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Dowen College, Lagos, has begun installation of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras following the death of a 12-year-old student, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr. A teacher at the college, Mr Ahmed Ayomo, made the disclosure…

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday depart Abuja for Nairobi, where he is billed to participate in the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations Environmental Programme, scheduled for 3rd –…

Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, and Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), are set to reconcile in the coming days — after being at loggerheads for the last couple of years.…

On his 70th birthday on 31 December 2020, Sunny Ojeagbase had a pen portrait of him published by Mumini Alao, the Group managing director of Complete Communications, the company Sunny founded in 1983. The portrait…

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) said the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) needs to tender an apology to President Muhammadu Buhari for unwarranted attacks over the Electoral Act Amendment 2022. This was contained…

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited to pay the sum of N82 billion judgement debt owed some oil communities in Akwa Ibom…

The Department of State Services, DSS, has issued a strong warning to the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Iyorchia Ayu over recent disparaging comments. Below is statement from the agency made available…

The Oloja of Lagos, Abiola Kosoko, has appealed to the federal and state governments to declare his late forefather’s 161-year-old building, constructed by the British government, a tourist site. Mr Kosoko, a descendant…

Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is very much alive and still being detained in the facility of the Department of State Services, DSS, his lawyer, Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor disclosed on…

Nigeria’s former envoy to Singapore, Ambassador Ogbole  Amedu-Ode, in this interview with VICTOR AYENI, speaks on causes and implications of Russia-Ukraine war What was the primary cause of the Russia-Ukraine war? I…

The focus will be on the National Assembly as 109 senators and 360 members of the House of Representatives begin electronic voting on the constitutional amendment today. The…

Some of the Nigerians who are trapped over the crisis between Russia and Ukraine are not willing to return to the country. Minister of Foreign…

The evacuation of Nigerians caught in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine will begin on Wednesday. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Godfrey Onyeama, confirmed the development on Monday while hosting the Speaker…

Sunny Ojeagbase, a veteran journalist, founder and publisher of popular sports newspaper, Complete Sports newspaper, is dead. THE WITNESS gathered that…

Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, on Monday asked supporters of Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to “remove kids glove…

OJ Best, the Nigerian shoe designer who made footwear for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in 2020, is dead. His death was announced via his Twitter page — a few hours after it was revealed that he suffered a “serious…

A High Court in Abakaliki on Monday, dismissed a suit seeking to sack Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State and his Deputy, Kelechi Igwe from office over their defection from from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the All…

A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Monday, granted request of the prosecution to remand Azeez Lawal, Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW Lagos Island Branch B who is standing trial…

…Mastercard Foundation strengthens Africa CDC’s capacity to boost vaccine uptake in Nigeria. Nigerian Government last week began the administration of Johnson & Johnson…

The B zone of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Monday advised the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) to resolve their crisis and end the ongoing strike of the union…

Bukola Saraki said he’s devastated over the death of Mr. Tunde Ashaolu, the Kwara State Publicity Secretary of the PDP who passed away on Sunday evening. Saraki, while speaking on Monday, said his family, friends, and his…

The entire Ikateland and the Elegushi household have been thrown into deep mourning after Oba Saheed Elegushi, Ikusenla II, the Oba of Ikateland, lost his only son.…

A housewife simply identified as Atika has stabbed her husband to death in Mararaba, Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The incident, City &…

Members of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights and Grassroots Development, yesterday protested against rising ritual killings, kidnapping, cultism, drug abuse and…