“plots only eligible for reuse when the last person was buried at least 75 years ago.”

Former Senate Majority Leader, Jonathan Zwingina, has reportedly passed away at the age of 70. Zwingina, who also served as the Director-General of the MKO Abiola Campaign Organisation during the historic June 12, 1993 presidential election, was a prominent figure in Nigerian politics. Reports claim that the Adamawa State-born politician died on Wednesday, October 2, […]

Gunmen on Wednesday abducted and killed the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Suru Local Government Area of Kebbi State, Alhaji Bako Bala.

More bodies are being recovered from the Gbajibo River in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State, after a wooden boat carrying 300 passengers capsized on the night of Tuesday, October 1, 2024.

Most of the detained protesters are yet to be prosecuted, with minors among those held in captivity in Police and DSS facilities, or prisons

By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Naira yesterday appreciated to N1,700 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,705 per dollar on Monday.Similarly, the Naira depreciated to N1,669.15 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for NAFEM fell to N1,669.15 per dollar from N1,541.94 per […]

By virtue of Section 292 of the 1999 Constitution, once a Nigerian lawyer accepts appointment to judicial office, he is not allowed to go back to full fledged legal practice upon his resignation, retrenchment, retirement or even dismissal from the bench.

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) announced on Wednesday that a Military General Court-Martial found Ex-Seaman Abbas Haruna guilty

The Federal Government (FG) is making arrangements to evacuate its citizens from Lebanon due to escalating tensions between Israel and Iran.

Minna – Tragedy struck in Niger State as a boat carrying approximately 300 passengers capsized, with 150 feared dead.

By Henry Umoru ABUJA- THE Senate has summoned the Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi to appear before it and explain why the contractor handling the portion of the Ogbomoso-Oyo Federal Road project abandoned it. The Senate has asked Senator Barinada Mpigi, PDP, Rivers South-East led Committee on Works to immediately summon the Minister to […]

By Ugochukwu Alaribe UMUAHIA -The All Progressives Congress, APC, Abia state chapter, has said it won’t participate in the November 2, 2024, local government election in the state.  The APC, who disclosed this at its joint meeting of the state executives and local government chairmen in Umuahia, blamed its decision on what it described as […]

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to grant political pardon to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), during the celebration of Nigeria’s 64th Independence anniversary.

At least 10 passengers, including three children, lost their lives in an early hours fatal accident on Wednesday, involving a bus and stationary truck at Abule-Osun, inward Iyana-Iba, along Lagos-Badagry Expressway, Lagos.

Carter defeated incumbent Gerald Ford and arrived in Washington in 1977, sworn in to head a country mired in the gloom left over from Vietnam, Watergate and a deep recession