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Minister of works and housing Babatunde Fashola on Friday said Nigeria does not have an “all powerful president”, urging the public to engage with the 1999 Constitution to actualise their hope for a better life. “Very often, I hear a…

THE Theatre Commander of Joint Task Force, Operations Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, says at least 17,000 Boko Haram insurgents had surrendered to troops in the North-East. Musa stated this yesterday when he paid a courtesy call…

THE  Lagos state government today said dead bodies recovered from the Ikoyi collapsed building is ready for identification and therefore called on families of the deceased to go to the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) Yaba for…

OHANAEZE Ndigbo has called on all eligible voters in Anambra State to come out en masse to exercise their franchise at tomorrow's governorship election without fear of intimidation by anybody. Ohanaeze President General, Professor George…

THE Independent National Electoral Commission has earmarked N7bn for the conduct of the Ekiti and Osun states governorship elections in 2022. Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, stated this today when he was defending the N140bn INEC 2022…

A FORMER Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, says the Anambra governorship election will serve as a signpost for the People's Democratic Party to begin the process of rescuing Nigeria from socio-economic and political chaos. Atiku made this…

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has halted the Federal Government’s plans to deduct $418 million from the bank account of the 36 states of the Federation. Justice Inyang Ekwo on Friday issued a restraining order against the…

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied that its operatives took a photograph with socialite Obi Iyiegbu aka Obi Cubana in its office. Obi Cubana was only released yesterday following his arrest on Monday and…

Benue State under Governor Samuel Ortom is now at par with war-torn Afghanistan in terms of poverty, hunger and hardship, House of Representative aspirant, Philip Agbese, has said. Agbese, an aspirant for the Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo federal…

Precious Chikwendu, the estranged wife of Femi Fani Kayode, says the former Minister of Aviation, has staged her for another arrest. The couple, who share four children together, parted ways in September 2020. The union broke down…

VICE-PRESIDENT Yemi Osinbajo has described reports linking him to the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi, Lagos as "despicable, wicked and vicious". Osinbajo made this known in a statement today signed by Laolu Akande, his Senior…

The Coalition of Progressive Yoruba Youths (CPYY) has hailed the National Youth Service Corps scheme for fostering unity across the country, particularly in the southwest. The group gave the commendation after a strategic tour of the…

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says he stopped attending a branch of a church in Abuja because the pastor was always attacking President Muhammadu Buhari. Adesina said this in an article on…

A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to pay the sum of N5million to a businessman, Dr Kennedy Izuagbe, for illegally declaring him wanted. Presiding over the court,…

THE body of a US-based real estate dealer, Wale Bob-Oseni, has been recovered from the 21-storey building that collapsed on Gerrard Road in Ikoyi on Monday. Bob-Oseni’s body was recovered yesterday after that of his friend and the…

Justice Alagoa of the Federal High Court, Lagos on Thursday 4th November 2021 gave the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, seven (7) days ultimatum, to remove the name of Dr. Kennedy Izuagbe, a Director of Carlisle…

FALMATA Abubakar, the mother of the slain Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has condemned her son's terror activities. Speaking with Trust TV, she said Shekau inflicted pains on her. She, however, maintained that whether dead or…

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State yesterday nabbed some health officials exploiting patients for services that are meant to be provided free of charge. The governor discovered after disguising to visit some government-owned…

The Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo yesterday deferred judgement on the suit brought by Chief George Moghalu against the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Andy Uba and the Independent National…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has kicked against the denial by security agencies over the raid on the residence of Justice Mary Odili of the Supreme Court. NBA President, Olumide Akpata, Esq., stated this yesterday at the…

THE Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has cancelled its one-week sit-at-home directive in the South-East, made ostensibly to scuttle the Anambra guber poll holding tomorrow, November 6. The group had last month ordered a…

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has urged Nigerian youths not to be influenced by the luxurious lifestyles of fraudsters popularly called ‘yahoo boys’ as they will end up in jail. He said they should rather access various…

About 3,795 teachers have been killed while 1,500 schools razed in 12 years of insurgency in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States, Managing Director, North East Development Commission (NEDC), Mohammed Alkali, has said. Alkali raised…

NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim was among dignitaries that witnessed the signing of the Peace Accord by political parties and their candidates ahead of the November 6 Governorship election in Anambra State. Also…

GOVERNOR Babagana Zulum restored business activities between Nigerians and their neighbours in Cameroon and Chad, after reopening the 76-kilometre Bama-Banki Road. The road was closed down to vehicular traffic in 2012 due to the…

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya, has warned troops against taking pictures and videos of their operations. The warning was issued in a statement yesterday signed by K.O Bukoye, on behalf of the Army chief. He explained…

Our attention has been drawn to a release by NICOM, signed by Engr. Dr. Sule Yakubu Bassi, Secretary to Chairman/CEO, dated 1st November 2021. To state the obvious, the Diaspora Shadow Ministers (DSM) program is not owned by NIDCOM, it is…

The Nigerian Customs Service has released the final result of its 2021 recruitment exercise. According to an announcement by the service, the listed candidates are required to report to the office of the Comptroller Establishment,…

The death toll from the 21-storey building that collapsed in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday has risen to 36. The Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the South-West Region, Ibrahim Farinloye, made this known today.…

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu today visited the scene of the collapsed Ikoyi building to inspect and also speak with the families of victims. Before the governor’s arrival, two more bodies were pulled out from the debris of the…

GUNMEN suspected to be bandits have invaded a Junior Secondary School in Yebu community of the Kwali Area Council and abducted the Vice Principal, Mohammed Nuhu. According to Daily Trust, a teacher of the school, who spoke on condition…

A pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Ola Ogunfuwa and 22 others said to be working with him are among those stuck in the rubble of the 21-storey building which collapsed in the Ikoyi area of Lagos on Monday. According to…

SOME National Assembly members are behind a plot to destabilise the state, Governor Hope Uzodimma has alleged. Uzodimma, who made the allegation yesterday at a news briefing at the Government, Owerri, said those behind the campaign have…

TWENTY persons have been confirmed dead after a 21-storey building collapsed on Monday on Gerrard Road in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State. Southwest coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Ibrahim Farinloye gave the…

CELEBRITY businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, is still with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, contrary to reports of his release. Cubana was arrested on Monday for alleged money laundering and tax fraud. …

THE Supreme Court claimed that the security agents who invaded the Abuja home of Justice Mary Odili, wife of former governor of Rivers State, Peter, were on a mission to either kill or maim her. Recall that some invaders had on Friday…

THE Debt Management Office (DMO) says it would issue new sovereign Sukuk valued between N200 and N250 billion before the end of the year to fund vital road projects across the country. This is the highest sum that the Nigerian government…

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig-Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, on Tuesday, met with the lawmaker representing Apa/Agatu federal constituency in Benue State, Hon. Samuel Odagboyi Godday. The visit was on the…

THE Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has assured of a free, fair and credible governorship election on Saturday. He said the commission will achieve this in collaboration with…

THE Inspector-General of Police (IG), Alkali Usman, says those behind the raid on the residence of Supreme Court judge, Justice Mary Odili, have been arrested. The IGP made this known today during an interview at a two-day capacity…

NINE candidates in the forthcoming governorship election have called for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The candidates made their position known today in a statement jointly signed by Ben…

A two-storey building in Osapa London, in the Lekki area of Lagos State, has reportedly collapsed. It was gathered that the building, which was under construction, caved in after a heavy downpour last night. This comes barely 24 hours…

A total amount Nigeria has so far borrowed from China as of March last year was $3.121 billion (N1,126.68 trillion at USD/N361), according to the World Bank. This amount represents only 3.94 per cent of Nigeria’s total public debt of…

A total of 10 bodies have been recovered and nine victims rescued from the 21-storey building that collapsed on Gerald Road Ikoyi, Lagos. The coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the South-West Region,…

Ebele Iyiegbu, the wife of socialite, Obinna Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, has opened up about her husband’s arrest by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Recall that the Anambra State-born philanthropist was…

THE Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra says the November 6 Anambra State governorship election must hold. This was contained in a communique signed by the group’s leader and Director of Information Uchenna…

The African Development Bank has blacklisted at least 40 Nigerian firms and individuals for engaging in corrupt practices, fraud and collusive practices between 2017 and 2021. According to data obtained from the bank’s website, the firms…

American billionaire and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s leadership role in recovering badlands in Nigeria. He joined Buhari, French President Emmanuel Macron, Prince Charles, and the Mauritanian…

PRESIDENT Buhari declared says youths are the country’s most strategic asset. The President stated this yesterday at the opening of a three-day national youth conference held in Abuja. Buhari, who was represented at the forum by Vice…

GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okwa says Nigeria is headed in the wrong direction under the All Progressives Congress (APC) watch. Okowa, who stated this in an interview on Channels Television, yesterday, said the People's Democratic Party (PDP),…