By Anayo Okoli & Chinedu Adonu A coalition of youth groups in Enugu West Senatorial Zone of Enugu State has warned against actions and utterances capable of undermining the existing peace in the State would no longer be tolerated. At a press briefing under the aegis of Conference of Enugu West Youths, the youths cautioned […]

DR Congo’s prime minister, Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, resigned on Friday, the presidency said, a move enabling President Felix Tshisekedi to appoint his own premier supported by a new parliamentary majority. Presidency spokesman Giscard Kusema told AFP that Illunga “said he had drawn the consequences of the developing political situation.” ALSO READ: DR Congo parliament votes out […]

An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court in Osun, on Friday, ordered the remand of a 44-year-old man, Kazeem Olapade, in Ilesa Correctional Centre for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Olapade is facing a three-count charge of assault, rape and unlawful sexual intercourse. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty […]

By Dirisu Yakubu Erstwhile Minister of State for Education, Barrister Kenneth Gbagi, Friday, commiserated with the Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, over the death of his father, Sir Arthur Okorie Okowa. Gbagi, in a statement made available to journalists released, described the late Sir Okowa as a pillar of unity in the oil-rich state, […]

…Kaduna Court Vacates Order Releasing her for Treatment By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Counsels to  wife of  Sheikh Ibrahim Yakubu el-Zakzaky ,leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN),have urged the Kaduna State High Court to vacate the order it earlier made directing the Nigeria Correctional Service to release her for COVID-19 treatment. The court therefore, revoked the order […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has communicated the appointment of the Service Chiefs to the National Assembly, seeking their confirmation by the Senate. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Matters (Senate), Sen. Babajide Omoworare, made this known in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday. He said that the letter addressed to the President […]

The National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) has said that the newly commissioned Nigeria Sugar Institute (NSI) in Ilorin, Kwara State would aid the ongoing drive towards achieving a virile and competitive sugar industry for the country. NSDC added that the institute would also fill the current void in critical areas of Nigeria’s sugar industry such […]

Counsels to the wife of  Sheikh Ibrahim Yakubu El-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), have urged the Kaduna State High Court to vacate the order it earlier made directing the Nigeria Correctional Service to release her for COVID-19 treatment.

DELTA State Political Parties Stakeholders Forum, on Friday, dissociated itself from a recent Federal High Court, Asaba, suit seeking to suspend the March 6, 2021, Local Government election in Delta State on grounds of political parties exclusion. The group made their position known in a communique reached on January 28, 2021, in Asaba, the state […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved a reduction in the tuition fee for students of Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo. Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this on Friday, via his official Twitter handle. The tweet reads, “Flash: Lagos State government reduces tuition fee for […]

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ebonyi has confirmed that three persons died and six others were injured in an accident in the state on Thursday.

 The immediate past Chief of Army Staff retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says he left the Nigerian Army better than he met.

A 68-year-old man, Oyerinde Adebayo, was, on Friday, arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over an alleged N1.8 million land fraud.

WORRIED by the rising incidence of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the Delta Government, Friday imposed a fresh curfew in the state taking immediate effect as part of measures to check resurgence of the ravaging pandemic. 

By Prince Okafor As an aid to counter-insurgency operations in the northeast, restore civilian authority in areas affected by the Boko Haram insurgency, the United States Embassy has donated $325,000 worth of equipment to the Nigeria Police Force. The office of the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) of the U.S. Embassy initiated the donation. […]