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Botched tenure elongation: Senegalese intercede for peaceful, transparent, successful March 24 presidential poll

Ahead of the 24th March crucial presidential election, Christian and Muslim faithful have held congregational prayers for peaceful and transparent electoral process during...

Delta Okuama military killings: Houses razed in the deserted community

In Okuama, a town in Delta State’s Ughelli South Local Government Area, where 16 military officers and troops were murdered on Thursday, many...

Ningi’s suspension: Senate President gets seven-day ultimatum for reinstatement

A seven-day deadline has been given to Senate President Godswill Akpabio to reinstate Abdul Ningi, the suspended senator from Bauchi North. Additionally, he...

Editor of FirstNews, online platform, abducted from Lagos home by gunmen in military uniforms

Segun Olatunji, the Editor of FirstNews and the former Chief of the PUNCH’s Kaduna Bureau, was kidnapped by gunmen on Friday who appeared...

Tragedy as Army Captain, majors, commanding officer, 12 others fatally shot

Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State has become tense following the killing of a Nigerian Army commanding officer, two majors, a captain,...

DMO: Wale Edun’s Chapel Hill’s “lucrative contract” to secure $1bln Eurobond for FG, false, inaccurate

The Debt Management Office (DMO) has clarified that recent news reports suggesting the appointment of transaction advisers for a potential Eurobond issuance are...

Ogun Govt. begins distribution of food items

In order to cushion the effect of the current economic hardship in the country, the Ogun State Government on Friday began the distribution...

Ex-Rep. Oyebamiji bags 16-month prison sentence

A former member of the House of Representatives, Folaranmi Oyebamiji, was sentenced to one year and four months in prison by an Oyo...

Ibadan monarch Lekan Balogun exits at 81

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba (Sen.) Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, has joined his ancestors. Aged 81, the monarch will be buried at...

Ogun, Germany to partner on food production

The governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, has urged Germany to explore potential joint venture opportunities with the state in the food manufacturing...

NACA gets first female DG, Dr. Temitope Ilori

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday appointed Dr. Temitope Ilori as the new Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS...

Aig-Imoukhuede, co-founder, returns to Access Holdings as Chairman

Access Holdings PIc has announced the return of Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede as its Non-Executive Chairman. Aig-Imoukhuede, co-founder of Access Bank with the late...

Just in: Tinubu orders immediate re-opening of Nigeria’s land, air borders with Niger

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate re-opening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with the neighbouring Niger Republic. President Tinubu also directed...

13th All  African Games: IWF restates zero tolerance for doping

Mohammed Jalood, the President, International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), says the body has zero tolerance to doping in the sport as the weightlifting events...

Nigeria’s Prof. Gambari leads 120 ECOWAS observers to Senegal’s presidential poll

Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, the Chief of Staff to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari and former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, has been designated to head...

S4C blasts LASG over demolition of houses of the vulnerable at Jakande Estate, Lekki, says it’s callous

Spaces for Change (S4C) has condemned in totality the demolition and burning of homes, a school, and a church in an underserved community...