20 ARRESTED AS POLICE, YOUTHS CLASH IN OGUN COMMUNITY OVER ORO FESTIVAL BAN
20 ARRESTED AS POLICE, YOUTHS CLASH IN OGUN COMMUNITY OVER ORO FESTIVAL BAN
PROTESTS: SECURITY TIGHTENED AT NIGERIA'S BORDERS
PROTESTS: SECURITY TIGHTENED AT NIGERIA'S BORDERS
YOUTHS NATIONWIDE REMAIN RESOLUTE TO PROTEST AGAINST WORSENING HARDSHIP AS FG TAKES MEASURES TO STOP THEM
YOUTHS NATIONWIDE REMAIN RESOLUTE TO PROTEST AGAINST WORSENING HARDSHIP AS FG TAKES MEASURES TO STOP THEM
POULTRY FARMS SHUT DOWN IN DROVES AS PRICES OF FEED SKYROCKET, INSECURITY WORSENS
POULTRY FARMS SHUT DOWN IN DROVES AS PRICES OF FEED SKYROCKET, INSECURITY WORSENS
82M NIGERIANS FACE PROSPECTS OF HUNGER IN COMING YEARS, UN WARNS
82M NIGERIANS FACE PROSPECTS OF HUNGER IN COMING YEARS, UN WARNS
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20 ARRESTED AS POLICE, YOUTHS CLASH IN OGUN COMMUNITY OVER ORO FESTIVAL BAN
Created on 28 July 2024
Ikenne, Ogun State, was thrown into chaos on Saturday as a standoff between security forces and loca...
PROTESTS: SECURITY TIGHTENED AT NIGERIA'S BORDERS
Created on 28 July 2024
The Federal Government has tightened security across all the nations borders ahead of the planned na...
YOUTHS NATIONWIDE REMAIN RESOLUTE TO PROTEST AGAINST WORSENING HARDSHIP AS FG TAKES MEASURES TO STOP THEM
Created on 28 July 2024
Days before a nationwide protest over bad governance and a high cost of living, the federal governme...
MEET 4 BRITISH-NIGERIANS WHO WON UK PARLIAMENT SEATS
Created on 06 July 2024
British citizens on Thursday, July 4, 2024, trooped out to the polling units to elect members of par...
POULTRY FARMS SHUT DOWN IN DROVES AS PRICES OF FEED SKYROCKET, INSECURITY WORSENS
Created on 06 July 2024
Nigerian poultry farmers have complained that several poultry farms are shutting down operations due...
82M NIGERIANS FACE PROSPECTS OF HUNGER IN COMING YEARS, UN WARNS
Created on 06 July 2024
The United Nations has again predicted that 82 million Nigerians, may go hungry by 2030, calling on ...
QUEUES FOR PETROL IN ABUJA GET LONGER AS EX-DEPOT PRICE SHOOTS ABOVE N700 PER LITRE
Created on 06 July 2024
Fresh queues for Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, surfaced in Abuja, parts of Niger an...
NOUN SCRAPS LAW PROGRAMME, LEAVES OVER 1000 STUDENTS AT RISK
Created on 06 July 2024
The National Open University (NOUN) has scrapped its law programme, putting the careers of over 1000...
TWO FRIENDS FOUND DEAD AFTER ALLEGED FIGHT IN OSUN
Created on 05 July 2024
Residents of Inisa in Odo-Otin local government area of Osun State were thrown into mourning as two ...
ROBBERS ATTACK CUSTOMER IN BANK PREMISES, CART AWAY HUGE CASH IN DELTA
Created on 05 July 2024
Commercial activities were put to abrupt end Friday afternoon in Ughelli, Delta State, as daring arm...
LAGOS CP ORDERS TRIAL OF OFFICERS IN VIRAL ASSAULT VIDEO
Created on 04 July 2024
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, has ordered the immediate trial of police o...
OGUN HOUSING SCHEME APPLICANTS DECRY ₦3.5M INCREMENT, SAY 'DAPO ABIODUN'S GOVT IS PLAYING UNDUE TRICKS ON US'
Created on 04 July 2024
The over 200 qualified applicants of the Ogun State Government housing scheme phase III, named Princ...
EDO GUBER: COURT VOIDS PDP GOVERNORSHIP PRIMARY
Created on 04 July 2024
A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, on Thursday invalidated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) p...
FINAL YEAR STUDENT MURDERED ON HIS BIRTHDAY BY SUSPECTED CULTISTS OUTSIDE TASUED EXAM HALL
Created on 04 July 2024
Suspected cultists on Wednesday, stormed an examination hall at the Tai Solarin University of Educat...
ANGER AS FG SIGNS $150BN DEAL IN EXCHANGE FOR RECOGNITION OF LGBTQ RIGHTS
Created on 04 July 2024
Some clerics, rights activists, and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Nigeria are furious follow...
BAND A CUSTOMERS TO PAY MORE AS DISCOS INCREASE TARIFF AGAIN
Created on 04 July 2024
Four electricity distribution companies have announced a tariff increase from N206.80 per kilowatt t...
ABDUCTED TRAVELLERS: OGUN DEPLOYS DRONES, OTHERS IN MANHUNT FOR PERPETRATORS
Created on 02 July 2024
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has deployed drones in massive manhunt for the perpetrators...
LAGOS COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF MAN IMPRISONED FOR 15 YEARS WITHOUT TRIAL
Created on 02 July 2024
An Ikeja High Court on Monday ordered the release of a man, Kazeen Adeshina, after spending 15 years...
90 PERCENT OF DIESEL IN FUEL STATIONS PRODUCED FROM CRUDE OIL STOLEN BY COMMUNITIES, N’DELTA SECURITY FIRM ALLEGES
Created on 02 July 2024
Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited has alleged that oil companies purchase refined Automotive...
ONE SHOT, AS GUNMEN ABDUCT 20 IN OGUN
Created on 01 July 2024
Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers on Sunday night abducted no fewer than 20 travellers along Sagamu...
APC STALWART, SANNI SULAIMON SUPPORTS OKE ONA RESIDENTS IN OGUN WITH CASH
Created on 01 July 2024
As part of measures to relief the people due to the prevailing economic hardship caused by various g...
PRESIDENCY DENIES CLAIMS OF RUNNING 4 BUDGETS, REBUKES OBI, BUDGIT
Created on 30 June 2024
The Presidency has dismissed allegations of a planned 2024 supplementary budget, calling the claims ...
OPERATING 4 BUDGETS SIMULTANEOUSLY IRRESPONSIBLE, PETER OBI CARPETS FG
Created on 30 June 2024
Peter Obi, former presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, has sharply criti...
FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBERS ATTACK WEDDING, FUNERAL, HOSPITAL SIMULTANEOUSLY, KILL 18 IN BORNO
Created on 30 June 2024
At least 18 people were killed and 30 others injured after a series of attacks by suspected female s...
MUSLIM LEADERS DENOUNCE ATTACKS ON SOUN OGBOMOSO
Created on 30 June 2024
..maintain it's a family crisis, not religious
..cite tradition of monarchy appointing chief imams...
HARDSHIP: NIGERIANS FACE MOST EXPENSIVE SALLAH IN A GENERATION AS PRICES OF RAM, FOODSTUFFS SKYROCKET
Created on 15 June 2024
Nigerians are bracing up for the most expensive Sallah holidays in over 30 years as prices of essent...
SEPLAT PLEDGES SWIFT CONCLUSION OF $1.3BN ACQUISITION DEAL WITH EXXON AFTER NNPC WITHDREW SUIT
Created on 15 June 2024
Seplat Energy is pursuing a swift conclusion to its $1.28 billion acquisition of ExxonMobil's Nigeri...
'ADMIT YOUR FAULT, YOU RENEGED ON AGREEMENT' - OGUN PDP BERATES ABIODUN, APC OVER CRISIS ON PRINCE COURT ESTATE
Created on 14 June 2024
... says no amount of explanation can cover fraud
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun Stat...
OGUN INDIGENT STUDENTS ALLEGE SCAM, PROPAGANDA, DECRY NON-RECEIPT OF GOVT'S EDUCASH AWARD
Created on 14 June 2024
.. NAOSS OAU chapter President denies half of students have received the N50,000 cash
Some students...
OGUN: HOUSING SCHEME APPLICANTS ACCUSE DAPO ABIODUN'S GOVT OF DEPRIVING THEM SHELTER 2YRS AFTER PAYMENT
Created on 13 June 2024
Over 200 qualified applicants who are seeking to own houses in a state government housing scheme nam...
ELECTRONIC TRANSFERS VIA BANKS’ APPS, INTERNET BANKING SUFFER DELAYED, FAILED TRANSACTIONS AS PAYMENT GATEWAY GOES DOWN
Created on 07 June 2024
The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) is experiencing a downtime, leading to delays in co...
AFREXIMBANK DISBURSES $925M CRUDE OIL-BACKED LOAN TO NNPC
Created on 07 June 2024
Afreximbank has disbursed $925 million to Nigeria's state-owned NNPC, part of a syndicated $3.3 bill...
FG FINALLY ADMITS TO N5.4TRN PETROL SUBSIDY FOR 2024 AFTER PREVIOUS DENIALS
Created on 06 June 2024
In a not-so-surprising development, the federal government has admitted that Nigeria, Africa’s large...
MSF OVERWHELMED AS ADMISSION OF SEVERELY MALNOURISHED CHILDREN SPIKES 100% IN NORTHERN NIGERIA
Created on 06 June 2024
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, is facing an overwhelming inf...
75 PERCENT OF THOSE WE SUPPORT WITH FOOD, CLOTHES, OTHERS ARE NIGERIAN STUDENTS - UK CHARITY
Created on 06 June 2024
Seventy-five percent of the clients at Thornaby’s Sprouts Community Food Charity (SCFC) are now Nige...
PASSENGERS STRANDED AS ABUJA-KADUNA TRAIN DERAILS AGAIN, SECOND TIME IN TWO WEEKS
Created on 06 June 2024
On Wednesday, a train bound for Kaduna from Abuja derailed at Asha station in the federal capital te...
OGUN, LAGOS, 28 OTHER GOVS SPENT N968.64BN ON REFRESHMENTS, OTHERS IN 3 MONTHS– REPORT
Created on 05 June 2024
No fewer than 30 state governments of the federation spent N986.64bn on recurrent expenditures, incl...
ORGANISED LABOUR SUSPENDS STRIKE FOR FIVE DAYS
Created on 04 June 2024
The Organised Labour has suspended the nationwide strike for five days to give room for uninterrupte...
'STRIKING WORKERS SHUT DOWN NATIONAL GRID, NIGERIA IN TOTAL BLACKOUT'– TCN
Created on 03 June 2024
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says its workers’ union has shut down the national grid, r...
TINUBU BORROWED N20.1TRN IN ONE YEAR, 117% MORE THAN BUHARI'S LAST YEARS BORROWINGS
Created on 03 June 2024
The Federal Government borrowed N20.1 trillion from domestic investors in the first year of Presiden...
POVERTY DEEPENS AS FG, STATES, LGS SHARE N17.9TRN UNDER TINUBU, 42.6% HIGHER THAN THE PRECEEDING YEAR
Created on 03 June 2024
Poverty and staggering debt remain the albatross on the shoulders of the federal government, 36 Stat...
OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU BY THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
Created on 03 June 2024
Dahiru Maishanu
Your Excellency,
I’m writing this letter to you, a few days after, through a Pr...
EMIRATE CONTROVERSY: COURT ORDERS POLICE TO EVACUATE BAYERO FROM KANO
Created on 27 May 2024
A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu on Monday, May 27, ordered the co...
CBN SACKS OVER 200 EMPLOYEES IN FRESH STAFF RETRENCHMENT
Created on 25 May 2024
No fewer than 200 officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria were on Friday relieved of their duties, ...
NIGERIA’S GDP GROWTH SLOWS ON NAIRA SLUMP, WEAKER MANUFACTURING
Created on 25 May 2024
Nigeria’s economy grew at a slower than expected rate in the first quarter as a sharp currency slump...
EMIR SANUSI II TAKES OVER PALACE AT MIDNIGHT AS DEPOSED BAYERO ARRIVES KANO WITH SOLDIERS IN PALACE
Created on 25 May 2024
Reinstated Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has taken over the historic Kano Emir’s Palace in th...
‘THERE ISN'T A SINGLE PROBLEM TINUBU’S GOVT HAS RESOLVED, HIS FIRST YEAR A TRAGEDY’ - BUGAJE
Created on 24 May 2024
Usman Bugaje, a respected elder statesman and political activist, has labeled the first year of Pres...
NIGERIANS FACING DIRE HARDSHIPS, SO MUCH THAT 'PEOPLE COULD COMMIT MURDER FOR N500' - SULTAN
Created on 24 May 2024
Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, has expressed deep concern over the growing frustration ...
NIGERIANS FACE RISING HUNGER AS FOOD PRICES SOAR- NBS REPORTS
Created on 24 May 2024
Amid increasing poverty and hunger, Nigerians are grappling with skyrocketing prices of essential fo...
TRANSPARENCY INT'L SLAMS FG OVER CALABAR-LAGOS HIGHWAY, SAYS CONTRACT INFLATED, AWARDED TO GILBERT CHAGOURY TO ENRICH SOME PEOPLE
Created on 24 May 2024
Transparency International, the global movement to end injustice and corruption has joined growing c...
INSECURITY, HIGH ENERGY COSTS SHUTTING DOWN MANUFACTURING FIRMS - MAN
Created on 19 May 2024
The Director-General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Segun Ajayi-Kadir, has raise...
NIGERIA COLLAPSED RIGHT FROM TINUBU'S FIRST DAY IN OFFICE – BABACHIR LAWAL
Created on 19 May 2024
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has asserted that Nigeria expe...
'NOTHING TO IT’: FG, PRESIDENCY DISMISS ATIKU, OBI’S PROPOSED ALLIANCE AGAINST TINUBU IN 2027
Created on 19 May 2024
The Federal Government has dismissed the proposed alliance between former Vice President Atiku Abuba...
FG HALTS TRANSFER OF ELECTRICITY REGULATORY OVERSIGHT TO STATES
Created on 18 May 2024
Adebayo Adelabu, the Minister of Power, announced the federal government's decision to suspend the t...
OGUN: IAS LAUNCHES BLUESTONE CITY WASIMI TO MARK 8TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Created on 18 May 2024
.. promises land sales with discount
Nigerians have been advised to keep investing in owning lands ...
NIGERIAN ARMY LAUNCHES PROBE INTO HOW DETAINED SOLDIERS BROKE GUARD ROOM
Created on 12 May 2024
The Nigerian Army is investigating how a group of soldiers detained in guard rooms for various offen...
AFTER WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION, TINUBU ORDERS CBN TO SUSPEND CYBER SECURITY LEVY
Created on 12 May 2024
President Bola Tinubu has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria to suspend the implementation of the con...
GUNMEN ABDUCT OVER 100 IN ATTACKS ON ZAMFARA VILLAGES
Created on 12 May 2024
In a series of Friday night raids on three villages in northwest Nigeria, gunmen kidnapped more than...
REVEALED: THOUSANDS OF 'INNOCENT AND ABANDONED' MIGRANT CARE WORKERS TOLD TO LEAVE UK
Created on 12 May 2024
..workers whose sponsoring company had been sanctioned are also being punished
Thousands of migrant...
ODUNLADE ADEKOLA TO STORM CINEMAS WITH LAKATABU
Created on 05 May 2024
The entertainment industry is to be fired up, as another blockbuster epic movie titled 'LAKATABU' (t...
PETROL SCARCITY BITES HARDER AS COMMUTTERS GROAN, MOTORISTS SLEEP AT FILLING STATIONS
Created on 29 April 2024
Motorists in Lagos are currently contending with acute shortage of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popul...
IPMAN PROJECTS TWO MORE WEEKS OF FUEL SCARCITY
Created on 29 April 2024
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has projected that the ongoing fu...
TINUBU AND HIS TEAM HAVE NO CAPACITY TO SOLVE NIGERIA'S ECONOMIC PROBLEMS - SUSWAN
Created on 29 April 2024
Gabriel Suswam, former Governor of Benue State and current lawmaker representing Benue North-East Se...
REMOVAL OF FUEL SUBSIDY NECESSARY FOR NIGERIA NOT TO GO BANKRUPT - TINUBU
Created on 29 April 2024
President Bola Tinubu has emphasised that his administration’s decision to eliminate petrol subsidie...
OUTCRY OVER MINISTER'S N260M WRISTWATCH DURING MEETING WITH FOREIGN INVESTOR
Created on 29 April 2024
Minister of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake, faced criticism from Nigerians after being photographed wear...
DESPITE DENIALS, TINUBU'S FG CONTINUES WITH WAYS & MEANS BORROWING FROM CBN, DATA SHOWS
Created on 28 April 2024
New data released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) reveals that the Federal Government borrowed ...
OGUN GAS TANKER EXPLOSION KILLS ONE, DESTROYS FIVE VEHICLES, OTHERS
Created on 28 April 2024
One person died on Saturday when a gas tanker explosion occured after an accident at Ita Oshin area ...
HEAVY RAINS DESTROY SULEJA PRISONS, 119 INMATES ESCAPE
Created on 25 April 2024
No fewer than 119 inmates of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Suleja, Niger state, have escaped...
GERMAN POLICE BUST NIGERIAN MAFIA RING FOR LARGE SCALE DATING SCAM
Created on 25 April 2024
German authorities announced on Wednesday the apprehension of 11 suspected members of a Nigerian maf...
PROBE OF EL-RUFAI BEGINS AS KADUNA ASSEMBLY ORDERS FOR FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS FROM FINANCE MINISTRY
Created on 25 April 2024
The Kaduna State House of Assembly has requested the Ministry of Finance, Kaduna State to submit com...
NAIRA CONTINUES DECLINE AT BOTH OFFICIAL, PARALLEL MARKETS
Created on 25 April 2024
On Wednesday, the naira experienced a depreciation to N1,300 per dollar in the parallel section of t...
"YOU INTERFERE WITH MY DUTIES"- RIVERS COMMISSIONER TELLS FUBARA, REJECTS REDEPLOYMENT, RESIGNS
Created on 24 April 2024
The Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of Rivers State, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor, has reje...
WHY WE'RE AFTER YAHAYA BELLO - EFCC CHAIR
Created on 24 April 2024
During an interactive session with media executives in Abuja, Ola Olukoyede, the chairman of the Eco...
83 PASSENGERS UNHURT AS DANA AIR'S PLANE SKIDS OFF RUNWAY IN LAGOS AIRPORT
Created on 24 April 2024
A Dana Air flight bearing registration number 5N BKI, carrying 83 passengers, experienced a runway i...
EFCC FREEZES 300 BANK ACCOUNTS ALLEGEDLY USED FOR ILLICIT FX TRADING
Created on 24 April 2024
In a significant move against illicit foreign exchange (FX) trading, the Economic and Financial Crim...
IGP KICKS AS JONATHAN, ABDULSALAM ADVOCATE FOR STATE POLICE
Created on 23 April 2024
Former President Goodluck Jonathan emphasized the importance of establishing state police to tackle ...
FG SETS MINIMUM AGE FOR ADMISSION INTO TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
Created on 23 April 2024
The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, has announced that candidates under the age of 18 will no l...
BABCOCK VARSITY LECTURER SHOT DEAD AS GUNMEN ABDUCTS 2 AT RELAXATION CENTER IN OGUN
Created on 22 April 2024
A lecturer with Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo in Ikenne local government area of Ogun State, Yinka...
POWER OUTAGES WORSEN FOR LOWER TARIFF CUSTOMERS AS DISCOS SHIFT ATTENTION TO BAND A CONSUMERS
Created on 22 April 2024
Over 11.5 million electricity households and customers in Nigeria, who account for about 85 per cent...
OGUN ASSEMBLY DEPUTY MINORITY LEADER, ATOBATELE, EMPLOYS 3, EMPOWERS 43 IN AGRICULTURE
Created on 22 April 2024
Forty three (43) people with interests in agriculture have graduated from a 3month agricultural empo...
FIRST BANK APPOINTS NEW MD TO REPLACE ADEDUNTAN WHO RESIGNED ABRUPTLY
Created on 22 April 2024
The Board of Directors of First Bank has appointed Segun Alebiosu, the Executive Director and C...
OGUN ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ADVISES ON ROUTINE MEDICAL CHECK-UP, AS MINORITY LEADER SPONSORS 25 FREE SURGERIES
Created on 22 April 2024
Residents of Ogun State have been encouraged to always engage in regular medical check up to ascerta...
VILLAGERS UNDER THREATS OF BANDIT ATTACK FLEE TO ZAMFARA GOVT HOUSE FOR PROTECTION
Created on 22 April 2024
Fleeing residents from Bini community in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara sought refuge at the ...
NATIONAL INTEREST, NOT LOW QUALITY, INFORMED DIESEL PRICE CUTS, DANGOTE REFINERY EXPLAINS
Created on 21 April 2024
Dangote Industries Limited's management has refuted claims questioning the quality of its diesel, la...
FIRST BANK MD RESIGNS AHEAD OF TENURE EXPIRATION 'TO PURSUE OTHER INTERESTS‘
Created on 21 April 2024
Adesola Adeduntan, the Managing Director of First Bank Nigeria Limited, has announced his resignatio...
"WE’LL PUNISH SABOTEURS INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL EXTRACTION OF ALLEGED URANIUM" – ALAKE
Created on 19 April 2024
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake on Friday, vowed to punish saboteurs invol...
'NIGERIA A WAR FRONT, DISGRACE TO THE WORLD'- TY DANJUMA CONDEMNS KILLINGS, PREACHES PEACE TO ATTRACT INVESTORS
Created on 19 April 2024
Former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (Rtd), has declared that Nigeria is a war fr...
TINUBU'S POLICIES SLIDE NIGERIA'S ECONOMY AS THE LARGEST TO 4TH PLACE IN AFRICA - IMF
Created on 19 April 2024
A recent report by the International Monetary Fund has shaken up the economic landscape of Africa, r...
UPDATE: WARD SUSPENDS GANDUJE OVER CORRUPTION ALLEGATION, AS APC COUNTERS SUSPENSION, BANS ERRANT WARD LEADERS
Created on 15 April 2024
The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has been suspended ...
UPDATE: "PEOPLE AT THE CORRIDORS OF POWER ARE BEHIND MY ARREST", ABDUCTED EDITOR RECOUNTS ORDEAL
Created on 28 March 2024
-IPI, NGE, NUJ vow to take action against military
-describes act as direct attack on press freedom...