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Few days to leave office, Buhari makes appointment of security chief

With an exit date from office around the corner, President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday appointed retiring Assistant Inspector General of Police, Garba Baba...

Doctor hauled up in court for allegedly sedating, raping patient

The Chief Medical Director of Ayodele Hospital, a private health facility in Ilorin the Kwara State capital, Dr Ayodele Joseph, has been accused...

FG to spend whopping N22.4bn to feed 75, 507 prison inmates

The Federal Government on Thursday disclosed that it has budgeted about N22.4 billion for the feeding of 75,607 inmates across all correctional centres...

Plateau workers commence indefinite strike to “send forth” Lalong govt over unpaid salaries

Barely 17 days to the May 29 exit date of Plateau Government, state public service workers have commenced an indefinite strike to push...

Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos, Nwanjago arraigned, faces terrorism charges

The Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos, Frederick Nkemdilim Nwanjago, who was arrested in Lagos for threatening in a video to mobilize IPOB...

NPA records huge milestone as Tin-Can Port receives largest container vessel in history

The largest container vessel to ever call at the Lagos Pilotage District has been berthed at the TinCan Island Port Complex, marking yet...

4.3m people in Northeast Nigeria risk severe hunger from June to August, UN raises alarm

The United Nations (UN)nhas disclosed that about 4.3 million people face severe hunger risks in Northeast Nigeria. The international body noted that three...

Ahead of inauguration, NGF to induct new, returning governors May 15-19

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) is set to conduct an induction for incoming and returning governors ahead of the May 29 inauguration. A...

Updated: Supreme Court affirms Adeleke as Osun Governor, says BVAS vindicated him on alleged over-voting

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the verdict of the Appeal Court, affirming the victory of Sen. Ademola Adeleke as governor of Osun...

40th anniversary: Michael Imodu National Institute of Labour Studies honors NNPCL GCEO, Kyari, governors, others

As part of activities commemorating its quadragenarian, the Michael Imodu National Institute of Labour Studies (MINILS), Ilorin, Kwara State, is bestowing awards and...

Buhari sued for failing to recover stupendous double emoluments from former governors serving as senators, ministers

Irked by the Buhari administration’s failure to recover more than N40 billion double pay and bogus life pensions collected by former governors who...

376 Nigerian Evacuees from Sudan arrive Abuja, get N100,000 transport fare each back home

The first batch of Nigerians evacuated from war-torn Sudan arrived in the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Wednesday night. They arrived at...

Ajay Banga appointed 14th World Bank President

The Executive Directors of the World Bank today appointed Mr Ajay Banga as the President of the bank for a five-year term beginning...

Elephant that killed 11 villagers captured in Kerala

Forest officials in India’s southern state of Kerala have captured a wild elephant that killed at least 11 people over five years as...

Two years after inauguration, Pres. Buhari launches “Agenda 2050”

Nigeria’s “Agenda 2050” conceived to make the country a high-income economy by the year 2050 has been launched by President Muhammadu Buhari. The...

Minister shot dead

The Ugandan Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, Mr Charles Okello Engola, was on Tuesday fatally shot. Engola was killed...