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Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has assured that workers' backlog of salaries would be paid soon. This promise is...

Palace chiefs debunk reports of Ooni’s death, say monarch hale, hearty

The Royal Traditional Secretary of Ooni's Palace, Ile-Ife, Osun State, High Chief Adetoye Odewole, on Wednesday, debunked media reports claiming...

Ajimobi: Buhari, Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu, Fayemi, Oyetola, Ambode, PDP, others mourn

‘Ajimobi running Oyo State like family business’

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and National Leaders of the party have been...

Blind man defrauds accommodation seeker of N550,000

A visually-impaired man, Sule Akinyemi, and a woman, Olajumoke Awosika, were on Wednesday charged with defrauding an accommodation seeker of...

Bayelsa polls: Police read riot act to political parties, politicians

Bayelsa PDP chief to Buhari, APC: Any attempt to rig guber polls will cause anarchy

Pioneer Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, Charles Dorgu, has asked members of the All Progressives...

Lawyer apologises as Osun petitioner Judge fails to appear before Assembly panel

The ad-hoc investigative committee set up by the Osun State House of Assembly to investigate the petition by a serving...

After 35 years on the throne, Ooni of Ife joins ancestors at 85

Almost 35 years after succeeding Oba Adesoji Aderemi as the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade Olubuse II joined his...

Buhari to governors: It is irresponsible to owe teachers

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja decried the current situation in which teachers go without being paid their salaries...

Buhari sacks Kuku, appoints Boroh as Amnesty Programme Co-ordinator

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, sacked Kingsley Kuku as Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme for former Niger Delta militants. The...

Alleged corruption: EFCC interrogates Saraki’s wife for six hours

Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday interrogated Mrs Toyin Saraki, wife of the Senate President,...

Bayelsa: APC, PDP spar over Nov 16 polls

PDP advises FG, APC on due process in fight against corruption

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the Federal Government and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to follow due process...

FAAN: We only denied Patience Jonathan’s convoy access to foot of aircraft for safety reasons

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Tuesday said that it never denied Dame Patience Jonathan, the wife of...

Dame Jonathan deserves her humiliation at Port Harcourt Airport, says APC

Former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, deserves the humiliation she suffered last week when she was denied access to the...

Buhari, Biya strategise against Boko Haram in Yaoundé

The Cameroonian Minister of Communication, Issa Bakary, said on Tuesday that security issues are expected to domination talks as Paul...

Man electrocuted by high tension wire in Kano

A resident of Kano, Musa Lalaji, 39, of Gadun Albasa quarters, has been electrocuted by high tension wire at Kano...

Senators: Nobody can remove Saraki, Ekweremadu

Senators on Tuesday unanimously passed a vote of confidence on President of the President, Bukola Saraki, and Deputy President, Ike...

Buhari orders distribution of 150 trucks of seized rice to Nigerians

Customs seal four major rice importing firms over N23.6 bn debt

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday sealed the warehouses and business premises of four major rice importing firms over...

Ondo Govt assures pensioners of payment soon

The Ondo State Government on Tuesday assured pensioners on its payroll of payment of their outstanding pension and gratuity. This...

Dickson pledges facelift for Odi General Hospital

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has promised to give a facelift to the general hospital in Odi community as...

U.S. human rights group protests as court sentences Gaddafi’s son, eight ex-officials to death over 2011 killings