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The Bauchi Emirate Council has suspended a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, from bearing the traditional title of Jakadan Bauchi. The suspension followed the attack on the Emirs of Bauchi…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Monday announced that the registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and the Direct Entry examinations will commence by February 12, 2022. The Board made…

Ex-Niger Delta militants have urged companies and businesses that left the region following the era of militancy to return because they have resolved to ensure uninterrupted…

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, issued an arrest warrant against the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, believed to be residing in the UK. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon granted the request, after counsel…

Although the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) cited the indebtedness of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company’s core investors, Integrated Energy Distribution and Marketing Limited (IEDM), to Polaris Bank as the…

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has vowed that he would not pay any form of ransom to secure the release of his Trade and Investment Commissioner, Mr Federal Otokito, who was kidnapped a few days ago. The…

First Lady Aisha Buhari has endorsed the call for the execution of Abdulmalik Tanko, proprietor of Noble Kids Academy in Kawaji, Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano state. Tanko, proprietor…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has stopped the registration of alcohol in sachet, small volume PET and glass bottles below 200 millilitres. The Director-General…

Angry youth in the early hours of Monday set ablaze the school where the kidnappers of Hanifa Abubakarb buried the remains of the five-year-old girl in Kano. The private school, Noble Kids Comprehensive College, is located at…

MORE facts have emerged on how a change of government in Oyo State and a change in location of the N43.2bn Ibadan dry port project, which was initially conceptualized as an Inland Container Depot (ICD), have delayed the take…

No fewer than 112 illegal refineries have been discovered in the creeks of Ikwerre Local Government Area, Rivers State. Also, the state Governor, Nyesom Wike has said that…

Nigerian women diagnosed with uterine fibroids have been urged to  seek treatment that is tailored for their individual needs rather than rush into surgery, as there is no one-size-fits all treatment  for the uterine fibroids…

A total of 25 inmates, who escaped from the Jos Correctional Centre in Plateau State when gunmen attacked the facility in November last year, have been recaptured, while 220 others are still missing, The PUNCH learnt on Sunday .…

... _says Scheme generated over N1Billion to Federation Account in the last fiscal year_ NYSC Director-General, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim has appealed to the Federal…

• Only co-contestants at primaries can sue on candidates’ certificates, credentials – Ex-INEC director A new amendment to the Electoral Act has precluded the possibility of voters challenging credentials submitted to the…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday described the late former Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State as a generous, kindhearted and decent man. Mr Osinbajo made the remark during a…

Wearing of hijab and beret in schools by students is optional, the Kwara State government has clarified. The chairman of the state’s Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Mal. Bello Tahueed, made this clarification during a…

Tobi Ashimolowo, first son of Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo, founder of the Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC), has been ordained as a resident pastor in the United Kingdom. In a video,…

Gunmen last Sunday shot dead and then beheaded a man said to be a member of the Ebubeagu security operative in Ebonyi State, Nigeria’s Southeast. Ebubeagu was set up by the Ebonyi State Government to complement the job of the…

Aliko Dangote recorded a boost of as much as $1.3 billion in his fortune in the year to January 21, a period that was a blessing to investment for shareholders of his cement firm, Dangote Cement…

The move by the House of Representatives to investigate the involvement of the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) and the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali in the execution of the…

Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, said on Sunday that he was happy he fulfilled the singular wish of the late Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Jimoh Oyewumi Ajagungbade III, to ensure the sole ownership of the Ladoke Akintola University…

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with leading Katsina businessman, Alhaji Dahiru Barau Mangal, over the death of his mother, Murjanatu Bara’u. In a condolence message delivered on his behalf by a delegation led by…

Ogun State Police Command has reacted to a purported compiled list of suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo boys, circulating on social media and alleged to have emanated from the command, describing it as…