By Michael Olugbode:Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has set up an assessment team to ascertain the extent of the damage caused by flood in the state and recommend support.Devastating flood has destroyed some buildings in some part of the state and also washed away farm produce.The ...

By Michael Olugbode:The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has unveiled the Observatory Report on Smuggling of Migrants (SOM), which sought to unravel the dynamics of smuggling of migrants through and to Nigeria between ...

By Alex Enumah:The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria is set to commence the implementation of a project with specific focus on ‘Promoting the Inclusion of Women in Peace Building and Conflict Mitigation’ across vulnerable communities in Plateau State.The project, according to ...

By Olawale Ajimotokan:The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has flagged off the construction of solar traffic light control signals in 98 major intersections within the territory.The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, yesterday said at the start of the project at Wuye District ...

By Mumini AbdulKareemThe House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Basic Education and Services on Tuesday warned governors in the country to prioritize basic education or be ready to face the consequences.The chairman of the committee, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, said this in Ilorin, Kwara State ...

As the crisis in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) persists, the camps of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and the presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar will on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, begin legal fireworks at the Federal High Court in Abuja on the legality of the primary election ...

The number of justices of the supreme court has further depleted following the retirement of Abdu Aboki.Aboki clocked 70 years on August 5, 2022, being the statutory retirement age for justices of the supreme court.However, the valedictory court session could not hold due to the annual vacation of ...

Two Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ward chairmen in Kogi Local Government Area, Unit leaders and a former Special Adviser, weekend, defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.The two Chairmen who defected are Muhammed Ozahi and Abdulkarim Shaibu Saikayi.They duo were the former Ward ...

Governor Bello Muhammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has described the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq as a worthy daughter of the State.The Governor made the remark at the flag-off of the Cash Grant for Vulnerable Groups held at the ...

As shared by Gyn Doctor:MEN'S MUST READFew weeks ago, while on duty in the emergency ward, I met a young student who had been having left scrotal pain for 3days. The pain was so bad it affected how he walked. When he noticed the pain initially, he had hoped it would disappear after a little ...

Farmers across the 36 states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have expressed their readiness to tap the opportunities in cassava and maize value chain as proposed by the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu.The farmers, under the ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXnOi8CaiM4Lady Celebrates As She Gets Elevated From Cleaner To ‘Madam Of The House’ A Year After Employment (Photos, Video)A lady has given thanks to God after being made madam of the house one year after she was employed as a cleaner, IGBERETV reports.Narrating her ...

Minister of state, Labour and Employment and Director, Public Affairs of the All Progressives Congress APCPresidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo SAN has reacted to calls by the Labour Party LP asking security agencies to place him on a terror watchlist.He said, instead, it is the LP ...

By  Godfrey George  Nigerian-born American professor, Uju Anya, has said her life has been under threat since her Thursday tweet on the late Queen Elizabeth II.Anya, who is a Professor of Second Language Acquisition, Department of Modern Languages, Carnegie Mellon University, United States of ...

Friday Olokor and Segun Adewole  A 24-year-old female skit maker, Annastasia Olamma, has said her family is against her decision to donate one of her kidneys to Sonia Ekweremadu, daughter of a former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu.Olamma had on Tuesday made the offer after ...

 Gunmen suspected to be bandits intercepted an ambulance conveying a dead body to Isuikwuato community in Abia State.The incident, which occurred on Thursday, took place around Umunneochi/Ihube Okigwe axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, a family source told ABNTV.The publication gathered ...

 The State Security Service, SSS, has alleged that its preliminary investigation established the offences of logistic supplier, aiding and abetting acts of terrorism against Tukur Mamu.The SSS, in an affidavit in support of its ex-parte motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1617/2022 filed before Justice ...

 Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced a domestic worker, Genesis Ezebong, his brother, Micheal and one Ikade Moses, to life imprisonment for armed r%bbery in the Palm Groove area of Lagos State.The convicts were arraigned on December 18, 2020 while the trial ...

By Ochogwu Sunday  Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:1. A 24-year-old female skit maker, Annastasia Olamma, has said her family is against her decision to donate one of her kidneys to Sonia Ekweremadu, daughter of a former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike ...

The dilapidated bridge on Bida-Minna Road has finally collapsed at Sagamio Farms, about 23 kilometres from Bida and 60 kilometres from Minna thereby cutting off the two major towns in Niger State.LEADERSHIP gathered that the collapse of the bridge was as a result of the torrential rainfall across ...

 The Chairman of Langtang North Local Government Council, Plateau State, Hon. Bitrus Zulfa Rimven, has been impeached.Hon Rimven was impeached by 14 members of the 18 members of the legislative council of the Local Government Area.A source from the local government informed Daily Trust that the ...

 A 2023 presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, says it will take a “miracle” for Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to win the 2023 presidential elections.According to him, there are only two parties in Nigeria – the PDP and the All Progressives ...

 The 19 northern governors and all the traditional rulers in the region have called for the amendment of the 1999 Constitution to give legal backing to state police.They said this was the only way to tackle the myriad security challenges affecting the region and the country at large, among them ...

Senate President Ahmad Lawan says the country must tackle corruption to be able to address insecurity. Speaking on Friday at a dialogue on corruption and insecurity in Abuja, Lawan said deploying the military in troubled parts of the country is not enough to address the security challenges facing ...

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, says his administration will address the nation’s security challenges by taking tough decisions if elected in the coming general elections.With about six months to the polls, the PDP candidate promised to prioritise ...

"...He is not Asiwaju’s doctor and is not privy to his medical record, Obi has again disgracefully elevated what has for long been a beer parlor gossip and social media lie being propagated by his IPOB supporters."The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has ...

President Muhammadu Buhari says those who should be speaking about the achievements of his administration are not doing so. Buhari said this on Tuesday during a visit to Imo to inaugurate some projects in the state.He said considering the available resources when his administration came into power, ...

YOU HAVE WRITTEN YOUR OWN HISTORY, PRESIDENT BUHARI TELLS GOV. HOPE UZODIMMA OF IMO STATEPresident Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Owerri, Imo State, commended Gov. Hope Uzodimma for his efforts in developing the state, saying, “You have written your own history,’’ after he saw the ultra-modern chamber ...

Defections in APC dangerous, ex-aspirants tell TinubuAmid the defections that have hit the All Progressives Congress in recent weeks, all former aspirants of the party under the aegis of APC360, have called on its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to urgently set measures to halt the “dangerous” ...

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Prince Uthman Shodipe on Monday announced his resignation from the party.Shodipe who until his resignation was the PDP Chairman , Ward A1, Lagos Island Local Government in a statement he personally signed said he is " moving to the ...

Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, eligible voters across Nigeria have overwhelming rejected Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket, preferring to vote a mixed-faith ticket, a new poll has revealedThe poll was conducted by the African polling Institute (API), in partnership with BusinessDay.The ...

Pharmacist Abdulkareem Asuku, Chief of Staff to Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, has once again put a smile on the faces of the state's youths through his charity organization, Pharmacist Abdulkareem Asuku Youth Empowerment Forum (PAAYEF).Asuku, through his PAAYEF, held a graduation ceremony for ...

Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, has urged Nigerians to vote for candidates based on competence, character and not sentiments in the 2023 general election. Obi said this at a two-day Leadership Retreat with the theme “Nigeria at a Crossroad; Labour Party the Only Option in ...

A 34-year-old Nigerian national has been arrested for alleged possession of drugs, assaulting a police officer and bribery in Johannesburg, South Africa.Spokesperson for the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department, Xolani Fihla, in a statement on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, said the suspect ...

The Ondo State Government has issued an order restricting nightclub activities in the 18 local government areas of the state as well as the operations of commercial motorcycle riders throughout the state.The government also disclosed that there will be a crackdown on unregistered vehicles and ...

By Emmanuel Addeh and Udora OrizuThe United States Special Envoy on Climate and member of the country’s security council, Mr John Kerry, yesterday assured Nigeria of the country’s technical assistance in its attempt to decarbonise its energy sources.Speaking when he visited the Minister of State, ...

By Chuks Okocha, Dike Onwuamaeze and Segun James:Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, said he would resuscitate Nigeria’s ailing economy by launching a $10 billion Economic Stimulus Fund within his first 100 days in office, if he wins the 2023 ...

PRESS STATEMENTPeter Obi spins another lie about Asiwaju TinubuIncurable liar and Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi expanded his catalogue of lies on Monday by playing the medical doctor, declaring Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as unwell for the presidency.He even added most ...

 Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed some bandits, rescued 10 hostages, and recovered weapons in two Local Government Areas of Chikun and Igabi in Kaduna State.The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this on Tuesday.He said that the troop rescued ...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has alleged that its preliminary investigation established the offences of a logistic supplier, aiding and abetting acts of terrorism against Tukur Mamu.The DSS, in an affidavit in support of its ex-parte motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1617/2022 filed before ...

Los Angeles rapper, PnB Rock has been shot dead during a robbery in Los Angeles.According to the Los Angeles Times, the rapper who is best known his 2016 hit “Selfish,” was fatally gunned down on Monday afternoon at the Roscoe’s House of Chicken & Waffles restaurant in South Los Angeles.Rock, ...

Atiku Abubakar @atikuJoin me today. -AA #AtikuAtLCCIhttps://twitter.com/atiku/status/1569566550981574656Atiku Abubakar @atikuI thank the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry for giving me this platform to speak to such a distinguished audience and on such a germane issue.As you are aware I have ...

 A popular Lokoja-born musician, Onojah Emmanuel Samuel, and two others have been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, for offences bordering on cybercrime.Samuel was convicted on Monday, September 12, 2022, alongside Victor Atsumbe Kadiyamo ...

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, on Tuesday, showed up at the Court of Appeal to witness the case of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in Abuja.Sowore shared pictures from the court via his Twitter handle.He ...

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, granted a prayer by the Department of State Services (DSS) to detain terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, for 60 more days.Justice Nkeonye Maha, in a short ruling on the ex-parte motion moved by counsel for the DSS, Ahmed Magaji, granted the motion as ...

By Hammed Shittu:The gale of defections last weekend hit the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State as no fewer than 5,000 members of the party publicly defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state ahead of the 2023 election.The mostly affected local government councils by ...

In the coming days, Nigerians will launch massive campaigns for their preferred presidential aspirants, so many factors will determine the electorate's support, one of which is the party's support for its candidates.The Presidential election, which is the focus of all eyes, will undoubtedly require ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ-QlchI7yQA Nigerian man who recently got married became overtly emotional when he caught his wife cheating with his friend.He almost broke down crying in a video making the rounds online after nabbing his wife and friend in a hotel.The distraught man said he has ...

BUHARI COMMISSIONS ORLU/OWERRI DUAL CARRIAGE ROADPresident Muhammadu Buhari has today, 13th September, 2022 inaugurated for use, the 37km Owerri to Orlu dual carriage way in Imo State amidst tight security.The Owerri-Orlu road was in terrible shape before Hope Uzodinma was sworn in as Governor of ...

Indications emerged yesterday that for the intervention and appeals by former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the peace meeting called by the National Vice Chairman, South-South, Victory Giadom on Monday on how the party would perform well in the ...