Nigerian Senate President Bukola Saraki said he is confident of unseating president Muhammadu Buhari in next year’s elections should he emerge presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). To emerge PDP’s presidential ticket Saraki has to win the party’s Read more
Some residents of Ibeju Lekki in Lagos on Saturday lamented their loss of valuables worth millions of Naira to flood from persistent rainfall since the early hours, coupled with the poor drainage facilities in the community. Some of the residents, Read more
A man, Kelvin Michael, 28, resident of 21, Abebi Street, Sango-Ota, who allegedly raped a woman to death, was on yesterday arraigned before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun State for murder. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Read more
Ekiti State governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi said he has left incumbent Governor Ayo Fayose to God to judge after leaving office. He said he would accept whatever liability and assets left behind by the outgoing government, saying he believed government Read more
Nigeria’s Super Eagles are back in contention for a place at the 2019 African Nations Cup after defeating Seychelles 3-0 at the Stade Linite Stadium on Saturday. Goals from Odion Ighalo, Chidozie Awaziem and Ahmed Musa gave the Super Eagles Read more
The FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has asked residents of Abuja not to panic over the tremors witnessed in the past days. In a statement on Friday, the agency said Nigeria is not an earthquake zone and is, therefore, not Read more
The Nigerian Army said it killed 14 Boko Haram insurgents and rescued 21 hostages in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno. Boko Haram insurgents had earlier on Tuesday ambushed a passenger bus along Gwoza-Pulka road, Warabe and abducted some travellers. Read more
The Kwara State Government has again debunked the rumour that it has plans to sell the government-owned media houses; the Herald newspaper, Kwara Television (KWTV) and the Kwara State Broadcasting Corporation (Radio Kwara). The Director General, Kwara State Bureau of Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday secured the support of the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, for the building of the 3,050 megawatts Mambila hydroelectric power project. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this Read more
The Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has pledged to assist the Local Government Councils (LG), State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and state-owned tertiary institutions clear their salary and pension arrears soon. The governor made this known while meeting Read more