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The Lagos State government has concluded plans to shut, and divert traffic from Osborne/Dolphin Estate to Sura en route Adeniji Adele…

Nigerian boxer Cynthia Temitayo Ogunsemilore has been suspended from the Paris Olympics for violating an anti-doping rule, the International Testing Agency said Saturday. A sample collected from the boxer “has…

•Warns about failing aides in time of need The former southeast campaign spokesman to President Bola Tinubu, Denge Josef Onoh, has raised concern at the silence of a great number of the president’s…

Niger’s junta gathered thousands of people in the capital Niamey on Friday to celebrate the first anniversary of its coup. Dressed in clothes bearing photos of regime members, the crowd chanted the name of junta…

Critical operators in the clearing and forwarding industry in Nigeria are worried over the persistent volatility in foreign exchange rates and multiple dues at the port of entries. Besides, the operators, citing…

French bishops complained on Saturday about the “scenes of derision and mockery of Christianity” during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games which has upset some conservatives and has drawn mixed…

A former spokesman for opposition Labour Party presidential campaign council Kenneth Okonkwo has dumped the party. Okonkwo said he decided to leave the party after its former presidential candidate in the 2023…

Nigerians have been invited to troop to the streets in their millions from Thursday, August 1, to protest the harsh economic situation following the…

A distressed father has pleaded with top UK plastic surgeon, Mohsen El Gammal, to refrain from performing a transgender surgery on his 20-year-old daughter, fearing the procedure would ruin her life. In a…

Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, daughter of President Bola Tinubu, has told market women in Dosumu Market, Lagos, to warn their children not to…

The Presidency has dismissed a fake statement circulating online purportedly attributed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, in a brief…

The Nigerian Army has dismissed six soldiers from its service for allegedly fleeing the scene of a Boko Haram attack in…

The Federal Government has heightened security measures at all the country’s borders ahead of the planned nationwide…

The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Adegoke Fayoade, has advised state residents against attacking protesters. Fayoade gave the advice while addressing traditional rulers and community leaders in…

The home of Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah in Nnewi, Anambra State, was unusually quiet, on Saturday, as people trickled in to confirm the news of his death. Ubah, the senator who represented Anambra South District until…

The Ayo Adebanjo-led faction of Afenifere has expressed support for the planned protest scheduled for August 1. Justice Faloye, the publicity secretary of Afenifere, who spoke in an interview on Arise TV, …

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has vowed to resist any protest geared towards overthrowing the present government. Wike claimed there are people who lost elections and want to…

The Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM) has urged the Federal Government to back the Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals and other domestic refineries to end the reliance…

The Lagos State Government has revoked all existing building permits for ongoing projects across the state and mandated builders to reapply for validation.   This decision was announced by Dr. Olajide Babatunde, the Special Adviser to…

The exchange rate for import duties collection by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has risen to N1601.84/$ on the back of recent depreciation of the naira.   This is coming on the heels of the naira trading at a…

The Nigerian National  Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL)  has been accused of supplying insufficient crude oil to the refinery. The Chief Commercial Officer of Dangote Industries Limited, Rabiu A. Umar, told…

A former Chief of Army Staff, General Ishola Williams (rtd), has said that he would have preferred being from a different country other than Nigeria. General Williams who joined the military in 1964 rose through the…

Music sensation, Habeeb Okikiola, better known as Portable, says he will not partake in the planned nationwide protest over the current economic hardship in the country. Daily Trust reports that some youths are…

Mohammed Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno South, has alleged that Daniel Bwala, former aide of Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, can only be a…