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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State Command, has revealed that no fewer than 6,038 driver’s licences remain uncollected by…

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) will resume the 2:00 PM Mass Transit Train Service (MTTS) between Iddo and Ijoko, an…

Demola Olarewaju, an aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has said former President Olusegun Obasanjo got away with removing several governors…

Former Sokoto State governor, Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has picked holes in the declaration of state of emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Daily Trust had reported how President Tinubu…

Residents of Obianime-Ama Community in Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State are on edge following the discovery of a ruptured pipeline leaking an unidentified petroleum product in broad daylight. The…

The former Minister of Police Affairs, Oyewale Adesiyan has called for declaration of State of Emergency in Osun State. Adesiyan, in a statement on Sunday made available to newsmen in Osogbo hinged his call on…

Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, weekend, said despite opposition, it won’t back down on putting an end to touting at airports. Managing Director of FAAN, Mrs Olubunmi Kuku, said this at an Iftar dinner held…

A police officer suspected to be mentally unstable went on a rampage on Sunday, in Calabar, Cross Rivers capital, shooting three people, one of whom died instantly. Irene Ugbo, spokesperson of the state police…

The Lagos State Government says it will redesign the Oshodi Transport Interchange (OTI) to prepare for the integration of the Rail Mass transit systems. The Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi, said…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has raised an alarm against water borehole drillings at homes, declaring that repercussions of such action could be devastating. He lamented that the incessant construction…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a 42-year-old Indian lady, Ms. Neetu Neetu, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano. Spokesman of the agency,…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over “the unlawful suspension of democratically elected Governor, Deputy Governor, and Members of the House of…

Tension is said to be on the rise in Kano state as the tussle over emirship is taking a new dimension. Both Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, the 16th Emir of Kano, and Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, 15th Emir of Kano, have…

Sarafa’u Umaru, mother of Dikko Radda, the governor of Katsina state, has passed on at 93.  Ibrahim Kaula-Mohammed, the chief press secretary to the governor, announced her death in a statement issued on Sunday.…

Barely a week after a major explosion occurred on the Trans Niger Pipeline in Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, another explosion has reportedly struck the Soku oil facility in Akuku Toru Local Government…

The Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, has criticized Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso’s opposition to the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, calling it unpatriotic…

The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Sen. Sunday Karimi, has stated that the recent developments in the Senate involving Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan have vindicated former Kogi State Governor,…

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has warned officers across all commands in the country to quit detaining suspects beyond the legally stipulated period. In a statement issued on Sunday by the Force…

Rabiu Kwankwaso, the national leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has blasted the National Assembly for voting in support of the unilateral suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his Deputy and…

Cynthia Akor, the Naval officer who was abducted in Abuja, has been rescued by a joint taskforce comprising the military and officers of the Anti-kidnapping unit of the Federal Capital Territory of the Nigeria…

Suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara made his first public appearance on Sunday following his suspension from office. Fubara was spotted at Salvation Ministry, Port Harcourt, where he worships, putting to…

No fewer than 13,171 Nigerians who applied for refugee protection in Canada between January 2013 and December 2024 had their claims rejected. This figure includes 811 Nigerians whose claims were denied in…

The 36 state governments appear to be resisting moves by the federal authorities to get the 774 local governments open accounts with the Central Bank of…

Although the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) hasn’t made its official position known on the coalition being put together by some key leaders of the opposition to wrestle power from the ruling party at the federal level,…