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The Academic Staff Union of University , on Wednesday , suspended its strike, ending the industrial action that started since March 2020 . ASUU National…
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Lai Mohammed, Minister of InformationThe Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has hinted on the possibility of the Federal Government banning inter-state travel to curb the…
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Habu Galadima, the Director General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, Kuru, near Jos, is dead. Chukwuemeka Udaya, the Secretary and…
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Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted many students of Islamiyya school in Mahuta town, Dandume Local. Government Area of Katsina State.According to Katsina Post,…
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Reporters from SaharaReporters won the biggest prizes at the 2020 Wole Soyinka Awards for Investigative Journalism on December 9 in Lagos. Damilola Banjo, who reported…
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Governance is a serious business. It’s an exercise of authority- application of scarce state resources. But what do you do when the Chief Executive of…
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À Nigerian evangelist Victor Edet, says ladies who wear trousers and leggings have zero chances of getting to heaven. He made this known on a…
Aisha Yesufu, Co-convener of the BringBackOurGirls, BBOG advocacy group has warned that the Boko Haram sect may turn to the Southern part of Nigeria after…
Mrs Aisha Buhari, Wife of the President Of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari has been in Dubai, United Arab Emirates after the wedding of her daughter, Hanan,…
The Jigawa State Government has announced the closure of public and private secondary and primary schools with immediate effect. This was contained in a terse…
The Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has ordered the closure of all public and private schools in the state.In a terse statement by the state…
Jihadist group Boko Haram on Tuesday, December 15th, claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of school students in northwest Nigeria. “I am Abubakar Shekau…
The World Bank has finally approved Nigeria’s request for a $1.5 billion loan. The Bretton Wood institution earlier delayed the loan which was sought by…
The World Bank has finally approved Nigeria’s request for a $1.5 billion loan. The Bretton Wood institution earlier delayed the loan which was sought by…
A Federal High Court in Ibadan has on Friday sentenced an Internet fraudster, Ibrahim Tunde Akinsola, to one-year imprisonment for internet scam. Justice Patricia Ajoku…
A former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Taskforce Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, on Thursday, collapsed in the dock during the resumed hearing in his N2bn…
Some hoodlums on Tuesday vandalised the palace of the traditional ruler of Ode Community in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, Oba…
Gunmen on Saturday evening killed an Associate Professor with the University of Agriculture Makurdi, Karl Kwaghger, in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. According to The…
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested five armed robbers who attacked members of a church, beat them to a stupor, and kidnapped…
A traditional leader in Ogun State, Joseph Ogunfuwa, has expressed his regrets campaigning for President Muhammed Buhari in 2015. Mr Ogunfuwa, who is the Babalaje…
Oba Adegoke Adeusi, the Olufon of Ifon under Ose Local Government Area Ondo State, has been murdered by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers, SaharaReporters can…
A little boy has been offered scholarship by Nigerian Gospel singer, Sinach, after a video of the boy educating people on importance of water and…
It was a black tuesday in the whole community of Ikire, Osun State as a young vibrant student of UNIOSUN killed himself. The young boy…
It was a black tuesday in the whole community of Ikire, Osun State as a young vibrant student of UNIOSUN killed himself. The young boy…
The UK parliament on Monday November 23, debated a petition seeking to impose sanctions on Nigerian Government officials involved in the shooting incident that occurred…
There is currently tension in Ibadan, Oyo State, following a clash between Agodi Prison officials and commercial motorcycle riders popularly known as Okada on Tuesday…
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have released nine students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, kidnapped last Sunday after N1m was paid as ransom for each…
Armed bandits have killed five worshippers in Zamafara State.They kidnapped an Imam, Mallam Yahaya, and other 40 worshippers, Daily Nigerian reports. The incident occurred on…
27 year-old Emmanuel who graduated with first class in mathematics from UNN graduated with a CGPA of 4.92/5.00 from the University of Nigerian, Nsukka (UNN).…
Residents disclosed that a boy was shot at Toyin roundabout around 1 a.m this morning. The incident occurred around Ikeja to Ojota axis. The incident…
42 Pastors and their families accept Islam in Abuja According to reports, 42 pastors accepted Islam at the conference hall of national mosque in Abuja…
A policeman, Audu Paul, attached to the Delta State Command has hit a plank on the head of a commercial bus driver over his refusal…
The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi says youths’ anger and hunger should be pacified with supports in form of training, mentorship and other empowerment initiatives.…
A septuagenarian, Hunsu Sunday, has been arrested by the men of the Ogun State Police Command, on Thursday, over allegation of impregnating his 15-year-old granddaughter.…
An acclaimed pastor was stripped and paraded by villagers in Umunze, Anambra after he was caught with what appears to be fetish items. The pastor,…
An acclaimed pastor was stripped and paraded by villagers in Umunze, Anambra after he was caught with what appears to be fetish items. The pastor,…
An acclaimed pastor was stripped and paraded by villagers in Umunze, Anambra after he was caught with what appears to be fetish items. The pastor,…
Caleb Ana, Chairman of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, has imposed a 12-hour curfew on Daudu community after days of unrest caused by…
Lawal Olakunle, a final year student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has been sentenced to one year imprisonment for duping…
At least 11 persons have been reported dead with five hospitalised following the outbreak of a strange sickness in the Lagelu Local Government Area of…
Oil workers under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) nationwide have embarked on an indefinite strike. The…
The operatives of Hisbah, led by the deputy governor Kano State, Nasiru Gawuna, have destroyed 1,975,000 bottles of beer, worth N200 million on Sunday. DAILY…
Inspector-General of Police Committee on EndSARS Protest Damage Assessment has said that about 100 AK-47 rifles and 2,600 pieces of ammunition are missing as a…
Katsina State governor, Aminu Bello Masari, on Wednesday received two repentant bandit leaders named Sale Turwa and Muhammed Sani Maidaji at the Government House in…
Pensioners in Cross River State have taken to the streets to protest the non-payment of their benefits to them by the state government since 2014.…
The Governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed all public servants on Salary Grade Levels 1- 12, to resume work fully from Monday, November…
The Governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has lifted the curfew imposed on the state with immediate effect. This was contained in a press release…
A truck loaded with about 50 ,000 litres of petroleum was gutted by fire in front of Ogun State Governor’ s Office , Oke -Mosan,…
The ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) continues as the meeting between the Federal Government and the leadership of ASUU held,…
Scores of persons have been left injured after a petrol tanker exploded at Mile 2, along the Oshodi/Apapa Expressway in Lagos on Thursday.The incident left…
The Lagos State Government has reopened private and public schools. Folashade Adefisayo, Commissioner for Education in the state, in a statement on Thursday said schools…
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said it postponed the release of the just concluded West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to…
A petrol station has been engulfed in fire in Lagos. The filling station along Ajayi Road, Ogba, Lagos, went up in flames in the early…
An elder statesman, Buba Galadima, has made an explosive revelation about COVID-19 palliatives. He spoke on Monday during an interview aired on AIT. Allegations of…
Following the legitimacy crisis rocking the Akire of Ikire, in Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State, Oba Olatunde Falabi, some angry youths on Monday…
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has imposed N3 million sanction each on AIT, Channels and Arise News television stations, for alleged violation of broadcasting code…
The staff of office of Lagos monarch, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, which was stolen after some suspected hoodlums invaded the Palace of Oba of Lagos, has…
Gunmen have kidnapped Olayiwola Adeleke, Chairman of Iganna Local Council Development Area of Oyo State and his driver. The duo were kidnapped along the Okeho-Ado…
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu , has said the # EndSARS protest , and its fallout , including the…
Armed thugs have invaded and looted a warehouse in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, where COVID-19 palliatives believed to have been kept. The building located…
Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali-Ibrahim Pantami,The Executive Vice Chairman, EVC, of the Nigeria Communication Commission, Umar Danbatta, has revealed that…
Osun State Governor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola on Sunday issued 72-hour period of amnesty for looters to return stolen property or face the full wrath of…
Hoodlums on Sunday attacked and looted the house of a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara , located near Jos University Teaching…
Some citizens who stormed a warehouse where COVID-19 palliatives were stored have donated some of the items taken to beggars. A viral video showing the…
There was pandemonium Saturday afternoon as hoodlums invaded the houses of Senator Gershom Bassey, Senator Southern Senatorial District and former Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba who…
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Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has relaxed the curfew imposed in the state with effect from Saturday, October 24. He made the statement during a…
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, embarked on a tour of hot spots of EndSARS protests in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, where…
A helicopter has been seized by the people of Edo State. There are heightened tensions in many states due to the turn of End SARS…
A helicopter has been seized by the people of Edo State. There are heightened tensions in many states due to the turn of End SARS…
…says we can’t allow those with ulterior motive to hijack protests …as govt unconditionally releases arrested protesters Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has directed…
