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US announces priority appointments for student visa applicants

  The United States Mission will prioritise student visa applicants and ensure Nigerian students resuming this Fall get visa interview appointments well in advance...

“Presidential Visitation Panel Will Rejig Polytechnic Sector In Nigeria”- Fedpoffa Rector

  Rector of the Federal Polytechnic Offa, Dr. Lateef Ademola Olatunji has expressed confidence in visitation panel set up by Federal Government through Ministry of...

Buhari approves minimum wage for pensioners

  The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has approved the payment of new minimum wage to pensioners. The Executive Secretary, Pension Transitional...

Sexual assault: Lagos lists possible charges against Baba Ijesha

  The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team has waded into the sexual assault allegation against Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, also known as...

Kano sacks four staff for alleged rape, abortion

  Not fewer than four staff of the Kano State Primary Health Care Management Board were reportedly relieved of their jobs for unethical and misconduct ranging from...

Fayose’s aide, Lere Olayinka accuses Fayemi’s Attorney General of plotting his arrest

  Lere Olayinka, media aide to the former Governor of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose, has accused the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Wale Fapohunda,...

BREAKING: NAFDAC approves Pfizer-BioTech COVID-19 vaccine for use in Nigeria

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Friday approved the use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria.   This is coming few...

Driver, 39, in court for alleged N14m car theft

  The Police on Friday arraigned a 39-year-old driver, Moses Ogah, in a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing a Mitsubishi pickup valued...

Iloko Ijesa Community Holds 3-Day Revival To Usher in Coronation of New King

  Ahead of the installation of Prince Akeem Ogungbagbe as the Owaloko of Iloko Ijesa following his recent approval by the Osun State Government. The Christian...

Buhari, Osinbajo, security chiefs meet

  The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is currently presiding over a security meeting. The meeting is holding behind closed doors inside the...

I’ll continue to govern with fear of God, says Oyetola

  Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola yesterday reassured the residents of the state that he will continue to govern with fear of God and deliver welfare for its...

Aregbesola’s aide distributes educational materials to Ondo students

  Special Adviser to Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Hon. Bola Ilori, has distributed educational materials to 1,500 students in Ondo kingdom to...

Why I want to buy Arsenal – Spotify owner, Daniel Ek

  Spotify founder and CEO, Daniel Ek, has revealed why he intends to buy London-based football club, Arsenal, from its current American owners, Kroenke Sports &...

COVID -19 And Disability: 80% of children failing in their learning.

  Most children living with disability in Africa are particularly vulnerable to stigma and discrimination, and are often segregated. They may not appear in the...

Fraud allegation: Secondus demands apology, N1bn from ex-Oshiomhole’s aide

  THE National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, has demanded N1bn in damages and an apology from a member of the party, Kassim Afegbua, over...

Woman collapses in church while fasting, dies in Lagos hospital

  The family of a woman, Joy Owoyele, is in grief after she died during a 14-day fasting in the Isheri Olofin area of Lagos State. Nationnewslead gathered that...

15,000 pupils get uniforms, school materials

  No fewer than 1500 pupils of both public and private primary and secondary schools in Ondo State have benefitted from a donation from the Bola Ilori Foundation....

Ekiti provides free JAMB forms for 2,500 indigents

  Ekiti State Government on Thursday procured Joint Admission and Matriculations Board forms for 2,500 qualified indigent and vulnerable youths in the state as part...

Painter impersonates Oba Elegushi, defrauds Facebook lover of N51m

The Lagos State Police Command, on Thursday, paraded a painter, Moses Olaitan, and his accomplice, Segun Omoshola, for allegedly impersonating the Elegushi of Ikate...

Nigeria facing extraordinary security challenges — US

  United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has described the security challenges facing Nigeria as extraordinary.   He stated this during a virtual...