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A Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, has ordered the remand of Alhaji Azeez Adekunle Lawal, a.k.a. Kunle Poly, and two others, in the facility of the Nigeria Police Zonal Monitoring Unit, Zone 2 Headquarters, Onikan-Lagos,…

A police helicopter which took off from Abuja has crashed at the Bauchi Airport, the Accident Investigation Bureau said on Thursday. However, no loss of life was recorded,…

Following the tragic murder of a 5-year-old kid, Hanifa Abubakar, by the proprietor of her school in Kano State, parents now storm schools before closing hours to pick their…

The world’s oldest male gorilla, aged 61, has been found dead in his habitat at Zoo Atlanta in the United States. Named Ozzie, the gorilla was found lifeless on Tuesday by his care…

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi on Wednesday disclosed that the Presidential Steering Committee, PSC, on COVID-19, has deactivated international passports of 200 inbound passengers who either presented fake PCR…

The pan-Northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, has cautioned members against endorsing presidential candidates ahead of the 2023 presidential election in the country. The forum noted that it was…

Chairman of the Oshodi Tapa Chieftaincy family in Lagos State, Chief Moroof-Deen Babatunde, today, said the family has not endorsed anyone as the traditional ruler of Oshodi. There were speculations that the Chairman of the…

Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, UNILAG, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, yesterday, stated that he kept quiet during the crisis that rocked the university in 2020 because he got divine intervention.  Speaking, yesterday,…

House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review has ruled out express constitutional immunity for the Senate President, Speaker of the House, presiding officers presiding officers of State Assemblies and national and…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved contracts worth N64,686,536,230 for the construction of roads and bridges in various parts of the country, including the…

The Lagos State government has acquired three more trains for the Blue line rail project, the state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said on Wednesday at the flag-off construction of the…

The Senate has approved N215.8 billion as budget for the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) for the 2022 fiscal year. The budget was approved in plenary on Wednesday.…

The deposed Deji of Akure, Oba Adesina Oluwadare Adepoju, has died. A statement by Prince Dapo Adepoju, spokesman for the Adesina Royal Family of the Osupa Ruling House, said the late…

The Chicago State University says All Progressives Congress stalwart and presidential hopeful, Bola Tinubu, indeed attended the university. Beverly Poindexter, who is in charge of official transcript requests, enrolment and…

The Federal Government says it is set to amend its relevant statutes and code to enforce the operational conditions of Twitter in Nigeria on other social media platforms. The…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has asked Nigerians not to panic amid the ongoing scarcity of fuel in Abuja. Residents of Abuja are currently struggling to…

The Senior Special Assistant (to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, has expressed optimism that President Muhammadu Buhari will hand over to another…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday said if the Federal Government must remove fuel subsidies in the country, it has to ensure that all refineries are functioning effectively, including the modular ones. President…

A few days after Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced that the fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic was over in the state, the state government has announced reduction in the fee charged by accredited private…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has presented a bill of N3 trillion to the Federal Executive Council (FEC), as fuel subsidy for 2022. Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed,…

Professor Chukwuma Soludo, the governor-elect of Anambra State, has disclosed his intentions for the forthcoming inauguration ceremony. During a visit by members of the inauguration committee on Wednesday, Soludo said his…

A former Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Hamman Ahmad, has passed on. He died on Wednesday at the age of 78 years. A relative of the deceased, Ibrahim Ahidjo, confirmed the development to newsmen. He…

Bisi Kolawole has emerged as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the June 18 governorship election in Ekiti state. Kolawole, former chairman of the PDP in Ekiti, edged out Segun Oni, an ex-governor, and…

The United Kingdom has resumed work and study visa applications processing in Nigeria. Nigerians were urged  to proceed to UK visa application centres for their Priority Visa Services in their country. In a post via its…