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APC clears 20 Ogun council chairmanships, 236 councillor seats in Saturday’s poll

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has swept all the 20 local government chairmanships and 236 councillor positions in the council elections held in...

India PM arrives in Nigeria, first by an Indian leader since 2007

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has welcomed the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, to Nigeria on his first official visit. Tinubu disclosed this...

#OndoDecides2024: Just in: APC’s Ayedatiwa leads in 15 LGs out of 18

Mr. Lucky Ayedatiwa, Ondo Governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, is in a comfortable lead in 15 local government areas, according...

Horror: Former Ogun councillor shot in the head on bike

Suspected cultists killed Mutiu Akinbami on Friday, a former councillor in the Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State. Akinbami, popularly known...

Crude oil thieves now use SUVs to beat security operatives – Rivers NSCDC

A new method of stealing crude oil and transporting illegally refined petroleum products to neighbouring states has been uncovered in Rivers State, the...

Ondo guber poll: Aiyedatiwa votes, says exercise peaceful, PDP raises alarm over thugs invasion

As the Ondo State governorship election kicks off on Saturday, Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa and APC candidate has cast his vote at Igbo Ward...

Few hours to Ondo gov. poll: INEC replaces Ebiseni for Festus as LP’s candidate

Bowing to the recent judgment of the Court of Appeal, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday replaced Olusola Ebiseni with Olorunfemi...

Late COAS Lagbaja buried in Abuja amid tears, tributes

Amid tears and tributes, the body of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, was on Friday in Abuja interred. The...

UBA to raise N239.4bln via right issues – Elumelu

The Group Chairman of United Bank for Africa, Tony Elumelu, has announced that the bank has issued 6,839,884,274 ordinary shares of 50 kobo...

Just in: Nigeria qualify for AFCON 2025

The Super Eagles have joined 13 other nations to book their spots in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) to be hosted...

FG proposes N47.9trn for 2025 budget

The Federal Government has proposed a budget size of N47.9 trillion for the 2025 fiscal year. Mr. Atiku Bagudu, the Minister of Budget...

Tinubu appoints Daniel Bwala, Atiku’s ex-spokesman as Special Adviser on Media, three DGs

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Daniel Bwala, the Special Adviser on Media and Public Communications and three Directors-General for some government agencies and...

Just in: Falana’s suit against VeryDarkMan adjourned until Jan. 23

An Ikeja High Court has fixed January 23, 2025, for the hearing of the defamation suit filed against Vincent Otse, popularly known as...

$1m blackmail plot against ex-NPA boss, Bello-Koko: Fake EFCC officials busted, arraigned

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned two alleged members of a syndicate, Ojobo Joshua and Aliyu Hashim, accused of impersonating...

Edo Gov. Okpebholo appoints Oshimhole’s son commissioner, SSG, AG, others

The new governor of Edo State, Sen. Monday Okpebholo, has announced Mr. Musa Ikhilor, a lawyer, as the Secretary to the State Government...

Breaking: Sen. Okpebholo inaugurated as Edo governor

Sen. Monday Okpebholo and Mr. Dennis Idahosa have taken oaths of office as the Governor and Deputy Governor of Edo State. The inauguration...