
Running mate: APC ‘ll consider competence, not religion or tribe – Duru
Ahead of formal announcement of substantive vice presidential of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the party has declared that it will prioritise competence ahead of religion or tribe ...

Troops intercept 3.8m litres of crude oil in Niger Delta
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) Thursday said in its determined efforts to end oil theft and illegal oil refining in the country, the Armed Forces of Nigeria in collaboration with other ...

Taraba moves to privatise Mambilla Beverages Limited
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Taraba Investment and Property Limited, Mr. Iliya Ezekiel, Sunday, disclosed that the state government has commenced sensitisation of 10 host communities in Mambilla Plateau, Kakara ...

UNICEF, Igbo-Etiti launch bye-law on open defecation
Igbo-Etiti local government area of Enugu state with the support of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has launched prohibition of open defecation bye-law in consonance with the government and ...

2023: Muslim-Muslim ticket ‘ll affect Nation’s stability, group warns, writes Buhari
A group, Nigeria Democracy Defence Watch (NDDW) has warned on the danger of presenting a Muslim/Muslim ticket by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 presidential election, warning ...

KSH Foundation seeks tech driven policies
The Khalil Salisu Halilu (KSH) Foundation, has called on the federal government to commit more to digitization as the world is fast moving from analogue in solving social problems, stressing ...

Bad road: N1bn containerised cargos, goods destroyed in 6 months in Rivers – Giwa
Containerised cargos and other domestic goods worth over N1 billion have so far been destroyed within six months on the Rivers-Eleme East-West road in Rivers state. The goods fell off ...

Osun: INEC to conducts mock accreditation in 3 senatorial districts
Ahead of the July 16 governorship election in Osun state, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would conduct a mock accreditation in the three senatorial districts of ...

2023: Only VP of N/Central extraction would make us win, N/East APC stakeholders reply N/West
As debates concerning the vice presidential candidacy of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) continue to occupy central stage of Nigeria's polity, a coalition of stakeholders from the North East ...
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Self defence: Arewa elders back Matawalle, task North West governors on vigilante groups
A Northern elders group has supported the call by Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara state to allow residents carry arms to protect themselves in the face of incessant attacks by ...

Gunmen kill upcoming Nigerian artist in Imo
Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed a dancer and singer, Solomon Chukwudi, aka Slowmo King. According to reports, the dancer who is also known as Solomon Jackson was traveling from Abuja ...

Military kills 82 terrorists in Zamfara airstrikes, 2 arrested in Kwara
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) Thursday said air interdiction by the Air Component of Operation HADARIN DAJI killed no fewer than 82 terrorists while many others sustained various degree of injuries ...

Insecurity: How Birnin Gwari farmers paid N400m tax to bandits in Kaduna – Community leader
A community leader in Birnin Gwari Emirate of Kaduna state, Alhaji Zubairu Abdulra’uf, has expressed worry over the activities of bandits in the Emirate, noting that farmers have to pay ...

Train attack: Victims’ families plan street protests, occupation of government facilities
The families of the kidnapped victims of Abuja - Kaduna train have vowed to embark on street protests and occupy key government facilities in Abuja and Kaduna to drive home ...

How climate change fuels farmers/herders clashes, drought, others – NISS boss
The Commandant, National Institute for Security Studies (NISS), Alhaji Ayodele Adeleke, has identified global climate change as likely cause of farmers/herders clashes, drought, loss of farmland; desert encroachment; food insecurity; ...
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Oil and Gas stakeholders to stage annual event in Uyo
The Oil and Gas Stakeholders Festival, OGSFEST UYO 2022, endorsed by the Federal Ministry of Environment, is set to begin with the lighting of Torch/Flame in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state capital ...

Kano-Zaria road sections for delivery by early 2023 – FG
The federal government has disclosed that it will deliver section III of the Kano-Zaria road, part of the North-West roads under construction, by the 1st quarter of March 2023. The ...

NCC partners CBN, others to provide broadband, digital financial services to underserved
Nigeria’s grass root communities and the underserved population of the country will not be left out of the national broadband plan when the implementation comes to fruition. According to a ...