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Presidential fleet: 200 families displaced as NAF demolishes houses
Landowners of Nuwalege, Abuja ejected by the Federal Government, have called on the government for compensation, The PUNCH reports. More than 200 families who resided in Nuwalege, a rural community al...
30th August 2024
Tinubu heads to China for high-level diplomatic visit
President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja for Beijing, China, on Thursday for a high-level diplomatic mission. The Presidency announced on Tuesday that the President’s itinerary includes visits to...
29th August 2024
NLC president Ajaero arrives police HQ amid terrorism probe
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has just arrived at the Headquarters of the Intelligence Response Team. The police had, in an invitation last week, invited Ajaero to the IRT ...
29th August 2024
Government plans evacuation, camps as flood hits 28 states
•Flooding affects 133 LGs, 526,703 persons, Tinubu promises aid According to the National Emergency Management Agency, the heavy rains and flooding that have wreaked havoc across the country in rece...
29th August 2024
Lady dies during buttocks enlargement surgery in Lagos
A 36-year-old woman identified only as Abiola, has been confirmed dead while undergoing a buttocks enlargement procedure at a clinic in the Lekki-Phase 1 area of Lagos State. Our correspondent learnt ...
28th August 2024
JUST IN: ASUU, FG meeting adjourned till September 6
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities have scheduled a follow-up meeting for September 6, 2024. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, made this known at the end ...
28th August 2024
Without structural gaps, Nigeria’s GDP will grow by 5% – IMF
The International Monetary Fund has said that Nigeria’s economy stands to grow at five per cent beyond the current 3.19 per cent if there is a 25 per cent removal of bottlenecks around governance an...
28th August 2024
Tinubu to visit China in September -Presidency
President Bola Tinubu will visit the People’s Republic of China in early September. The visit is expected to enhance economic collaboration and attract investments to Nigeria. The trip is seen...
27th August 2024
UPDATED: US donates 10,000 Mpox vaccine doses to Nigeria
The government of the United States of America donated 10,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine to Nigeria on Tuesday. Jynneos is a vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the prevention o...
27th August 2024
UPDATED: Tension as armed men kill Lagos monarch's son
There is tension in the Ajiran community of Agungi Area, Lekki, Lagos State, as gunmen shot and butchered Demola, the first son of Ojomu of Ajiran land, Tijani Akinloye, in the community. A source who...
26th August 2024
IG orders arrest of cops' killers during Abuja Shi'ite procession
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Monday, ordered operatives to track down and arrest the sponsors and killers of the policemen involved in the recent procession by the Islamic Mov...
26th August 2024
Nigeria sitting on time bomb - Catholic bishops
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria on Sunday described as worrisome the state of the nation, noting that Nigeria is presently “sitting on a ticking time bomb” under President Bola ...
25th August 2024
Two cops killed in Abuja as police, shi’ites trade blame
The Islamic Movement of Nigeria, popularly known as Shi’ites, has alleged that the Nigeria Police attacked the peaceful Arba’een Symbolic Trek in Wuse, Abuja, killing and injuring many of ...
25th August 2024
Vietnam-bound businessman excretes 68 wraps of cocaine at Lagos airport
A Vietnam-bound businessman, Ibeanusi Nosike, has excreted 68 wraps of cocaine after he was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Air...
25th August 2024
UPDATED: NIA DG, Ahmed Abubakar, resigns
The Director General of the Nigeria Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Abubakar, has resigned. Abubakar submitted his resignation letter to President Bola Tinubu during a meeting they had at the Presidential ...
24th August 2024
Ododo remains APC member despite defection rumours, Kogi declares
The Kogi State Government has declared that Governor Usman Ododo remains a staunch member of the All Progressives Congress, stressing that he is not considering defecting to the opposition, the People...
24th August 2024
UPDATED: Heartland lose coach in ghastly crash
Heartland FC were involved in a ghastly accident, with their head coach and former Nigeria goalkeeper Christian Obi losing his life. According to sketchy reports on the club’s Facebook page, the acc...
23rd August 2024
BREAKING: Supreme Court affirms Diri's election as Bayelsa governor
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the re-election victory of the Bayelsa State Governor, Duoye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party. The five-member panel of the Supreme Court in a unanimous decisi...
23rd August 2024
BREAKING: Tinubu swears in Kekere-Ekun as 23rd CJN
President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the 23rd Chief Justice of Nigeria, pending her confirmation by the Senate. Kekere-Ekun took the oath of office and signed the oath reg...
23rd August 2024
Tinubu returns to Nigeria after brief work stay in France
President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after a three-day work stay in France. The Airbus A330 conveying the President touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 2...
23rd August 2024
Power minister laments as industries shun national grid
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has lamented the rate at which bulk electricity consumers abandon the national grid to generate their own electricity. Adelabu emphasised that grid connection a...
22nd August 2024
Tinubu to swear in Kekere-Ekun as CJN Friday
President Bola Tinubu is set to swear in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the Chief Justice of Nigeria tomorrow. The swearing-in ceremony is billed to take place on August 23, 2024, at the State House C...
22nd August 2024
UPDATED: Ex-ICPC chairman, Emmanuel Ayoola, dies at 90
A former chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Justice Emmanuel Ayoola, is dead. He was said to have died at the age of 90 on Tuesday. This was disclosed...
21st August 2024
Appeal Court affirms Philip Shaibu as Edo deputy governor
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, affirmed the lower court judgment that reinstated Philip Shaibu as the Deputy Governor of Edo State. The appellate court, while delivering judgment in ...
20th August 2024
NLC threatens to shut down economy over Ajaero's police invitation
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Tuesday resolved to shut down the nation should the police detain or arrest its national president, Joe Ajaero. This resolution was reached at the end of its emergency N...
20th August 2024
Tankers besiege depots as petrol shortage worsens
Many tankers are currently at various depots in Lagos waiting to load Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, for onward delivery to states across the country as the scarcity of PMS worsens. It...
20th August 2024
BREAKING: Police invite NLC president over alleged terrorism financing
The Nigeria Police Force has summoned Joe Ajaero, the National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, for questioning over allegations of terrorism financing, cybercrime, and other related offences...
19th August 2024
OPIC land dispute: Utomi, Amosun bicker over contract violation
A Professor of Political Economy, Pat Utomi, and the immediate past Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, have disagreed over a purported breach of contract on an Ogun State Property and Investment Co...
18th August 2024
Ogun FTZ dispute: I won't allow Chinese firm scam Nigeria - Amosun
A former Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has said he will not allow a Chinese company, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, to scam Nigeria. PUNCH Online reports that ...
17th August 2024
UPDATED: Anambra commissioner, wife kidnapped enroute Abuja
The Commissioner for Youths Development in Anambra State, Patrick Aghamba, and his wife have been allegedly kidnapped. Details of the incident are still sketchy, but according to sources, the commissi...
16th August 2024
JUST IN: Gunmen kidnap over 20 medical students in Benue
More than 20 medical and dental students, along with a house officer, have been kidnapped by gunmen in Benue State. The students were travelling to the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Studen...
16th August 2024
