A United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, female genital mutilation, FGM, consultant, Mrs Oluronke Adetayo, has said Ekiti State was ahead of other South-West states in FGM prevalence, while Imo State leads nationwide.

Almost two months after they were detained, the Department of State Services, DSS, on Monday, released eight out of the 12 persons it arrested at the residence of Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho.

The former Head of House (HoH), in the fifth week of the Big Brother Naija, ‘Shine Ya Eye’, Liquorose has bowed out, as JayPaul and Jackie B, Monday emerged the new HoH.

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, says elements of Boko Haram insurgents surrendering to the Nigerian troops should be encouraged, as it’s a welcome development. Lawan said this when he visited the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Garbai, to condole him over his elder brother’s death in Maiduguri. Mr Ola Awoniyi, his Special Adviser […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi Elder Statesman and former Minister of Steel in the Second Republic, Wantaregh Paul Unongo has cautioned those castigating Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state for speaking out against the herdsmen attacks in his state and worsening insecurity in the country to refrain from their actions. The former Chairman of Northern […]

The Chairman of Gwoza Local Government Area, Borno State, Prof. Ibrahim Bukar, has announced that about 35 people have died with 150 others hospitalised following the outbreak of diarrhoea accompanied by vomiting.

By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has described as shocking the call by a former two term governor of the state and Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator George Akume, for a state of emergency to be declared in Benue. Senator Akume who is the leader of the […]

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta Ogun State has been nominated as one of the beneficiary states of the first phase Implementation of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) Programme in Nigeria. The Minister of Finance, Budget & National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, made this known during the Special-Agro industrial processing zones programme high-level meeting held via zoom […]

“We have through the application of the IPPIS models in our payroll eliminated payroll fraud, curb wastages and this has brought efficient and transparent operations. Our people have keyed into the system.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari Monday said that his commitment to protect the lives and property of all Nigerians remained unwavering.

He also added that the defendant on August 26, 2021, exposed the housemaid to hatred and damaged her reputation by unlawfully sending her photograph on social media and declared her wanted.

By Dapo Akinrefon AHEAD of the September 1 deadline set by the Southern Governors’ Forum on open grazing, the pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Monday, warned the Federal Government not to  of the  to jeopardise the effective enforcement of the law. Afenifere, in a statement  by its National Publicity Secretary,  Comrade Jare Ajayi stated that […]

Former governor of Edo State and immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has described late music maestro, Sir Victor Uwaifo even as he expressed shock and sadness over his death

Mr Peter Aboki, the Deputy Provost, College of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Lafia, Nasarawa State, has dragged a former commissioner for Agriculture and Water Resources, Mr Alanana Otaki, to an Upper Area Court, Lafia, for snatching his wife.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) also reports that the embattled wife, Mrs Felicia Aboki, had also filed […]

MotoGP rider Miguel Oliveira has shared photos of his wedding day after marrying stepsister Andreia Pimenta, who is also pregnant with the couple’s first child. The Portuguese rider and his stepsister kept their relationship a secret for 11 years before announcing plans to get married last year. Pimenta is the daughter of Oliveira’s father’s second […]