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Court orders FG to pay $951 million to Bayelsa state

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Federal Government to pay the sum of $951million to Bayelsa State, being the 13 percent derivative sum due as...

Strange spirit directed me to rape 80-year-old grandmother — 65-year-old man claims

    A 65-year-old man, Emmanuel Joseph has claimed that he was directed by a spirit to rape an Octogenarian woman, in Ondo town, Ondo state.   The suspect...

[OPINION] 2023 Presidential Race: Why Bala Mohammed is best bet for PDP

  As the race to the 2023 presidency begins to gather momentum among top politicians in the country, many Nigerians are hopeful that in the end, a worthy candidate...

Nigerian stock market resumes week with N54bn loss

    The Nigerian equities market began trading for the week on Monday still on negative mood with 0.27 per cent loss due to renewed profit taking....

COVID-19: UAE makes u-turn, extends travel ban between Dubai, Nigeria

    The United Arab Emirates, UAE, reversed its earlier decision to lift the travel ban between Dubai and Nigeria. A statement from Emirates said the travel...

774,000 jobs: FG goes after defaulting banks

    THE Federal Government, Monday met with the seven banks handling payment of N20,000 stipends for 774,000 participants of the Extended Special Public Works...

APC purchases 3m bunches of brooms for new members

    The Cross River Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has placed order for three million bunches of brooms from local broom makers for the new...

EndSars: We don’t want to name our baby in prison — Family of teenage detainee plead with court, Ondo govt

    The family of the 18-year-old #EndSARS protester Kemisola Ogunniyi who gave birth in prison in Ondo state have pleaded that the naming ceremony of the...

2023: Survival of APC lies with Nigerian youths – Gbajabiamila

    Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has said the survival of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, beyond 2023 lies in the...

FG establishes 2 new universities of technology, upgrades 4 others

    The Federal Government has announced the establishment of two additional universities of technology in Jigawa and Akwa Ibom, while also upgrading and...

OGUN: Man, 40, in Police trouble for raping 60-year-old woman

    Men of the Ogun State Police Command on Sunday arrested one Adesina Adebowale for forcefully having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 60-year-old woman (name...

Why Belgium wants to invest in Nigeria ― Envoy

    The Belgian Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb. Daniel Bertrand says business people from his country consider lots of business potentials in Nigeria as a major...

Estate agent docked for allegedly duping client of N220,000

    An Estate Agent, Olugbenga Awoyemi on Monday appeared before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for allegedly obtaining N220,000 from his client by...

Govt shuts 7 schools indefinitely adjudged as unsafe, says state NUT

    No fewer than seven schools in Kebbi State had been shutdown indefinitely in the aftermath of the attack on Federal Government College (FGC), Birnin Yauri,...

Ekiti commercial motorists lament high cost of drivers’ licence

    Commercial motorists in Ekiti state have appealed to the state government to reduce the heavy fees they are required to pay for the collection of new...

APC fixes convention for October, crisis in states persists

    There were strong indications on Sunday that the All Progressives Congress would hold its  national  convention  in October. A member of the national...

JAMB blames NIN requirement as revenue drops to N5.8bn

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has attributed the drop in the revenue it generated from the sale of forms for the 2021 Unified Tertiary and...

Ogun cultists shoot dead off-duty policeman, one arrested

    A  police sergeant attached to the Igbeba Police Station in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, has been shot dead by suspected cultists. The killing of the sergeant...

The electric car Buhari-Osinbajo built

    Chanting a million and one ‘gbosas’ to acknowledge the magic performed last week in Abuja by Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari...

15 Niger kidnap victims escape from Zamfara forest as drunken guard sleeps off

    NOT less than 15 persons recently abducted by bandits in Tegina town of Niger State on Sunday escaped from their captors’ den in Zamfara State. The 15...