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JUST IN: Abducted Ondo pastor, wife, children regain freedom
Kano gov offers jobs to returning scholarship graduates
I will not abandon gov Nwifuru, Umahi vows
Osun royal family rejects Haastrup's emergence as Owa Obokun, cites illegal process
Account for N135bn budget surplus, ex-Osun IPAC boss tells Adeleke
Falana urges govt support for orphanages in national, state budgets
JUST IN: Abducted Ondo pastor, wife, children regain freedom
The abducted Anglican Cleric, Canon Olowolagba, who was kidnapped alongside his wife, and two children has been set free. The victims were reportedly kidnapped along the Ise Akoko -Iboropa road in Ako...
28th December 2024
Kano gov offers jobs to returning scholarship graduates
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, on Saturday formally received 150 beneficiaries of the state’s foreign postgraduate scholarship programme, who recently completed their master’s degrees at prestig...
28th December 2024
I will not abandon gov Nwifuru, Umahi vows
The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi says he will never abandon his successor, Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi, and ensure that he completes eight years in office. Umahi pledged on Saturday a...
28th December 2024
Osun royal family rejects Haastrup's emergence as Owa Obokun, cites illegal process
The Ofokutu Royal Family of the Bilaro Ruling House in Ilesa, Osun State, has rejected the selection of a former Deputy Governor of the state, Clement Haastrup as the new Owa Obokun of Ijesaland. Haas...
28th December 2024
Account for N135bn budget surplus, ex-Osun IPAC boss tells Adeleke
A former Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council in Osun State, Adewale Adebayo, has demanded an account of excess revenue made by the Osun State Government in the outgoing year 2024. Adebayo, wh...
28th December 2024
Falana urges govt support for orphanages in national, state budgets
The Director of Women Empowerment and Legal Aid, Mrs Funmi Falana SAN, has called on the Federal Government to initiate policies and programmes that will provide relief to Nigerians and ease the burde...
28th December 2024
Plateau Police command not investigating VDM's missing ₦180m - PRO
The Plateau State Police Command has denied involvement in the investigation of the alleged hacking incident of VeryDarkMan’s NGO, Martins Vincent Otse Initiative, which resulted in the theft of...
28th December 2024
Emir, Kwara speaker mourn gov AbdulRazaq's late chief of staff
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman of Kwara State Traditional Rulers Council, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has expressed deep sadness over the demise of the Chief of Staff to the Kwara State Governor, Al...
28th December 2024
Lokpobiri visits fuel stations in Bayelsa, assures of product availability
The Minister of State Petroleum (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has visited fuel stations in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa state, to monitor the availability of petroleum products. A statement se...
28th December 2024
Sokoto gov signs N526bn 2025 budget into law, promises developmental projects
Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State has signed the 2025 appropriation bill into law, reiterating his commitment to delivering more developmental projects and improving the lives of citizens across th...
28th December 2024
VIDEO: Fayemi backs Oyebanji for second term
A former Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has broken his silence regarding the upcoming governorship election in the state. Speaking at the All Progressives Congress end-of-year gathering held at ...
28th December 2024
UI don urges FG to invest more in veterinary medicine
The Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Professor Olufunke Ola-Davis, on Saturday, advocated more investment in veterinary medicine to address various challeng...
28th December 2024
Airline sanctions for consumer protection, not safety, says NCAA
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has clarified that recent sanctions imposed on five airlines were strictly related to consumer protection violations, not safety concerns. This clarification follo...
28th December 2024
Rivers, Bayelsa resolve oil well dispute
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has expressed his delight over the peaceful resolution of the Soku oil well dispute between Rivers and Bayelsa States. Speaking in Port Harcourt on Saturday ...
28th December 2024
Sokoto airstrikes: We are sorry, Shettima apologies to victims’ families
Vice President Kashim Shettima has tendered an apology to the families of victims affected by the recent bombing in Silame Local Government Area, Sokoto State. The airstrikes, carried out on Wednesday...
28th December 2024
You gave me encouragement, Fubara tells Rivers residents
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said that God has proved Himself worthy as the ultimate liberator of the state and its populace because He ensured total triumph over the political cr...
28th December 2024
Osoba, Momoh, others celebrate advertising icon Shobanjo at 80
The Nigerian marketing communication industry, alongside notable figures, celebrated the 80th birthday of the Chairman of Troyka Holdings, Dr Biodun Shobanjo, at a surprise party held on Saturday at t...
28th December 2024
Kwara gov's Chief of Staff dies at 73
The Chief of Staff to Kwara State Governor, Prince Mahe Abdulkadir is dead. Mahe passed on in the early hours of Saturday after a brief illness. He was aged 73 years. A statement signed by Governor Ab...
28th December 2024
Fire guts shops, destroys goods worth millions at Nasarawa market
An inferno has destroyed an undisclosed number of shops at the popular Masaka Market in the Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, with goods worth millions of naira going up in flames. The inc...
28th December 2024
Land dispute: Delta monarch urges communities to respect court judgements
The traditional ruler of Ogwashi-Uku Kingdom in Delta State, HRM Obi Ifechukwude Okonjo, has called on communities to respect court judgements concerning disputed lands. The monarch made this statemen...
28th December 2024
FG to investigate Sokoto airstrike, ensure justice, says Matawalle
The Federal Government has announced that it will conduct a comprehensive investigation into the airstrike that led to the deaths of 10 people in Gidan Bisa and Runtuwa villages in the Silame Local Go...
28th December 2024
IG mourns AIG Bola Longe, DIG Moses Jitoboh
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has expressed shock over the death of retired AIG Bola Longe and retired DIG Moses Jitoboh. PUNCH Online reports that Longe passed away on Sunday, De...
28th December 2024
Command not aware of VDM's missing ₦180m – FCT Police
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has stated that it is not aware of, nor investigating, the alleged disappearance of ₦180 million from the account of a Non-Governmental Organisation owne...
28th December 2024
Falana blames Police for deaths in stampedes across Nigeria
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has said the Nigerian Police Force should be held accountable for the deaths of Nigerians during recent food stampedes in Oyo, Abuja, and Anambra States. He made this s...
28th December 2024
Nigerien leader's allegations, despicable propaganda - Presidency
The Presidency has refuted the claims by the military leader of Niger Republic, Abdourahamane Tchiani, that Nigeria is colluding with France to destabilise the West African nation. PUNCH Online report...
28th December 2024
Senator’s billboards removed in Kwara amid rivalry allegations
Billboards belonging to Senator Saliu Mustapha, which had been strategically erected across Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, were removed on Friday. The removal of the billboards came just hours after...
28th December 2024
NDDC to support N'Delta chamber of commerce with N30bn
The Niger Delta Development Commission has promised to galvanise the Niger Delta Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Trade, Mines and Agriculture with N30 billion counterpart fund for the development of y...
28th December 2024
Army committed to addressing security challenges in Kwara - Commander
The Commander of the 22 Armoured Brigade, Sobi Cantonment, Ilorin, Major General Oluwafemi Williams, has reiterated the commitment of the brigade to maintaining peace and addressing contemporary secur...
28th December 2024
Anambra gov aspirant knocks Soludo over rising insecurity, killings
The immediate past Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority and a frontline Labour Party governorship aspirant in the 2025 Anambra governorship election, Dr George Moghalu, has express...
28th December 2024
Trump asks US supreme court to pause law threatening TikTok ban
US President-elect Donald Trump filed a brief Friday urging the Supreme Court to pause a law that would ban TikTok the day before his January 20 inauguration if it is not sold by its Chinese owner Byt...
28th December 2024
India holds state funeral for former PM Manmohan Singh
India on Saturday accorded former premier Manmohan Singh, one of the architects of the country’s economic liberalisation in the early 1990s, a state funeral with full military honours, complete ...
28th December 2024
