UPDATED: Buhari orders rejigging of Nigeria’s operational security strategies
In a bid to effectively counter the insecurity across the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the rejigging of the...
Tambuwal frees 17, donates N50,000 cash to each freed inmates in Sokoto
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has granted pardon to 17 inmates in the Sokoto Central Custodial centre.
WAEC: Kano govt to fumigate 528 schools
Kano State Government says it will fumigate 528 public and private schools to make it safe for students writing their...
WAEC: MURIC rejects schedule, says timetable anti-Islam
An Islamic human rights organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has rejected the examination timetable recently released by the West...
NGO trains 35 youths in budget monitoring, project implementation in Enugu
A Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, Connected Development, CODE, has trained no fewer than 35 youths in Enugu State on project implementation...
APC felicitates Omo-Agege @ 57
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has extolled the virtues of Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege, on his 57th birthday.
28-year-old bags 1-year jail term over water tank theft
A Magistrates’ Court in Ota, Ogun, on Monday sentenced a 28-year-old man, Akintunde Segun, to one year imprisonment for stealing...
NDDC yet to pay contractors that handled road projects I facilitated – Orji Kalu
Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu, said on Monday that the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, had not paid contractors that handled...
Bala Mohammed tackles Dogara, says ‘you’re a pretender, fabricator of lies’
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has refuted allegations leveled against him by a former Speaker of the House of...
FCT Minister orders residents to hold Eid prayers at neigbourhood mosques
The FCT Minister, Muhammad Bello, has declared that there would be no Eid prayers at the National Eid prayer ground...
Malibu Oil Deals: Nigeria expecting $200m from 2 countries, says Malami
Nigeria is awaiting the return of 200 million US dollars from The Netherlands and Switzerland, as part of OPL 245 Malabu...
Kaduna scholarship board shortlists 29 first-class graduates for overseas studies
Kaduna State Scholarship and Loans Board says it has shortlisted 29 First Class degree holders to study in any university...
Buhari, APC governors in virtual meeting over forthcoming Edo, Ondo elections
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with governors elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Eid-el-Kabir: Nigerian govt declares Thursday, Friday as public holidays
The Federal Government has declared Thursday 30 and Friday 31 July, as public holidays to mark 2020 year’s Eid-el-Kabir.
Tambuwal signs N6bn contracts, releases N1.7bn to contractors
The Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has signed contracts worth over N6 billion, following the state executive council approval a...
COVID-19 exposed Nigeria’s failed leadership – Peter Obi
A former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, says the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the long years of leadership failure in...
Delta flattens COVID-19 curve, discharges 1,303 cases – Official
The Delta government says that effective contact tracing and adequate treatment of patients has helped to flatten the curve of COVID-19 pandemic in...
Scientist urges Nigerians to embrace rabbit production, consumption
Dr Yemi Popoola, a livestock scientist at the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, IAR&T, Ibadan, has urged Nigerians to...
Container falls on bus in Lagos, kills 2
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has said two persons died while three were injured when a 20-feet container fell...
Arik Air resumes reconnection flights to Kano, Yola
Arik Air on Monday announced the resumption of its flight operations to Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, and Yola...
COVID-19: Ooni of Ife donates motorised fumigators to Sokoto
The Sokoto State Government on Sunday received three locally fabricated motorised modular fumigators donated by the Ooni of Ife, Oba...
Rep. Koko emerges ‘best performing’ elected official in Kebbi
The member representing Koko-Besse/Maiyama in the House of Representatives, Shehu Koko, has emerged as the best performing elected official in...
NAHCON denies ‘trapping’ N150bn Hajj fares of 2020 intending pilgrims
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, has denied newspaper report claiming that about N150billion belonging to Nigerian pilgrims is...
Alleged $40m Fraud: Appeal court upholds ex-President Jonathan cousin’s no-case-submission
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday upheld the no-case submission filed by former President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, Robert...
