardly acts. Idris made the call at the maiden Quarterly Media Stakeholders Seminar organised by the Directorate of Defence Media Operations,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Worried by the consistency of the attacks and killings by suspected gunmen in Plateau state, the Senator representing Sokoto South Senatorial District, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has described the scenario as the peak of cruelty. Tambuwal, who is also the immediate past governor...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has condemned in strong terms another attack on Otobi-Akpa, Emichi in Otukpo Local Government Area and Utonkon in Ado Local Government Area in Benue state by armed men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. No fewer than...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos– A group under the aegis of Middle Belt Patriots has condemned the killings of at least 70 persons, including pregnant women and children, in fresh attacks on communities in Plateau State. It said over 300 homes were set ablaze in Bokkos and Bassa Local Government...
A Nigerian relationship therapist, Blessing Okoro, popularly known as Blessing CEO, has announced her engagement to businessman, Ikechukwu Ogbonna, popularly known as “IVD”. The social media personality took her social media platforms to share the good news with her fans and well wishes with their adorable photo. According to...
A Surgical Oncologist, Prof. Emmanuel Ezeome, has raised concerns over the alarming increase in breast cancer cases in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Nigeria, over the past 30 years. Ezeome raised the concern when he featured as the keynote speaker at the Roche Breast Cancer Summit 2025 held in Lagos...
Kano State Police Command has detained 157 suspects alledgly involved in armed robbery, thuggery, theft, and illicit drug dealings between March 17, till date. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, disclosed these developments during a press conference on Wednesday in Kano. Among those arrested is...
Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), has said it is deeply saddened by reports of fresh violence in parts of Plateau, which resulted in multiple deaths and injuries. This is contained in a statement signed by its Chairman, Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday in Ilorin. The NGF commiserates with the government...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has said the information space is becoming as equally contested as the battlefield where the military communicates its mission, counter misinformation, and maintain public trust. Musa said this at the maiden Quarterly Media Stakeholders Seminar organised by the Directorate of...