Category: LOCAL NEWS

5 arrested for selling, buying Covid-19 green card

    The COVID-19 Task Force in Bauchi has said it arrested five persons caught selling and buying COVID-19 green cards. Executive Chairman of Bauchi State...

UNILAG reacts to video of ‘kidnap attempt’

    The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has allayed fears over an incident on the campus.   A viral video circulating on social media and WhatsApp suggested...

Bankers risk 20 years imprisonment for not declaring assets

    Employees of banks that fail to declare their assets annually could get 20 years imprisonment if convicted by a court.   On Tuesday, the House of...

AFCON 2021: CAF announces new date to play third-place final

      The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has announced a new date to play the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, third-place final match.  ...

2023: Babangida supports Saraki’s presidential ambition, give reasons

    Former military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB, has thrown his weight behind the 2023 presidential ambition of former Senate President,...

Junketing Nigerian President, Buhari To Embark On Another Trip To Ethiopia

    President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday head to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to participate in the 35th Ordinary Session of Assembly of the...

Lai, Aregbesola, Yari, Keyamo lose out, APC inaugurates state chairmen

    Factions of the All Progressives Congress in several states that are loyal to some ministers and senators are set to lose out as the APC has perfected...

96 per cent of Nigerian men want me badly – Bobrisky

      Cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky has boasted a vast majority of Nigerian men desire him so badly but are wary of his troubles. The...

Memo to Nigeria’s next president

    In this season of presidential declarations, let me first congratulate you on your bold confidence to step out and subject yourself to both public service...

Who is Bola Ahmed Tinubu?

    Since he made his debut in politics as an activist in the prodemocracy agitations of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) in the early 1990s, Bola...

PSC, Force Headquarter resolve 2021 recruitment crisis

    After several battles with the leadership of the Nigerian Police Force, the Police Service Commission (PSC) has decided to participate in the ongoing 2021...

Osun APC faction alleges leaders’ arrest

    THE Rasaq Salinsile-led faction of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State has condemned the alleged midnight arrest of the chairman of the party in...

LG caretaker chairman arraigned for N5m inherited debt

    The Chairman of Transition Implementation Committee in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, Jare Olatundun, has been arraigned before a...

‘B’Haram forces children to attack families to demonstrate loyalty’

    United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has said about 8,000 children have been recruited in fighting the war against Nigeria since the start of the Boko...

N23.2bn loan: CBN releases list of beneficiaries

    The Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday released a list containing details of the 28 firms that benefitted from the N23.2bn loans disbursed in the first...

Truck crushes 3, injures 1 on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

    Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Command, says three persons lost their lives in an accident involving a truck and a Bajaj motorcycle on Lagos-Ibadan...

Congratulation to APC on Judicial Validation of 2021 State Party Congresses – Remi Ajala

    This is a big victory for the party and a call to collectively build party leadership in All Progressives Congress in Osun state. While it may sometimes...

Osun 2022: PDP appoints Oyinlola, Oyedokun, eight others on reconciliation panel

    The Peoples Democratic Party has named the former governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Shuaibu Oyedokun, and eight others to a 10-person committee...

Police drag 42-year-old man to court for allegedly stealing N168,000 in Osun

    The Osun State Police Command has dragged one commercial driver, Ajewole Abayomi, 42, before an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court, for allegedly stealing...

EXCLUSIVE: How Akwa Ibom Governor Spent Tax Payers’ Money To Get Endorsement For ‘Anointed Successor’

    Following the controversial unveiling of Pastor Umo Eno as the “preferred successor” by the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, there is...