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A former governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, and other Ibadan kingmakers, have officially nominated the Otun Olubadan, Senator Lekan Balogun, as the new Olubadan of Ibadan to Oyo State Government. The kingmakers were…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Afe Babalola, on Thursday, educated the political parties and voters on qualities to look out for before adopting or voting anyone to become the next Nigeria’s President. Babalola, in a…

Rochas Okorocha, senator representing Imo west, says President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to look into the criminal charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The commission had,…

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday offered a lifeline to two out-of-school girls, Amarachi Chinedu, 9, and Suwebat Husseini, 12, who were seen running errands for a bean cake vendor during school hours around Anthony Village…

Ben Akabueze, director-general, budget office of the federation, says Nigeria is deliberately diversifying in 2022, as oil revenue failed to meet its projected target in 2021. Akabueze said this during a webinar organised by…

The Rivers police command has arrested three “fake healthcare workers” in Asarama, a community in Andoni LGA of the state. Dagogo Theophilus, an official of the Rivers primary healthcare management board, disclosed this on…

The National Chairman National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa has said that for the country to successfully tackle the spate of insecurity, drug abuses should be tamed. Marwa said this in Akure, the…

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has secured the sum of N10.4 billion from the 2021 Sovereign SUKUK Issuance for the completion of the dualisation of the East West highway project. The Minister of…

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State Thursday decried the worsening economic downturn in the country which he said has given rise to the fast declining purchasing power of Nigerians occasioned by the dwindling value of Naira.…

Thugs bearing arms on Thursday attacked Oranmiyan House, owned by Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, after weekly meetings of his political associates, The Osun Progressives, TOP. The building located around the…

Some indigenes of Ife on Thursday laments over what they described as a desperate and deliberate attempt by the people of Modakeke to rewrite the history of Ile-Ife. The indigenes, under the auspice of the Great Ife Movement,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ahead of the 35th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Africa Union Heads of State and Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president’s…

Agbekoya farmers society of Nigeria has disclosed that it will deploy magical power to free detained yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, (popularly referred to as Sunday Igboho) if the government of Benin Republic continue…

The documentary framework that will serve as a launch-pad for social media regulation in Nigeria vis-a-vis the amendment of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Act has been…

Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state, says a major reason the state is succeeding in tackling insecurity is that President Muhammadu Buhari never denied him access. The governor spoke on Thursday while briefing journalists…

An elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, on Thursday, cautioned a fellow elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, against issuing threats when contributing to national discourse. Yakasai, who is in his late 90s, cautioned Clark…

Enugu based stockbroker Chiedu Ijiomah and his Company Adonai Stockbrokers Limited was today docked by the EFCC, charged with three counts of stealing, breach of trust and fraudulent diversion of shares to the tune of N1.5…

A renowned constitutional lawyer and Coordinator, Progressive Lawyers For Osinbajo, Dr. Kayode Ajulo, has said the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), does not need an ultimatum…

The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its Russia-led partners decided on Wednesday to raise oil production by 400,000 barrels per day in March, sticking with its plan of unwinding remaining production cuts…

The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit has uncovered 96 financiers of terrorism, including 424 associates/supporters of the financiers. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made this known during a…

A Nigerian student has narrated how some police officers at gunpoint extorted over N1 million from him. The incident reportedly happened around 1 p.m. on Saturday in Benin, Edo State. The student, Clement Ehinomen, told…

Billionaire Femi Otedola has made new nomination into First Bank barely two months after he became the single largest shareholder of the oldest commercial  bank in the country.…

THE management of Shebah Exploration & Production Company Ltd (SEPCOL) has announced a fire incident, which engulfed the oil and gas company’s offshore facility in the Niger Delta.…

The sentencing of self-confessed internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi, has been postponed by the United States District Court till July 11, 2022. Judge Otis…