The Senate has also asked the federal government to dredge the River Niger, just as it observes a minute’s silence in honour of the victims that lost their lives in the flood.

Prof. Yakubu said the Commission remains open to engagement with all registered political parties and reiterated INEC’s regulatory neutrality

The Police Command in Nasarawa, says there would be traffic diversion in Lafia, the state capital, due to the scheduled official visit by President Bola Tinubu. SP Rahman Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Nasarawa stated this in a statement made available to newsmen in Lafia on Tuesday. The PPRO also said that there […]

….. Insists Tinubu’s Govt Committed to PPP Projects…. How to improve future PPP projects by experts…. Private sector best in managing assets, says Fatty The Director General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Dr Jobson Oseodion Ewalefoh, has said President Bola Tinubu has not cancelled any Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project since assumption of office in May […]

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) will, on Oct. 7, arraigned the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Qatar Airways, Mr Temi Birdzell, alongside the company and its top officers, over allegations bordering on breach of FCCPC Act, 2018. The defendants will be arraigned before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in […]

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by acting national chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, are currently in a closed-door meeting with officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.

By Esther Onyegbula LAGOS — A 47-year-old single mother, Grace Osika, has called on the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, to intervene in a troubling car ownership dispute that has left her emotionally distressed and facing alleged police intimidation. Osika, who resides in Lagos, narrated her ordeal during a press briefing on Monday. According […]

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oyo Sector Command, has confirmed the death of five people in Tuesday’s multiple crash of seven vehicles at Soka area of the Ibadan-Lagos expressway. The corps’ spokesperson, Mayowa Odewo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan that the victims included a male child, one male and three […]

The Anambra Government has approved the sum of N2, 098,870,490.78 for six projects across the state. Dr Law Mefor, Commissioner for Information, disclosed this at the end of the State Executive Council meeting on Tuesday. Mefor explained that the fund was for contracts awarded, which include the construction and modelling of the State Rehabilitation Centre […]

The Rwandan government on Tuesday denied rumours that President Paul Kagame was sick following his absence from public appearances in recent weeks.

By Henry Umoru ABUJA- AHEAD of the 2027 Presidential and general elections, a crisis has erupted at the Social Democratic Party, SDP, as both supporters of the National Chairman, Shehu Gabam and those loyal to the 2023 Presidential candidate, Adewole Adebayo, have clashed. Following the clash yesterday in Abuja during the meeting of the SDP […]

As criticism trailed the planned birthday rally for Peter Obi’s 64th birthday, the Obidient Movement has suspended its call for public donations to celebrate their principal’s birthday. 

The Niger State Government has assured students of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, (IBBU), Lapai, of improved security following the killing of a 300-level student by suspected phone snatchers. The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hamidu Jantabo, gave the assurance at an emergency meeting with stakeholders in Lapai. Jantabo expressed deep condolences to the […]

A dramatic scene unfolded on Tuesday in an Ilorin Area Court as an ex-convict, Segun Samuel, attempted to escape from the court premises, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Prosecution Counsel, ASP Samuel Mayowa, who witnessed the incident, told NAN that the ex-convict cunningly removed the chains from his leg with a broomstick, […]

By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo ILE-IFE – The Chairman, Governing Council, Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Professor Siyan Oyeweso, has disclosed that management of Universities in Nigeria should embrace technology to secure their campuses and assets. He said the time to rely 100 per cent on human activities for security is long gone; hence, […]