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The leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra has warned the people of the South-East to be vigilant on Monday (today), claiming security agents may unleash mayhem on innocent citizens and blame it on members of the Eastern Security Network. This is as the secessionist group reiterated that it had no plan to enforce its […]

Naira gained slightly against the U.S. dollar at the official market on Friday, data posted on the FMDQ Security Exchange where forex is officially traded showed. However, the local currency remained stable at the black market. According to FMDQ, the currency closed at N411.67 per $1 on Friday, a 0.01 appreciation from the N411.71 rate it traded […]

History was made at the palace of Oba Babatunde Ishola Balogun, the Onisolu of Isolu kingdom, Ibeju Lekki, Lagos when the traditional ruler conferred a chieftaincy title of Agbe-Asaga of Isolu Alade on a five-year-old Adebayo Olamilekan, also known as Adigun Olowe. The famous Adigun Olowe Yoruba (an encyclopaedia of Yoruba proverbs), was installed on […]

The leadership of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has refused assent to a new memorandum of understanding brokered by the Nigeria Medical Association to end the three weeks old strike that has crippled medical services in government hospitals across the country. NARD President, Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, declined his assent owing to an undisclosed clause. […]

The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has reversed an ancestral curse placed on Nigeria by his grandfather, Olu Erejuwa II, as a result of the injustice meted out to him. He made the reversal in his first proclamation on Saturday during his coronation as the 21st ruler of the Warri Kingdom in Delta State. […]

The Peoples Democratic Party has slammed President Buhari, for saying he won’t leave office as a failure. Buhari, according to the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno, made the statement during a meeting with service chiefs at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday. Reacting, the PDP described the statement as medicine after death, adding that […]

Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed has said Nigeria will not prosecute repentant terrorists “because there are international conventions” that must be followed. Lai Mohammed, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Washington yesterday, said that calls for the prosecution and killing of the repentant militants rather than granting them amnesty […]

A former Governor of Anambra, Mr Peter Obi, has called on the Federal Government to invest the funds being borrowed in profitable ventures to enhance the nation’s socioeconomic development. Obi made the call on Thursday, while speaking with newsmen shortly after his courtesy visit to Oyo State Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde, in Ibadan. The News […]

All roads today lead to Bichi town, the seat of Bichi Emirate in Kano State as Yusuf Buhari, the only son of President Muhammadu Buhari, ties the knot with Zahra, the daughter of Alhaji Nasir Ado Bayero, the Emir of Bichi. The wedding, which has been the talk of the town and the subject of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed not to exit the government as a failure at the end of his second term in office in 2023. He made the declaration during a crucial closed-door meeting with service chiefs held on Thursday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno, conveyed […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says 674 additional COVID-19 infections and eight more deaths had been registered on August 19. The NCDC stated this on its website on Friday morning, noting that the country’s total infections had risen to 185 267. He attributed the surge to the highly transmissible Delta variant and low vaccination […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has on Thursday said that God is set to give Nigeria a new beginning. This is as he said that it is in the nature of God to create new beginnings and Nigeria is on course for one, regardless of all doubts. Osinbajo said this during his address at the ongoing […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that he has been living and managing diabetes for the past 35 years. He disclosed this on Wednesday during the closing ceremony of the Ogun State Diabetes Youth Development Camp held in Abeokuta. The camp, which was organised by Talabi Diabetes Centre, trained 21 children living with type-1 diabetes […]

Prince Samuel Adedoyin, billionaire industrialist from Kwara State, has lost his daughter, Princess Lola Olabayo. The tragic incident happened two months after Subomi, the deceased’s son, took his life under controversial circumstances. Late Olabayo was the wife of Prince John Olobayo, a socialite from Kogi State. She reportedly died at a Lagos hospital after seven […]

The United Arab Emirates has approved visa-on-arrival for passport holders from 70 countries. This was contained in an update on the official websites of Etihad and Emirates visited by our correspondent on Wednesday. Among the 70 countries whose citizens are eligible for visa-on-arrival in the UAE  are Argentina, Canada, United States, China, Maldives, France, and […]

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the federal government will not rest until social media platforms are regulated. The minister, in an interview with NAN in Washington, on Wednesday, said the dangers of fake news on social media must be taken seriously. Mohammed also explained that the online media report that he “sneaked out of […]

For the first time in nearly a decade, Singapore’s Changi Airport has lost its place at the top of Skytrax’s annual ranking of the world’s best airports at the World Airport Awards. Doha’s Hamad International Airport, which has been climbing the ranks for years, has been rewarded with the number one spot in 2021 in the “World’s Best Airport” […]

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court has remanded two unemployed men in a custodial centre in Lagos for allegedly being in possession of a toy gun. The police charged 25-year-old Toheed Tajudeen and 27-year-old Segun Jayeola, whose residential addresses were not given, with conspiracy and unlawful possession of a firearm. Magistrate Elizabeth Adeola did not take their […]