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• 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…

The police have uncovered how Mercy Henry, a resident of Lagos State, was tricked and murdered by a traditional birth attendant she trusted. The deceased had reportedly contacted the…

Facts have emerged on why serving ministers were not among the numerous politicians and party loyalists who visited Tinubu while he was recuperating in London following his recent ailment. The President visited Tinubu in August…

Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), has revealed how he advised former President Olusegun Obasanjo against joining politics shortly after he was freed from…

Dr Igbokwe Martin, a urologist has encouraged men to get vaccinated as those affected with COVID-19 are more likely to experience erectile dysfunction. Dr Martin, a consultant urologist and kidney surgeon, in an interview…

The federal government has approved a prior review of the thresholds service-wide application for procurements in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), THISDAY has learnt. Ministerial tenders board can now award a…

The Lagos State Government has warned intrastate commercial drivers that the harmonised N800 daily levy they will each pay to the government starting from February 1 shouldn’t warrant an increase in transport fares. The state…

Olisa Metuh, a former national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Nigerians to pray for him over his health. Metuh who took to Facebook to seek…

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, says consistent decrease in COVID-19 case positivity indicates the end of the fourth wave in the state. Mr Abayomi disclosed this through…

The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mr Olukayode Popoola, on Saturday said the ongoing rehabilitation of the Marine Bridge in Apapa is 66 per cent completed. Popoola, in Lagos, said that rehabilitation of the…

•Jonathan Conceded To Buhari On His Own •My Role In Obasanjo’s Release, Emergence As President •Why I Stay Away From Politics General Abdulsalami Abubakar is a…

One year after the Igangan incident where the youths led by the Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, evicted the Fulani leader, Alhaji Saliu…

The Lagos State chapter of the Accord Party has called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to proscribe the National Union of Road Transport Workers following repeated violence by its…

The abductors of an eight-year-old girl, Asma’u Wa’alamu, in Zaria, Kaduna State have killed her. The father of Asma’u, Alhaji Shuaibu Wa’alamu, confirmed the death of the girl, who…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday, declared that there is going back on his decision to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and partisan politics.…