The Super Eagles of Nigeria have qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Nigeria qualified for the tournament on Saturday after holding the Bafana Bafana of South Africa to a 1-1 draw. The tough contest took place at Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday night declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Raheem Olawuyi Ajuloopin, as winner of the Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-Ero Federal constituency bye-election in Kwara state. Announcing the results, INEC’s Chief Returning Officer Read more
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has described Saturday’s House of Representatives by-elections into the Ekiti, Isin, Irepodun and Oke-Ero Federal Constituency as a contest between the People’s Democraticarty(PDP) and security agents rather than among political parties even as Read more
Nigeria’s transportation minister Rotimi Amaechi has said the supposed federal government and General Electric railway concession agreement ended at the negotiation stage. The Nigerian government had in April 2018 announced an agreement with four companies led by General Electric to Read more
Outgoing Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, will tonight hold his last interactive programme, Ogbeni Till-Day-Break, from 10:00pm. till 5:00am. The programme is used as an opportunity for the people to interact with the governor, as he renders his stewardship and Read more
Four members of a family in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, have died after eating yam flour, popularly called Amala, suspected to be poisonous. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that four others, who took from the meal, have also Read more
A 19-year-old man, Sunday Owo, was yesterday arrested with fresh human parts at a healing home in Awka, Anambra State. Owo was caught with fresh male genital, human fingers and a bottle filled with the blood of a child. The Read more
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has explained how the Nigerian government spends about N3.5 million on a monthly basis to feed the detained leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky since December 2015. Nigeria’s information minister Read more
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed a Boko Haram Terrorist (BHT) Camp at Buk along the Ajigin-Talala-Buk axis near Alagarno forest in Borno. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Read more
A Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja Friday reduced the jail term of former Plateau state governor Joshua Dariye from 14 years to 10 years. Dariye was charged to court on a 23-count charge in 2007 for the alleged offence Read more