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Northern coalition threatens protest, condemns fuel subsidy removal
A group under the aegis of Coalition of Northern Groups, on Wednesday, condemned the plan by the Federal Government to remove fuel subsidy, threatening to mobilise the entire people of the region…
Lagos Shuts Down Ojodu Grammar School Over Students’ Death
The Lagos State Government has shut down Bab Fafunwa Millennium School, Ojodu, popularly known as Ojodu Grammar School, until January 2022. This followed the accident that…
Ganduje Off To Harvard For Leadership Course, Transfers Power To Deputy
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has travelled to the United States of America (USA) to participate in a week-long programme. According to the Commissioner for Information, Malam…
1m doses of AstraZeneca COVID vaccine expired in Nigeria in November – Report
Up to one million COVID-19 vaccines are estimated to have expired in Nigeria in November, a report by Reuter’s says. According to the report, two sources with direct knowledge of vaccine…
Buhari to be in Lagos on Thursday for Bisi Akande’s book launch
President Muhammadu Buhari will, on Thursday, attend the public presentation of ‘My Participations’, the autobiography of Bisi Akande, former interim chairman of the APC. The…
COVID: You can’t attend social gathering without vaccination card — Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says that presentation of COVID vaccination card is now compulsory for attendees of social gatherings in the state. Governor…
LASTMA announces closure of Ahmadu Bello Way, lists alternatives
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has announced the closure Ahmadu Bello Way from Adeola Odeku Intersection to Adetokunbo Ademola by Eko Hotels Roundabout. LASTMA disclosed…
180 Stranded Nigerians Return From Libya
Another batch of 180 stranded Nigerians from Libya has arrived at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has disclosed.…
BREAKING: Gunmen Invade Imo Community, Gunned Down Two People
At least, two people were reportedly killed and property worth millions of naira destroyed when gunmen invaded Etekwuru autonomous community in the Ohaji/ Egbema Local Government Area…
NAF Bombs Ali Kawaje’s House, Destroys Kidnappers’ Enclave
Following credible intelligence, fighter jets from the Nigerian Airforce (NAF) have bombed key enclaves of kidnapping and banditry in Rijana, Kaduna State. PRNigeria gathered that the…
Dowen College Parents’ Forum Reacts To Online Campaign To Withdraw Children From School Over…
The Dowen College Parents’ Forum in Lagos State has reacted to an online campaign that parents should withdraw their children from the school following the death of 12-year-old…
Nigeria Accounts For 27% Of Global Malaria Deaths, says WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says 29 of the 85 countries that were malaria-endemic accounted for about 96% of malaria cases and deaths globally while Nigeria accounted for 27% of…
Bandits Stranded, Make Peace With Communities
As the dry season sets in and clearing the bushes that serve as hideouts to bandits terrorising communities in parts of the North commenced, many of the assailants have begun peace moves…
Sanwo-Olu Directs Full Excision On Untitled Land In Lagos To Curb Land Grabbing
The incessant issue of land grabbing may become a thing of the past anytime soon in Lagos State, as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu orders complete excision on untitled land across the State. The…
Why We Banned Shisha In Kano – Gov’t
Incessant drug abuse in Kano is the reason behind the ban of Shisha in the state, Managing Director, Kano State Tourism Management Board, Yusuf Ibrahim Lajawa, has said. Speaking to Kano/Jigawa…
Secondary school students go berserk in Edo, burn principal’s office
THERE was pandemonium in Idogbo Secondary School, in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, as students of the school in viral video seen yesterday, went haywire, setting a…
Military Airstrikes Kill ISWAP Commander, Abou-sufyan, Others In Lake Chad
Coordinated aerial strikes from the Nigerian military have eliminated a notorious ISWAP commander, Abou Sufyan, and scores of his fighters along the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno state.…
Dowen College: 2 More Students, 3 House Masters Arrested & Detained
Two additional students have arrested and detained by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly involved in the torture of a 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni, a student of Dowen College,…
National Assembly, NGF fault UK travel ban, demand reversal
The National Assembly and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum on Tuesday condemned the United Kingdom’s travel ban on Nigeria. The lawmakers and the NGF in their separate reactions…
Suspension Of AEDC Mgt Raises Dust As CBN Withholds Funds
The Minister of State for Power, Goddy Jedy-Agba, on Tuesday, announced the suspension of the management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) while constituting an…
Sylvester Oromoni: Sanwo-Olu Commiserates With Oromoni Family
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has described the death of Sylvester Oromoni of Dowen College, Lekki as “disturbing and heartbreaking”. Sanwo-Olu also confirmed he…
‘He Raised A Formidable Information Machinery’ – Buhari hails Lai Mohammed
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined family and friends in congratulating the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on his 70th birthday. Buhari hailed Mohammed “on the milestone,…
MURIC cries foul over eights children who died inside car
An Islamic human rights advocacy organisation, Muslim Rights Concern, has raised the alarm over the report of eight children who allegedly died inside a car in Badagry area of Lagos…
No reason APC won’t win in 2023… Buhari is performing well – Uzodinma
Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo, says there is no reason the All Progressives Congress (APC) will not be voted back to power since the present administration is “performing well”. The…