Category: Politics
Man Arrested For Setting Wife Ablaze In Ogun, Blames The Devil
A 46-year-old man identified as Hassan Azeez has been arrested by men of the Ogun state Police Command, for allegedly pouring petrol on his wife and setting her ablaze....
I trust Appeal Court to set aside Osun tribunal judgement: Adeleke
Governor Ademola Adeleke says he has faith, trust and confidence in the judiciary to set aside the Osun petition tribunal judgement nullifying his election. A statement...
NBC fines Arise, TVC N2 million each over Tinubu, Keyamo, PDP comments
Collins Nnabuife, Abuja The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined Continental Broadcasting Services Limited owner of Television Continental (TVC) and Arise...
Warri women barricade banks over shortage of new naira notes
Archetypal of the Aba Women Riot in colonial Nigeria, aggrieved market women in Warri, on Friday, spontaneously stormed major roads and banks to protest against the lack...
IBB, Abdulsalami, other region elders will be disgraced; they are paperweight, northern govs far more powerful: El-Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna has described Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalami Abubakar and other northern elders as mere paperweights who lack actual political power to...
Actress Omotola Jalade Celebrates As She Bags Appointment With OSCARS
Popular Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has been appointed an executive member of the Actors Branch for the Oscars and Academy. She announced her latest...
Sanwo-Olu assures cooperative societies of logistics, financial supports
By Bola Badmus – Lagos Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has given the assurance that his administration will continue to support the growth of cooperative...
Man Allegedly Slumps, Dies Inside Banking Hall In Delta After Waiting Several Hours To Withdraw Cash
` A man allegedly collapsed and died at a bank in Agbor, Delta state after waiting for several hours to withdraw cash. The unfortunate incident happened inside the...
Bauchi Gov urged to initiate oil exploration in Toro communities
The District Head of Lame, Alhaji Aliyu Yakubu Lame, has urged Bauchi State Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir to as a matter of urgency, initiate a move for crude...
IGP orders arrest, prosecution of hawkers nationwide
Worried by the indiscriminate abuse of the naira notes by the members of the public, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba on Friday ordered immediate...
Two Niger Delta Communities Drag Shell To Court In London
Over thirteen thousand residents from two Nigerian communities are seeking damages from Shell in the High Court in London, calling for the energy giant to clean up...
I’ll Decide Within Seven Days – Buhari
President, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, urged citizens to give him seven days to resolve the cash crunch that has become a problem across the country from the Central...
APC faults Atiku’s protest against extension of cash swap deadline
For speaking against the extension of deadline for Naira notes swap, the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has described the Presidential candidate...
BUK to convert waste into energy — VC
The Vice-Chancellor, Bayero University Kano (BUK), Professor Sagir Adamu Abbas has said that all necessary preparations had been completed, to process waste and produce...
Delta NBA begs Okowa to provide vehicles for screened NJC officials
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has appealed to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State to immediately provide official vehicles to the National Judicial Council (NJC)...
Buhari, others to attend ‘Day of Tribute’ for Mbazulike Amechi
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to attend the ‘Day of Tribute’, which is part of the programme for the funeral of a foremost statesman, nationalist and one of...
CBN Permits N20,000 Over-The-Counter Withdrawal Limit, POS Operators Charge 10%
Mr Godwin Emefiele, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has directed commercial banks to begin the payment of the redesigned naira notes over the counter. Emefiele...
Kogi records 6 cases of Lassa fever
The Director of Disease Control in the Kogi State’s Ministry of Health, Dr Austin Ojotule on Friday disclosed that the state has recorded six cases of Lassa fever. He...
APC plans to disrupt election, PDP cries out
The Atiku/Okowa Campaign Organisation on Friday accused the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, of sending his campaign officials...
Make NIPSS Nigeria’s Chatham House, DG tells presidential candidates
The Director-General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Professor Ayo Omotosho, has called on the presidential candidates to leverage...
