GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike has revoked the kingship of Victor Worluchem as Eze Epara Rebisi XII, Port Harcourt, Rivers state, switching the Certificate of Recognition and Staff of Office to Eze Barr. Uchechukwu Isaiah Elikwu as valid occupant of the stool.

A 41-year-old employee, Matthew Animashaun, charged with stealing six empty containers valued at N38 million, on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. The defendant was arraigned before  Magistrate O.I Adelaja on a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing. Animashaun, however, pleaded not guilty, and was admitted to bail in the sum of N500,000 with […]

The Deputy Speaker, Ekiti House of Assembly, Hakeem Jamiu, has advised Nigerian youths to be deliberate in taking up entrepreneurship skills for financial independent that would boost the nation’s economy. Jamiu gave the advice at the 34th National Festival for Arts and Culture (NAFEST) Entrepreneurship Skill Roundtable at the state Civic and Convention Centre in […]

Nigerian entertainers have started a challenge on social media, tagged #showmeyourfriendchallenge.

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has described the late Vice Chairman of the Dagote Group of Companies, Alhaji Sani Dangote as as being very instrumental to the agricultural policies of the Federal Government of Nigeria.

The Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen Buba Marwa, has said that 15 million Nigerians indulge in the consumption of illicit drugs. Marwa disclosed this in an interactive session with Local Government Chairmen in Plateau on Wednesday in Jos. He decried the surge in the distribution and consumption […]

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA–Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, has been nominated for  the award of ‘Governor of the Year’ by a leading labour and youth online news platform, Aluta News, as part of activities marking its 2nd Year Anniversary. Aluta Media Limited, Publishers of Aluta News (www.alutanews.ng), said  Matawalle was nominated  for the prestigious award, […]

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has called for the deepening of the existing bilateral relations between Nigeria and Japan

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo Teachers in Kaduna state have said that they would not write another competency test as was demanded by the El-Rufai led administration in the state. The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) vowed that it will not present its members for another competency test by the Kaduna State. NUT spoke at the end […]

chides CDS over comments The National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) has demanded an apology from the Federal Government over the Lekki tollgate massacre following the revelations from the leaked report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Related Abuses and other matters. The organisation […]

Former Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Ibadan Branch, Barrister Akeem Agbaje, has said that the present administration in the state lacks the capacity to proffer solutions to various challenges confronting it.

The Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC) Wednesday said that no fewer than 364 cases of auto crashes and 145 deaths were recorded across Ondo state within the last nine months

In Kano state, thousands of outgoing secondary school students may not  be able to access admission into tertiary institutions because NECO has withheld their results due to the  inability of the Kano State Government to clear debts.

By Chioma Obinna The World Health Organisation, WHO, and the United State Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, has expressed worry over increase in unvaccinated children saying that no fewer than 22 million infants missed their first dose of measles vaccines. In a new report by the duo of WHO and US CDC,  they […]

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State is among the top nominees for the 2021 Nigeria Tech Innovation and Telecom Awards (NTITA) which celebrates Nigeria’s most profound digital leaders.