PRISON ATTACK, 837 INMATES ESCAPED 262 RE-ARRESTED, 575 STILL AT LARGE IN OYO.
A total of 837 inmates awaiting trial escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Abolongo, Oyo State.
Read moreMAKINDE WARNS NIGERIANS NOT TO DIE FOR ANY POLITICIAN…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has apparently announced an end to the political difference between him and the former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose.
Read moreABUJA-KADUNA RAIL RESUMES OPERATIONS AFTER TWO DAYS SUSPENSION.
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Saturday resumed services on the Abuja-Kaduna route two days after it suspended operations following an explosion that rocked a section of the rail track on Wednesday night.
Read moreSOKOTO GOVERNMENT PLEADS THAT TELECOMS BLOCKADE BE SUSPENDED IN THE STATE.
The Sokoto State Government on Saturday said it has asked the Federal Government to suspend its telecoms blockade on 14 local government areas of the state.
Read morePRESIDENT BUHARI TO UNVEIL E-NAIRA ON MONDAY.
President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to unveil the e-Naira on Monday, the Central Bank of Nigeria said on Saturday.
Read moreGUNMEN ATTACK POLICE STATION IN YOLA AND KIDNAPPED 2 PEOPLE.
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have attacked Ngurore Police Station in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa, police authorities say.
Read moreSYDNEY ENDS COVID-19 LOCKDOWN AFTER 106 DAYS
Elated Sydneysiders were emerging from almost four months of “blood, sweat and no beers” early Monday as a long coronavirus lockdown was lifted in Australia’s largest city.
Read moreMAN ARRESTED FOR DEFILING NEIGHBOUR’S 13 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN LAGOS.
Police authorities have arrested a man identified as Sunday Ukeme for reportedly defiling his neighbour’s 13-year-old daughter in Lagos State.
Read moreSERAP TELLS BUHARI TO CUT DOWN N26 BILLION FROM THE PRESIDENCY BUDGET FOR MEDICAL,TRAVELS, REFRESHMENT AND SITTING ALLOWANCE.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari “to cut the N26 billion presidency budget for the construction of the presidential wing at the State House Medical Centre, local and foreign travels, meals and refreshments, ‘sitting allowance’, and ‘welfare package’, and to use some of the savings to address the growing level of deficit, as well
Read moreNIGERIA SUPER EAGLES BEAT CAMEROON (CAR) TO AVENGE FIRST LEG LOSS
Leon Balogun and Victor Osimhen scored a goal each as the Super Eagles beat the Central African Republic on Sunday to avenge their shocking loss to the Les Fauves in the reverse fixture of the 2022 World Cup qualifier.
Read morePLANE CARRYING PARACHUTISTS CRASH IN RUSSIA KILLING 16 PEOPLE
Sixteen people were killed when a plane carrying parachutists crashed in central Russia on Sunday, the emergencies ministry said.
Read more2022 WORLD CUP WILL BE MY LAST….NEYMAR
Brazil star Neymar said Sunday that the 2022 World Cup will be his last as he “doesn’t have the strength to put up with more football”.
Read morePOPE FRANCIS MET WITH GLORIA NARVAEZ AFTER GETTING HER FREEDOM FROM THE JIHADISTS.
Pope Francis on Sunday met with Gloria Cecilia Narvaez, a Franciscan nun from Colombia, a day after she was freed by jihadists in Mali after more than four years of captivity, a Vatican spokesman said.
Read moreIGBOHO IS SAFER IN BENIN REPUBLIC THAN IN NIGERIA….HIS LAWYER.
Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, is safer in neighbouring Benin Republic than in Nigeria, one of his lawyers said on Saturday.
Read morePDP AND APC ARE INCAPABLE TO DIRECT NIGERIA THE RIGHT WAY…JEGA
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, said the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have led Nigeria astray for the past 21 years.
Read moreNIGERIA IS 61…..HAPPY INDEPENDENCE
Today is NIGERIA INDEPENDENCE, looking back its been 61 years of toiling, straving, sweating and real work to make Nigeria a better place.
Read moreNIGERIA’S D’TIGRESS WINS AFROBASKET TITLE FOR THE 3RD TIME CONSECUTIVELY
Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, the D’Tigress have recorded a historic achievement of winning the Afrobasket championship for the third time in a row.
Read moreBANDITS ATTACK ECWA CHURCH IN KADUNA KILLING ONE PERSON AND MANY INJURED.
At least one person has been killed and many others have been injured after gunmen attacked the ECWA Church at Gabaciwa village in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Sunday morning.
Read moreNDLEA UNCOVER HOTEL WHERE DRUGS IS SOLD IN ABUJA
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have uncovered a hotel in Abuja where drugs are allegedly sold and young ladies camped for commercial sex.
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The Taliban hung the bodies of four kidnappers from cranes after killing them during a shootout in Afghanistan’s western city of Herat on Saturday, a senior official said.
Read morePRESIDENT BUHARI TO COMMISSION POLICE BARRACKS IN RIVERS
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday commission the Police Barracks, Special Protection Unit (SPU) base 6 at Omagwa in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Read moreINDIA TO EXPORT 8 MILLION COVID-19 JAB BY OCTOBER.
India will export eight million coronavirus vaccine jabs by the end of October after ending its ban on sending doses abroad, a top foreign ministry official said Saturday.
Read moreWIKE RAISES ALARM OF PLOT TO RIG 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS.
As Nigeria clocks 61 years on Friday, October 1, Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has raised an alarm over alleged plans to rig the 2023 general elections.
Read moreREP MINORITY SAYS TERRORISTS WERE EMBOLDENED UNDER BUHARI’S WATCH.
The minority caucus in the House of Representatives has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent speech at the United Nations General Assembly, claiming Boko Haram terrorists were emboldened under his watch.
Read more10 MORE BETHEL BAPTIST STUDENT IN KADUNA REGAINED THEIR FREEDOM
Ten more abducted students of Bethel Baptist Secondary school in Kaduna State have regained their freedom.
Read moreGBAJABIAMILA SAYS HE HAS NO CURRENT PLAN TO RUN FOR GOVERNORSHIP IN LAGOS.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says he has no immediate plan to become the governor of Lagos State.
Read morePOLICE DEBUNK CLAIM OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS AT LEKKI TOLL GATE.
An Assistant Commissioner of Police (Operations) in Lagos, ACP Oludotun Odubona, has told the State Judicial Panel of Inquiry that hospitals that allegedly treated gunshot victims from the Lekki toll gate made no reports to any police station.
Read moreUNIBEN STUDENT BLOCKS EXPRESS AS THEY PROTEST INCREMENT IN LATE REGISTRATION FEE
Students of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) have rejected the N20,000 increase in the late registration fee recently imposed by the school’s management.
Read moreRUSSIA FINES FACEBOOK, TWITTER FOR NOT DELETING BANNED CONTENTS.
Russia fined Facebook and Twitter on Tuesday for not deleting banned content, adding to a slew of penalties the government has already imposed on foreign tech giants.
Read morePRESIDENT BUHARI WRITES NATIOAL ASSEMBLY REQUESTING FOR FRESH LOANS OF $4BN AND EURO 710 MILLION
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly, seeking approval to borrow the sum of $4,054,476,863 billion and €710 million.
Read moreRIVERS STATE FILES APPEAL AT SUPREME COURT OVER VAT DISPUTE
The Rivers State government has approached the Supreme Court to challenge the ruling of the Court of Appeal in the Value Added Tax (VAT) dispute between the state and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
Read moreARMY ARREST A HIGH PROFILE BOKO HARAM MEMBER WITH IED MATERIALS
The Nigerian Army says it has arrested a high-profile member of the Boko Haram terrorist group, Yawi Modu, in Damboa Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State.
Read moreNIGERIA FEMALE CRICKET TEAM BEGINS WORLD CUP QUALIFIER IN BOTSWANA
Nigeria’s female cricket team will begin their campaign for a place in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Gaborone, Botswana on Thursday.
Read moreCOURT APPROVES THE APPOINTMENT OF TB JOSHUA’S WIFE AS THE TRUSTEE OF SCOAN
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has approved the appointment of Mrs Evelyn Joshua as a trustee of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN).
Read moreMESSI BREAKS PELE RECORD AS ARGENTINA ROUT BOLIVIA
Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to overtake Pele as the top international goalscorer in South American football history on Thursday as Argentina cruised to a 3-0 victory over Bolivia in their 2022 World Cup qualifier.
Read moreBUHARI VISIT IMO STATE TO COMMISSION 4 NEW PROJECTS
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday visited Imo State where he commissioned four newly executed projects.
Read moreUS GAME MAKER TIM SWEENEY DECLARES BEING A KOREAN AS HE SEEKS RETURN OF GAME TO APPLE
Major US game maker Epic Games has asked Apple to restore its flagship game “Fortnite” on the South Korean app store after Seoul passed a law curbing the monopolistic power of platform operators, it said Friday.
Read moreLAGOS STATE PASS VAT AND ANTI OPEN GRAZING BILLS
The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed the Value Added Tax (VAT) bill, along with a bill that prohibits the open grazing of cattle in the state.
Read morePOLICE FORCE ARREST SUSPECTED CATTLE RUSTLERS IN KASTINA STATE
The Police in Katsina State have arrested several suspects in connection with banditry, cattle rustling and kidnapping.
Read moreNO ELECTRONIC ACCREDITATION NO VOTING…INEC CHAIRMAN
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has insisted on electronic accreditation of voters in the country.
Read moreECOWAS SUSPENDS GUINEA AFTER THE RECENT COUP
West Africa block ECOWAS has decided to suspend Guinea following a recent coup in the country, Burkinabe Foreign Minister Alpha Barry said Wednesday after a virtual crisis summit.
Read moreDSS FILES TERRORISM CHARGE AGAINST TWO OF IGBOHO’S AIDIES
The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed five counts of terrorism against two of the aides of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho.
Read morePOLICE ARREST KILLERS OF FORMER PLATEAU STATE GOV’S FATHER.
Men of the Police Command in Abuja have arrested and paraded the killers of Pa Defwan Dariye, the father of former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye.
Read moreTHREE POLICE OFFICERS KILLED AT CHECKPOINT IN DELTA STATE.
Gunmen have killed three police officers at a checkpoint in Umutu community, Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State.
Read moreFIRS APPEALS RIVERS COURT JUDGEMENT ON VAT
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Wednesday said it has appealed the judgement of the Federal High Court in Rivers which held that the agency does not have the right to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) in the state.
Read more12 AIDES OF IGBOHO SUE DSS N100M FOR COMPENSATION.
The 12 associates of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, have instituted a rights enforcement suit against the Department of State Services (DSS) for parading them before the media as criminals.
Read moreFEDERAL GOVERNMENT APPROVES THE NATIONAL POLICY OF 5G NETWORK.
The Federal Government has approved the National Policy on the fifth-generation (5G) network in Nigeria.
Read moreOAU SACK ANOTHER LECTURER OVER SEXUAL HARASSMENT SCANDAL.
The Governing Council of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has sacked another lecturer of the institution who was found guilty of sexual harassment against a female student.
Read moreNNAMDI KANU SUES FG ARMY AND DSS N5BN FOR VIOLATION OF HIS HUMAN RIGHT.
The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has dragged the Federal Government of Nigeria to an Abia State High Court, over what he described as violations of his human rights.
Read moreNARD STRIKE: FG INSIST THAT NO DOCTOR IS OWED SALARY.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said that contrary to what he described as propaganda by the striking members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), no doctor or health worker in Nigeria is owed their monthly salary.
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