Mob action: Police arrest eight suspects over killing of villager in Jigawa
The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested eight suspects for allegedly causing the death of a 30-year-old man in the Suletankarkar Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Public...
View ArticleMotorists, residents urge Sanwo-Olu to speedily complete road projects
Motorists and residents in Epe/Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State have appealed to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to speedily complete the expressway in the area. They made the appeal in...
View ArticleNigeria to host UNWTO Conference in 2022 —Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says Nigeria will host the UN World Tourism Organisation Regional Conference in 2022. The minister disclosed this in Sal Island, Cape...
View ArticleNigeria’s Eurobonds debts rise by $9.37bn in five years
Commercial loans obtained by Nigeria through Eurobonds rose from $1.50bn as of December 31, 2015 to $10.87bn as of December 31, 2020, indicating a $9.37bn or 625 per cent increase in five years. The...
View ArticleUsiyen was Nigeria’s best striker, Dudu-Orumen mourns
Edo State Sports Council boss, Godwin Dudu-Orumen, has described the late Super Eagles player, Thompson Usiyen, as the best striker to play for Nigeria. In a statement, Dudu-Orumen said, “Thompson...
View ArticleQatar 2022: Teslim Balogun Stadium gets face-lift ahead of Nigeria vs Liberia
The Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, now wears a new look ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifying match between Nigeria and Liberia on Friday. A NAN correspondent who visited the...
View ArticleParalympics: Nigeria’s Iyiazi wins shot put bronze
Eucharia Iyiazi on Thursday increased Team Nigeria’s medals haul at the ongoing 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo by winning a bronze medal in the women’s seated shot put event. In the final of the...
View ArticleCAC unveils two new forms of business registrations
The Corporate Affairs Commission says it has commenced the registration of two new forms of business registrations pursuant to CAMA, 2020. CAC’s Registrar-General, Garba Abubakar, announced this in a...
View ArticleAPC group says recovered loot secure
The All Progressives Congress Legacy Awareness and Campaign Group has assured Nigerians that recovered looted funds were secure and being efficiently and transparently put to use. One of the leaders of...
View ArticleTroops kill six suspected terrorists in Borno
No fewer than six suspected Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province members have been killed by troops of the Nigerian Army. The troops, operate under the aegis of Joint Task Force, North...
View ArticleWorld failing people with dementia, says WHO
Dementia, which robs people of their “memories, independence and dignity”, is on the rise worldwide but few countries are equipped to fight it, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Thursday. In a...
View ArticleFive months after Edo 2020, FG yet to fulfill financial pledge
Edo State Government says the Federal Government is yet to redeem its pledge of financial support to the state for hosting the 20th National Sports Festival tagged “Edo 2020.” Sixtus Omokhagbor, an...
View ArticleBuhari considered food security, power problem before relieving ministers...
The Presidency on Thursday said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), essentially considered “food security” and the “power problem” in the country before “relieving” the Minister of...
View ArticleOver 5,890 terrorists surrendered -DHQ
The Director Defence Media Operations, Bernard Onyeuko on Thursday said over 5,890 suspected terrorists have surrendered to troops in the North East in the past weeks. Out of the figure, he said 900...
View ArticleAlleged blasphemy: Judge orders psychiatric evaluation of Kano cleric
Sarki Yola, the presiding judge in the case of a Kano Controversial cleric, Sheikh Abduljabar Nasiru Kabara over alleged blasphemous statements, has ordered for the psychiatrist evaluation of the...
View ArticleAkpabio submits NDDC report
The minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio has Presented the final report of the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission from Niger Delta Affairs Minister to the President,...
View ArticleCanadian superstar Drake features Tems on forthcoming album Certified Lover Boy
Nigerian sonorous singer Temilade Openiyi fondly called Tems has added another feather to her cap as she will be among featured artistes on Drake’s forthcoming highly anticipate album, Certified Lover...
View ArticleNorth Korea rejects Chinese vaccines
North Korea has rejected around three million doses of a Chinese Covid-19 vaccine, suggesting they should be given to countries in greater need, Unicef said Thursday. The impoverished North was the...
View ArticleTwo armed robbers escape as police nab suspect in Lagos
Two armed robbers escaped when policemen nabbed a suspect in the Bode Thomas, Surulere area of the state, the Lagos State Police Command has said. The suspect, Olawale Samsudeen, 27, was arrested on...
View ArticleVIDEO: How I was inspired to make viral wooden agbada -Student carver
A student sculptor, Adesokan Timilehin, narrates how he was inspired by his project supervisor to carve a Yoruba traditional attire popularly called agbada from wood. Read More
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