Ekiti records 20,000 increase in pry school enrolment in 2 years, says Gov. Fayemi
Gov. Kayode Fayemi has restated the readiness of his administration to collaborate with the Federal Government and other relevant agencies on initiatives...
COVID-19: NCDC registers 1,301 new Infections
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,301 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total...
ASUU, Ebonyi Government’s meeting ends in deadlock
The meeting to resolve the impasse between the delegation of the Academic Staff Union of Nigeria Universities...
Tiger Woods has another back surgery
Golf star Tiger Woods has had another back operation and will skip at least two events.
But...
Technology
BREAKING: Egypt’s ex-president Hosni Mubarak dies at 91
Egypt’s former long-time president Hosni Mubarak died Tuesday at age 91 at Cairo’s Galaa military hospital, his brother-in-law General...
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Politics
Run youths inclusive government, Group advises Ihedioha
Mr Kingsley Onwubiko, Secretary, PDP Volunteer/Support Group (PVSG), Imo chapter on Monday in Abuja advised the Imo Governor-elect, Chief Emeka Ihedioha to include...
Entertainment
“When your godfather is the king”, Bambam and Teddy brag about visiting their godfather the Ooni of Ife
BBNaija couple, Teddy A and Bambam paid their god father, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II a visit at his palace...
Sport
Boxing-Joshua says prepared to go to final bell against Pulev
Britain’s Joshua will start as clear favourite in front of 1,000 fans at Wembley Arena for the fight that was postponed in...
News
PDP Crisis: Seven Govs Align With Sheriff
Apparently realizing that, National Chairman of the opposition Peoples democratic party, PDP, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff holds the aces in the ongoing leadership tussle;...
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Zamfara is not supporting bandits — Commissioner
The Zamfara Government has denied an online media report that it gave Hilux trucks to “repentant bandits’’ in the state.
Technology
Tech4Dev, Commonwealth Office partner to train 1000 on digital literacy in Northern Nigeria
Technology for Social Change and Development Initiative (Tech4Dev), an NGO, says it has partnered with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)...
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Court grants order to paste hearing notice in Dogara’s office
The Federal High Court sitting, Abuja, on Tuesday, granted an ex-parte order to paste hearing notices on former speaker of the House of Representatives,...
Health
Anambra Assembly members, staff undergo COVID-19 test
The Anambra State House of Assembly, on Tuesday invited the state COVID-19 team to conduct compulsory COVID-19 test for members and staff.
Foreign
COVID-19 vaccines will cost South Africa $1.34bn – Official
The South African National Treasury Director-General, Dondo Mogajane, on Tuesday, said it would cost the country 1.34 billion dollars (20 billion rand)...
Music
Kwara confirms two COVID-19 cases
By Steve Oni, Ilorin
Kwara State Technical Committee on COVID-19 has confirmed two separate cases of COVID-19 in...
Boko Haram: Professor, 2 others Killed, As Many Injure in Bomb Attack in University of Maiduguri
Police Commissioner, Damian Chukwu has mobilised bomb squad to the scene of early morning suicide bomb attacks at the...
148 new cases push Nigeria’s COVID-19 toll to 60,982
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 148 new cases of coronavirus in the country, according...
NAPT1P Declares War On Human Trafficking …rescues 10,685, Convicts 322
By Ikhili Monday, Benin City The Director General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Person (NAPTIP) Julie Okah-Donli,has disclosed...
Road Development: Gov Ahmed Seeks FG Support
By Steve Oni, Ilorin
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has called for more Federal Government presence on infrastructural...
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Budget Padding: NASS Leadership On Cliff Edge
- Time Ticks For Saraki/Dogara, As Tension Envelops Assembly
- The Tale Of Intrigues And Blackmail In Dogara’s Ouster Plot
By Lateef BANGBOSHE, Abuja
It is no...
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Banking sector records transactions worth N19.33trn in Q3 – NBS
By Our Correspondent
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says 213.69 million transactions valued at N19.33 trillion are recorded in the third quarter as data...
Politics
Maitama Sule was a true leader, nationalist – Dogara
By Aaron Ossai
The speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has led a delegation of Hon. Members on a condolence visit to...
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Bauchi Commences Feeding of 307,000 Pupils
By Sule ALIYU, Bauchi
Bauchi State has commenced the daily feeding of pupils in primary schools across the 20 LGAs in the state under...
To date, there’s no specific medicine for coronavirus treatment —WHO
The World Health Organisation has said that, so far, there is no specific medicine recommended for the prevention or treatment of the new coronavirus,...
IITA youth agripreneurs provides avenue to access single-digit loans in 2019
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Youth in Agripreneurs (IYA) Office, on Wednesday said its 2019 achievement was to provide avenue for agripreneurs...
Restructure Nigeria – Edo ULC Tells Government
By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin City
The need for the restructuring of our federation in order to address the feelings of the segment that...
Fashola proposes amendment to procurement act
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has recommended an amendment to the Procurement Act to allow small and medium companies execute...
UK parliament set to close for at least 4 weeks on Wednesday
Britain’s parliament is set to suspend sitting for at least four weeks from Wednesday as part of the government’s efforts to slow the spread...
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CBN Intervention: Naira To Sell At N415 Per Dollar
By Olugbenga Bamidele, Lagos
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the naira will trade at N415 to a dollar as the series of intervention by the Central Bank of Nigeria are sustained.
The President, Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria, Alhaji...
UNICEF Boosts CMAN Sites In Bauch
By Sule ALIYU, Bauchi
Efforts to tackle acute malnutrition in children in Bauchi State has received a boost with the establishment of six additional Community...
Kwara Assembly urges Kwarans to always alert the House of impending disaster
By Steve Oni, Ilorin
Kwara State House of Assembly, has urged the people of the state to always alert and channel their grievances to...
Older Persons Day: FG distributes rice, wrappers to senior citizens in Abuja
As the world rounds off activities to mark the 2020 International Day of Older Persoms, the Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja distributed 200...
COVID-19: NCDC registers 356 new Infections, 6 deaths in 24hrs
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has registered 356 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, as at Dec.21,...
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Umahi and His Magic Wand: Panacea For Foreign Investment In Ebonyi
By Monica Ada Chidinma Eze
The Chinese in its popular proverb must have had Governor David Nwaeze Umahi of Ebonyi State in mind when it...
Lagos NUJ mourns Veteran Sports Writer, Muyiwa Daniel
The Lagos State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has described as shocking the death of veteran...
Epe residents should feel impact of Sanwo-Olu’s administration – APC chieftain
Mr Abiodun Tobun, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Epe, Lagos State, on Sunday urged the Governor-elect, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu...
Kwara Govt Seeks Synergy in Community Development
By Steve Oni, Ilorin
The Kwara State Government has urged the people of the state to key into community development for the overall benefit of...
India-made COVID-19 vaccine to be launched February -Official
An Indian government-backed COVID-19 vaccine could be launched as early as February -months earlier than expected – as last-stage trials begin this month, a...
Abducted aide to Nasarawa governor regains freedom
Mr John Mamman, Special Adviser (SA) on Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development to Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state has been released...
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Music
Liverpool’s title win a ‘gift that keeps on giving’, says owner Henry
Nearly 10 years after Fenway Sports Group took over Liverpool, owner John W. Henry said that he could not be prouder of the club...
EFCC secures five convictions in Ilorin
By Steve Oni, Ilorin
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ilorin Zonal Office has secured convictions of five persons prosecuted for their involvement...
IGP Special squad nabs Benue Assembly member over murder, kidnapping 
Indications emerged that detectives of the Nigerian police force, Special Squad under the command of Deputy Commissioner of police, Abba Kyari, have arrested the...
AbdulRazaq mourns as KWASU loses lecturer, student in auto crash
By Steve Oni, Ilorin
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday commiserated with the families of one lecturer and a student of the...
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Anambra monarchs protest suspension, say “nothing warrants it”
The suspended traditional rulers of Anambra on Thursday said that they did not commit any wrong to warrant their suspension by the state government.
The...
Former Telecoms Employees of Nigeria Condemns PTAD Monthly Pay
By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin city
The Association of Former Telecoms Employees of Nigeria (ATEN) has directed its members who are ex-workers of Nitel and...
Wamakko Hails SAN, Wants Youth To Embrace Education
By Najem Francis, Sokoto
The immediate past governor of Sokoto State, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has commended the first indigene of the state to obtain...
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COVID-19 has mutated, become extra resistant – Expert warns
Dr Emmanuel Opowoye, a Public Health Physician in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), warns...
Manchester City honour Liverpool, then hammer them 4-0
Hosts Manchester City generously applauded new champions Liverpool at the Etihad stadium before their English Premier League (EPL) match on Thursday and promptly showed...
Onitsha Fire:Preventable disaster, too many – House of Reps’ Committee
By Steve Oni, Ilorin
The gory tales of the fire tragedy of Wednesday October 16, 2019 in Upper-Iweka area of Onitsha city in Anambra...
Umahi’s SA On IGR Suspended Indefinitely
By McDonald Onu, Abakaliki
Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. David Umahi has ordered an indefinite suspension of his Special Adviser on Internally Generated Revenue, Chief...
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Saraki Justifies Provision For Constituents Projects
By Steve Oni, Ilorin
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has explained why continued provision should be made for the execution of lawmakers' constituency projects...
Buhari tasks African leaders on implementation of arms control instruments
President Muhammadu Buhari has told African leaders to promote the implementation of arms control instruments and embargoes, to complement and consolidate African...
Textile garment union lauds CBN’s ban on sale of FOREX
Mr Issa Aremu, the General Secretary, National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN) has commended the Central Bank of Nigeria...
Borno Gov’s Office Turn Boxing Ring
By Yahaya WAKILI, Maiduguri
APC Chairman/Legislator In Fisticuff
Govt Officials At War Over Ramadan Largesse
Dep Gov, Commissioners, Others under Probe Over Rice Theft
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