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Just in: Atiku’s Campaign DG in Rivers escapes assassination, presidential rally venue set on fire

The People’s Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council Director in Rivers State, Dr Abiye Sekibo has escaped an assassination in the politically turbulent state....

Game over for those trying to disrupt the 2023 general elections – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday warned those planning to snatch the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) to perish the thought...

Just in: Again gunmen attack CUPP spokesperson and Imo PDP’s candidate for NASS

The home of Ikenga Ugochinyere, the spokesman for the Coalition of United Political Party (CUPP) at Akokwa, lmo State was on Tuesday attacked...

Death toll rises to 600 in Turkey’s worst earthquake in 100 years

Death toll has jumped to 600 as the strongest earthquake in over 100 years hits Turkey with rescuers struggling to find trapped survivors...

ICPC busts FCMB officials flouting CBN directives on new notes in Osun

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Osun State Compliance Team, has busted some FCMB officials for allegedly sabotaging the...

Queues: CBN directs banks to start cash payment across the counters

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed deposit money banks (DMBs) to commence the payment of the redesigned Naira notes over the...

Incessant truck accident: NPA slams drivers, to partner Lagos Govt, FRSC on safety standards

Worried by incessant truck accident parti in Lagos and the nation’s highways, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has expressed zero tolerance for violations...

Just in: DSS smashes syndicate selling new naira notes, indicts commercial banks

The Department of State Service (DSS) said on Monday that it has intercepted an undisclosed number of persons caught in the racketeering of...

Djokovic wins 10th Australian Open title at Rod Laver Arena

A year after being deported for being unvaccinated for COVID-19, Novak Djokovic returns roaring really hard at Melbourne, as he triumphed over Stefanos...

Surulere shooting: Lagos Gov. Sanwo-Olu withdraws from debate with candidate of party involved

The Lagos State Government has condemned the broad daylight shooting witnessed in the Surulere axis of Lagos on Saturday and vowed that the...

Old Naira notes: Buhari, CBN back down on Jan. 31 deadline, extend it till Feb.10

The nation’s Apex Bank, the Central Bank, has extended the deadline for the mopping up of old Naira notes from circulation earlier scheduled...

18-seater buses not suitable, safe for long distance trips — FRSC boss

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Dauda Biu, said on Friday in Abuja that 18-seater buses are not suitable and...

Train derailment: Panic-stricken 148 passengers, 30 crew members rescued by NRC

No fewer than 148 fear-stricken and stranded passengers of the derailed Warri-Itakpe train of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) have been rescued and...

Again, defiant gunmen attack another INEC office in Southeast, kill policeman

Gunmen on Sunday night launched yet another deadly attack on lndependent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in the Southeast, this time on Enugu...

Just in: NDLEA busts drug kingpins escorted by “fake security agents”, impounds N5bn tramadol

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives, in a covert operation in Lagos at the weekend, busted a warehouse at Amuwo Odofin,...

Ex-Minister Alphonsus Nwosu renounces membership of PDP BoT

A former Health Minister in the ex- President Olusegun Obasanjo administration, Prof Alphonsus Nwosu, has resigned as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), BoT...