Emir of Patigi in Kwara dies
The Emir of Patigi in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State, Alhaji Ibrahim Chatta Umar, is dead. Umar reportedly died in…
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Hundreds pay tribute to Pius Adesanmi in Lagos
Hundreds of Nigerians and foreigners on Sunday graced the interdenominational commiseration service to pay tributes to the late Nigerian-born Canadian professor and…
We will win all supplementary polls – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday expressed confidence that it would win all the governorship supplementary elections scheduled for March 23.…
I am not afraid of rerun — Lalong
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau says he is not jittery over the March 23 Governorship Election Re-run in the state. Lalong expressed…
Court sentences man to death by hanging for armed robbery
Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of a Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere, on Monday sentenced a man, Akeem Lawal, to death by…
6,000 babies at risk of contracting HIV in Kaduna —UNICEF
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund said that 6,000 newborns in Kaduna State are at risk of contracting HIV in 2019…
Court okays dismissal of three policemen over $5,000 bribe
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Monday affirmed the dismissal of three policemen who were sacked for receiving $5,000 as bribe. Joseph…
Senate approvers N30,000 minimum wage
From IYKE Ndumele, Abuja The Nigerian senate on Tuesday, approved N30,00 as national minimum wage for workers in Nigeria. Chairman of the…
Ugomuoh advises Nwosu, others to accept guber defeat
By Victor Madu Retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, Charles Ugomuoh has asked governorship candidates who lost at the just concluded March…
Ajumbe opens up, Araraume will be a governor
• Narrates how suicide bombers were arrested in Ikeduru March 9 By JOHN Meziem A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC)…
INEC decries military intervention in Rivers guber election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) came down hard on the Nigerian Army over the manner its men intervened in the March…
Nigerian, Ethiopian survivors recount horrific New Zealand mosque attacks
As the bullets tore into worshippers during Friday prayers at Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, taxi driver AbdulKadir Ababora from…
Imo people celebrated Okorocha’s ouster, not Ihedioha’s victory — Oshiomhole aide
Comrade Simon Ebegbulem is the Chief Press Secretary to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. In…
Police vows to fish out perpetrators of Sanga attack
The Police Command in Kaduna State on Sunday vowed to fish out the attackers of Nandu village of Sanga Local Government Area…
INEC committee denies Bauchi APC fair hearing – Uba Nana
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Bauchi State Chapter alleged that the fact-finding Committee sent by the Independent National Electoral Commission to probe…
Offa robbery suspects expose police
The three men charged in the April 5, 2018 bank robbery in Offa, on Friday told a High Court in Ilorin, Kwara…