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NYSC kicks over N650 daily feeding allowance for corps members as prisoners get N1,000
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has called on the federal government to increase its feeding allowance for corps members. Shuaibu Ibrahim,...
We trekked for hours, ate like slaves – UNIABUJA kidnap victims
Some of the people abducted at the University of Abuja Senior Staff Quarters and rescued by the police have recounted their ordeals in the kidnappers’...
Grandma orders N250,000 transfer to fraudster on credit
A 73-year-old woman, Charity Odunuga, has been swindled out of N250,000 by a suspected fraudster at Odokekere, in the Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun...
Anglican Knight apologises to Falana for libellous WhatsApp post
A Knight of St. Christopher, Uchie Obiajulu, has apologised to human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), for defaming him in a viral WhatsApp post and...
NURTW urges FG to deploy e-tracking device to tackle insecurity
National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has urged the Federal Government to deploy software such as the union’s e-tracking platform to help...
NITEL/MTEL Pensioners write Buhari over 77 months arrears
Despite President Buhari’s directive that their pensions be reinstated, pensioners of the defunct Nigeria Telecommunications Limited, NITEL/MTEL, have...
NiMet predicts 3-day thunderstorms, sunshine from Monday
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) predicted on Sunday that there would be three days of thunderstorms and sunshine across the country from Monday...
Why we want another airport in Edo – Deputy Governor
THE Deputy Governor of Edo State, Comrade Philip Shaibu on Sunday said the need to promote commercial activities and the presence of agro and natural...
NURTW’s Mega Endorsement And Guber Poll (I)
By Isaac Olusesi isaacolusesi@gmail.com The high heat is on, blazing high-angle fire by burners from all cylinders; and it has hit the panic button with oral...
BREAKING: INEC Declares Anambra Governorship Election Inconclusive, Announces Date For Supplementary Poll
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the November 6 Anambra governorship election inconclusive. The Returning Officer...
Anambra election: I nearly got killed, signed result under duress – Returning Officer
THE Returning Officer of the Orumba North Local Government Area, Dr Michael Otu, on Sunday, said he nearly lost his life when thugs attacked the Local...
Electoral Act: INEC, National Assembly may clash over direct primary
There are strong indications that the National Assembly and the Independent National Electoral Commission may clash over the mandatory direct primary...
Anambra election: INEC official missing with 41 result sheets -Returning Officer
A Supervisory Presiding Officer has reportedly “carted away” 41 results sheets in the ongoing Anambra Governorship election. The Returning Officer in...
Why Nigerian presidents are not loved by citizens until they’re dead –Fashola
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola has said many Nigerian presidents are not loved by the citizens until they are dead. Fashola blamed...
4 of us gang-raped one kidnapped victim – 19 year old serial rapist, kidnapper confesses in Ondo
Operatives of the Ondo state security outfit codenamed Amotekun have arrested a 19-year-old serial rapist and notorious kidnapper, Ibrahim Sanni. The...
Bandits kill 2 abducted Baptist worshipers, 3 injured
Two of the 66 worshipers abducted on Saturday October 31,2021, at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Kakau Daji, Chikun LGA of Kaduna State have been killed...
Yoruba men are more romantic than Igbo men, says BBNaija Angel
There was a social media banter between two Big Brother Naija reality TV stars, Angel and Tolanibaj recently on a simple question on which tribe is more...
3 female students injured in UNIMAID hostel fire — official
Three students were injured and properties destroyed in a fire outbreak at the University of Maiduguri Murtala female hostel on Saturday, the second of...
Ondo PDP tackles Akeredolu over 120% hike in University tuition fees
The opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Ondo state has kicked against the 120 per cent increase in tuition fees payable in the...
How FRSC driver killed two people in ill-fated crash
A vehicle belonging to the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC has killed two people after the patrol van lost control and rammed into a shop opposite Alkaleri...
