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THE three tiers of government – federal, 36 states and 774 local government areas on Thursday shared N762.597 a allocation from the Federation Account for the month of June. The Communique…

The Ogun state command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says there will be a partial closure of a section of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway for rehabilitation. In a statement, Florence Okpe, the agency’s…

Almost every Nigerian parent decries the relative ease with which their wards are exposed to sexually explicit content but not many makers of such materials have been bold enough to…

News reaching us has it that a bizarre scene has played out at Ondo State House of Assembly as a live snake dropped from the roof of the chamber. Our correspondent learnt that pandemonium…

Aremo Olusegun Osoba, former governor of Ogun State has explained why Senator Femi Okurounmu, one of the leaders of Afenifere, is after him, saying that his relentless attacks on him are borne out…

Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, has named heads of the house standing committees. This is even as 13 additional committees have been set up, increasing the number…

The Prosecutor-General (Attorney-General) of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mohammed Montazeri, has asked the Federal Government of Nigeria and the judiciary to allow the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria,…

As the remains of the slain Channels Reporter, Precious Ayoade Owolabi was committed to the mother earth at Wusasa Cemetery, Zaria, his mother has expressed shock over his death, saying…

Kogi State deputy governor, Simon Achuba, has threatened to sue the governor Yahaya Bello for withholding all financial benefits due to his office from 2017 till 2019 if the allowances are not paid within seven days.“In…

Funeral service of the late Precious Owolabi, the Channels Television Reporter has commenced at the Wusasa cemetery, Zaria. (The Nation)

A US-based organization comprising members of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, known as PDP Diaspora Initiative has called on the Senate to return the ministerial list back to…

Two years after a manhunt was launched, operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team have arrested a 46-year-old arms dealer, Godwin Chinyere.…

Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka came down hard on youths at the launch of InnoCreativa Youth Hub 2030 and project logo by Creative Youth Community Development Initiative (CYCDI) at The Civic…

When the sad news of Lulu-Briggs’ passing in Accra, Ghana, filtered through at the end of 2018, many, especially in Rivers State, looked forward to attending what was expected to be a befitting burial for the…

Akin Oke, chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo state, has described Sunday Dare, ministerial nominee from the state, as someone who has the ability to deliver. Oke said this in an interview with NAN…

The Prof. Ango Abdullahi led Northern Elders’ Forum insisted on Wednesday that Fulani herdsmen living in the southern part of the country should return to the north if their safety was not guaranteed.The former…

Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has accused the UK authorities of being too slow with the prosecution of Diezani Alison-Madueke, former…

 The pan-Northern organisation, the Arewa Consultative Forum, on Wednesday lashed out at the Southern and Middle Belt Forum leaders, saying they should stop criminalising the Fulani.The ACF, at a press conference in…

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Olusegun Osoba, has lamented the criticism against a former Lagos State governor, Lateef Jakande, for serving under the late military dictator,…

Barely 24 hours after an Air Peace aircraft made an emergency landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, another aircraft belonging to Med-View Airlines recorded a similar…

The  Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has started sealing landed properties owned by the immediate past governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, as well as those linked to his family members.Vanguard learned,…

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to rejig the security apparatus of the country for efficiency and effectiveness.He also…

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad was born on December 31, 1953 in Doguwa-Giade Local Government Area in Bauchi State. He attended Government Secondary School, Azare where…

Telecoms giant, MTN has announced the retirement of its board chairman, Pascal Dozie and five other non-executive directors from the telco. In a note to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), it…