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Breaking: Akwa Ibom CP, Waheed Ayilara, is dead

Mr. Waheed Ayilara, the Commissioner of Police for Akwa Ibom State, is dead. Ayilara reportedly died on Thursday at the Lagos State University...

Police arrest Naval seaman for killing ex-Chief of Naval Staff’s son, stealing his SUV

A seaman with the Nigerian Navy, Abdul Rasheed Muhammad, has been arrested for the murder of Aminu, the son of former Chief of...

Just in: ASUU, FG hold talks in Abuja amid strike threat

Following the threat of a strike, federal government officials are currently meeting with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Abuja. The...

Morocco 2025: Ekong, Aina, Simon, Ndidi, 19 others to battle Benin Republic, Rwanda

Captain William Ekong, wingback Olaoluwa Aina, and forwards Victor Osimhen and Taiwo Awoniyi are back in the Super Eagles’ lineup for next month’s...

FG mulls converting Arik, Aero contractors to national airlines

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has revealed plans to merge Arik and Aero Contractors airlines and transform the combined entity into...

Breaking: NFF names German tactician Bruno Labbadia as Super Eagles head coach

Nigerian Football Federation has appointed German, Bruno Labbadia, as the 37th Head Coach of the national senior football team, the Super Eagles. The...

Just in: Borno commissioner slumps, dies

Borno State Commissioner for Finance, Ahmed Ali Ahmed, is dead. The Borno State Government confirmed his death on Monday, August 26. It was...

FG bars candidates under 18 years old from writing WAEC, NECO exams

The Federal Government has announced a ban on underage students taking secondary school certificate exams conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC)...

Resident doctors begin seven-day warning strike

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has begun a seven-day nationwide warning strike, effective from midnight on Monday, August 26, 2024. According...

Fatalities as police, Shi’ites clash in Abuja

Tensions escalated in the Julius Berger area of Abuja on Sunday following a violent clash between members of the El Zakzaky movement, also...

Breaking: NIA DG, Rufai Abubakar quits

After about a seven-year stint as Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Mr. Ahmed Rufai Abubakar has resigned. He reportedly tendered his...

Heartland FC in auto crash, coach feared dead, injured players hospitalised

The immediate past head coach of Heartland FC, Christian Obi, is feared dead in a road mishap involving the team’s bus at Umunna,...

Just in: Abducted 20 medical students  rescued 

The 20 medical students who were kidnapped in Benue State last week have been rescued, according to security sources. The operation was coordinated...

Updated: Kudirat Kekere-Ekun: From Senior Magistrate in Lagos State to Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria

Following her oath-taking on Friday afternoon, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun took office as Nigeria’s 23rd Chief Justice at a well-attended ceremony held at the...

Breaking: Tinubu swears in Kekere-Ekun as 23rd Chief Justice of Nigeria 

President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as Nigeria’s 23rd Chief Justice in an acting capacity, pending formal confirmation by the...

Banditry: Tinubu condemns gruesome killing of abducted Sokoto monarch

President Bola Tinubu has reacted to the killing of the District Head of Gatawa District in the Sabon Birni Local Government Area of...