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Agbekoya threatens to confront aggression against Igboho
The Agbekoya Farmers’ Society of Nigeria has condemned Saturday’s attack on the Soka, Ibadan residence of the Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. The group said whoever was behind the…
Flight delays, cancellations: NCAA sets up Committee
... National Assembly may empower foreign airlines to fly domestic routes Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCCA, has set up a committee to look into the increasing cases of flight delays and cancellations by domestic…
JUST IN: NDLEA declares DCP Abba Kyari wanted over drug links
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday declared suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, wanted over alleged links with an international drug cartel. The…
Petrol supply to stations will normalize in coming days — NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC Limited) has assured consumers that ongoing petrol shortages would end in the coming days, as new vessels berth and trucking of product intensifies. The corporation also said…
Buhari’s major achievement in 7 years is corruption — Senator Fadahunsi
Senator Francis Fadahunsi has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s major achievement in the last seven years has been massive corruption in the system. Fadahunsi while speaking on the state of the nation in Osogbo at the weekend, said many…
Blame Uzodinma, security agencies for killings in South-East, IPOB tells UN
The Indigenous People of Biafra on Saturday accused the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, and security agencies in the country of masterminding the incessant abductions and killings in the South-East. In a statement by its…
The Asiwaju Tinubu I know, by Finnih
Dr Abayomi Finnih, a distinguished obstetrician and gynaecologist, who turned 80 yesterday, is a member of the Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) Governance…
State Of The Nation: Funds for infrastructure disappeared during PDP’s rule — Senate President
PRESIDENT of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, yesterday, justified President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to borrow money for infrastructural development, saying the current administration is still cleaning up the mess of the…
How I became a billionaire – Pastor Oyedepo
Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church Worldwide has said he became a billionaire by simply obeying God in what He said. Oyedepo, who is the presiding bishop of the church, spoke at the first service at Faith…
BREAKING: ASUU declares Pantami’s professorship illegal, to sanction FUTO VC, others
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has faulted the promotion of Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami, as a professor. The union after its National Executive Council meeting declared the…
Sit-at-home may mar Valentine’s Day in Anambra
Relaxation and fun spot owners, eateries, bars and clubs in Anambra State are lamenting the huge losses their businesses are likely to suffer due to the sit-at-home today (Monday), which coincides with the Valentine’s Day …
Group Begs Buhari To Release El-Zakzaky & Wife’s Travelling Documents
A group, Advocate for Social Justice, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to return the travelling documents of the leader of the Islamic movement in Nigeria,…
Edo man Ezemodhe bags life jail for raping 8-year-old girl
A 48-year-old man, Emmanuel Ezemodhe, has bagged life imprisonment for defiling an eight-year-old girl in Benin in Benin, Edo State. Ezemodhe was found guilty of charges of child defilement and was consequently convicted by…
Arrears: Legislative aides report National Assembly to EFCC, ICPC today
Some legislative aides to members of the National Assembly are billed to file a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission today…
Olubadan: We await Makinde’s verdict today, says Balogun
The Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Senator Lekan Balogun, has said he is waiting for the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, to announce the new Olubadan on Monday (today). Balogun, who has been nominated by the kingmakers as the…
Kaduna Vigilante Personnel Kill Three Bandits, Rescue Kidnapped Family
Members of Kaduna State Vigilance Service (KADVS) have gunned down three bandits that invaded Hayin Gada village in Shika Giwa Local Government Area of the state. The incident happened around 12:30 am on Sunday when the…
Nigerians decry threat, intimidation, cyberbullying by loan sharks
Some Nigerians have been complaining about improper activities of “loan sharks” who offer them unsolicited loan facilities only to start harassing them when there is delay in repayment.…
Scores of terrorists killed in foiled attack in Niger – Police
The Police Command in Niger said its men have killed scores of terrorists in a foiled attack on Nasko in Magama Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. DSP Wasiu Abiodun, Command Public Relation Officer said a large herd…
BREAKING: ASUU to go on one-month warning strike
After serious deliberations that dragged into the early hours of Monday, the National Executive Council, NEC, of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has voted to embark on one-month warning strike to press home…
Igboho drags Benin to ECOWAS court, demands $1m damages
The Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has approached the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States in Abuja to demand $1m as damages for the period he has been…
Police confirm killing of four operatives at Enugu checkpoint
Barely two days after some security officers were killed in Enugu State, another team of four policemen on stop-and-search duty on the outskirts of Enugu metropolis…
Ikoyi Building Collapse: Osibona Threatened Our Officials With Dogs, Says LASBCA
The Lagos State Building Control Agency on Friday told a coroner sitting in Ikeja that its officials were denied access to the site of the ill-fated 21-storey building under construction…
Yaba building collapse: Death toll rises to five
The body of a student on industrial training was, on Sunday evening, recovered from the collapsed three-storey building at Yaba area of Lagos, raising the death toll to five. Zonal Coordinator, South-West of National…
2023: Tinubu healthy, photoshop of wet dress mere distraction, says Support Group
A pro-Bola Tinubu coalition, the Support Groups Management Council, says the viral photograph of the All Progressives Congress leader pictured in a wet dress is the work of mischief-makers. In a statement on Sunday, the…