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The federal government says it has registered a total of 3,031,065 individuals and 755, 112 households in the ongoing national social register being handled by the National Social Safety-Nets Coordinating…

The Lagos State Government, through the Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, on Friday pardoned 14 inmates of the Maximum Security Prison in Kirikiri who have been imprisoned for over 20 years for…

Just to avoid paying ‘crazy bills’ till eternity, some aggrieved consumers living at Bayomo Close, Off Agbado Road, near Iju-Ishaga Round-About, have asked Ikeja Electric, IE, to disconnect them. One of them…

Men of the Lagos State police command are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a six-year-old boy, Treasure Akinsohun, whose body was allegedly found inside a freezer of a…

Jonah Sokolo, a driver with the Abua Odual Local Government Transport Service, has been shot dead by kidnappers. The kidnappers also made away with all the other passengers in the 30-seater Coaster  Bus,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the donation of $500,000 to the government of Guinea Bissau. According to a series of tweets on the verified Twitter handle of Presidency Nigeria @NGRPresident, Buhari made…

The Nigerian Army has approved the postings and appointments of some of its senior officers. A statement signed by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Sagir Musa and forwarded to DAILY…

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has directed his commissioners and aides to submit their handover notes ahead of the end of his tenure on May 29. This was contained in the circular issued and…

Lagos State Ministry of Justice said yesterday that the police had traced to Kano, the owner of a petrol tanker that exploded last June 27 on the Otedola bridge in Lagos, killing 12 people.…

The Nigerian Army has reacted to the trending video of men in military uniform cutting off the leg of a suspected criminal. Read the press statement below. The Nigerian Army (NA) has observed with dismay a video clip circulating on…

Ayuba Wabba, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has warned the Nigerian government against heeding the advice of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, on removal of fuel subsidy. The labour…

The Benin Branch of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), on Thursday, barred its members from defending kidnappers in court. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the branch made this known in a…

Organised labour on Thursday warned that no state chapter of labour movement would accept any renegotiation for downward review of the already signed minimum wage law of N30,000 from any state governor.…

Determined to further position the government for better service delivery, Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has approved the appointment of 17 new Permanent Secretaries in the state civil service.…

A 57-year-old year old Nigerian man who spent 27 years in prison for an offence he did not commit is now calling for the reform of the judicial system in Nigeria. According to reports, the man identified…

Anita Schafer, a former wife of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of Christ Embassy has said many couples act happy outside but have a “dead marriage.” Even though it’s hard to believe, she says it’s true. Below is what she…

President Muhammadu Buhari has praised the efforts of outgoing administration of Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno in promoting education as counter strategy to Boko Haram ideology and insurgency.Malam Garba Shehu, the…

The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) yesterday released its final report of investigation into the Cessna Caravan 208B aircraft piloted by the Late Taraba State Governor Danbaba Suntai, declaring that he…

ONE year after the Senate plenary was disrupted following the invasion of the hallowed chamber by suspected thugs, with the mace taken away, the Upper Chamber and the House of Representatives have concluded arrangements to…

Two Chinese, Sun Zhixin and Wang Quing Hu, have been kidnapped in Ebonyi State. The two men are employees of Tongyi Construction Company. They were working on a road project in Ohaozara Local…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N52 billion for e-border solution to monitor the country’s porous borders. The weekly meeting was presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.…

Chris Ngige, minister of labour, says being a medical doctor since 1979 puts him in a position to know the situation of things in the health sector. In a statement issued by Nwachukwu Obidiwe, his…

The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has directed that policemen across the country work eight hours daily to curtail work-related stress to reduce the misuse of firearms and extra…

When it comes to war against diabetes, most people are concerned about sugary foods. While avoiding sugar-laden items, many are unaware that there’s a food staple posing a much bigger harm every day.…