2023: Ex-Reps Speaker, Dimeji Bankole joins presidential race to succeed Buhari
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, has joined the race towards 2023 presidential elections. Abdullahi Bayero, a...
Month: April 2022
NCC approves new national numbering plan for MTN, Airtel, others
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved a new National Numbering Plan for the Nigerian telephone network (both fixed and...
Lassa fever: 76 suspected cases in Gombe, 6 deaths
More than 76 suspected Lassa fever cases and six deaths had been recorded in a new outbreak in the Kaltungo Local...
Imo refinery explosion: Senate mourns victims, warns against recurrence
The Senate has expressed condolences for the death of over 100 people in an explosion at the site of an...
Nigeria extradites ‘Yahoo Boy’ suspects to US over $148,000 fraud
The Federal Government has extradited to the United States a wire fraud suspect known as ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ for an alleged...
Bauchi communal clash: Destroys over 20 houses, one dead
In Bauchi State, a clash between the Gudum Hausawa and Gudum Fulani communities resulted in the death of one person...
2023: Minister of State for Education declares for Presidency, picks APC forms
Emeka Nwajiuba, Minister of State for Education, has declared his intention to run for president in the 2023 general election....
Super Falcons to know AWCON opponents on Friday
The Super Falcons, Nigeria’s senior women’s national team, will learn their opponents in this year’s Women Africa Cup of Nations...
AMVCA 2022: Voting Ends on the 29th of April.
Voting is still open and you still have the opportunity to vote for your favorite Nollywood act in the...
2023: Fayemi consults Akeredolu, monarchs in Ondo over presidential ambition
Ekiti State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi yesterday visited his Ondo State governor counterpart, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in Akure, the state capital...
APC gains again as PDP senator dumps party months after Deputy Minority Whip appointment
Deputy Minority Whip of the Senate, Senator Ibrahim Danbaba, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling...
Ex-Ogun Governor Sen Amosun declares interest in 2023 presidential race
Senator representing Ogun Central Senatorial District, Ibikunle Amosun, has formally notified the Senate of his intention to run for the...
AfDB’s financial inclusion facility gets $15m for women entrepreneurs
The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Africa Digital Financial Inclusion (ADFI) facility will receive 15 million dollars to develop and extend...
Aba residents send SOS to Gov Ikpeazu over ravaging flood
Residents on Ohanku Road, Aba, Abia and its adjoining streets have called on Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu to save them from...
INEC commences distribution of over 33,000 PVCs in Lagos
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday began the distribution of over 33, 000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to...
FEC approves N853m to concession Ajaokuta steel company
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the engagement of transaction advisors for consultancy services for the concession of Ajaokuta Steel...
Immigration recruitment scandal: Court sentences ex-Perm Sec to 1 year community service
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday sentenced a former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Mrs Anastasia Daniel-Nwobia,...
95% Lagos houses constructed without soil test – Expert
Dr Akinsola Olufemi, a construction expert, on Wednesday warned that 95 per cent of buildings in Lagos State were constructed...
2023: APC, PDP, other aspirants must undergo drug integrity test – NDLEA
Brig.Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd), Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has urged political parties to...
34 suspected internet fraudsters apprehended in Ekiti, Kwara
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s Ilorin Zonal Command detained 34 suspected internet fraudsters in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, and Ilorin,...
Two dead in PMS, NURTW crisis in Ibadan
On Tuesday evening, pandemonium erupted in Ibadan’s Ali Iwo neighborhood following the reported murder of two people by hoodlums claiming...
NEWS FLASH: minister of state for education buys APC N100M presidential form
Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, Minister of State for Education has obtained copies of the All Progressives Congress’s presidential nomination and expression of...
2baba, baby mama celebrates daughter as she clocks 16
On Tuesday, Nigerian legendary artist Innocent ‘2Baba’ Idibia and his baby mother, Pero Adeniyi, celebrated the 16th birthday of their...
Orji Kalu vows never to drop presidential ambition
Orji Uzor-Kalu, the Senate’s Chief Whip, has stated that he has not abandoned his bid for the presidency in 2023,...
Sen. La’ah lauds Wike’s N200m donation to Kaduna IDPs
Sen. Danjuma La’ah (PDP-Kaduna South), has commended Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers, a presidential aspirant, for donating N200m to people...
US Vice President, Kamala Harris tests positive for COVID-19
U.S. Vice President, Kamala Harris has tested positive for COVID-19 after taking a rapid and PCR test but has no...
Abuja-Kaduna train attack: We’re ready to talk to terrorists– victims’ families
Thirty days after the abduction of the passengers on the Abuja-Kaduna train, families and friends of the victims said they...
