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President Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of Nigeria’s first Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Mobolaji Ajose-Adeogun, who passed on last Saturday in Lagos. Chief Ajose-Adeogun who died at the ripe age of 96 was appointed the Minister of Federal Capital in 1976 by the Murtala Mohammed military...

Barring last minute changes, a planned mass protest will erupt in the city of Kano anytime from next week, as a fallout of the recent removal of fuel subsidy by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu. Reliable information at the disposal of this medium indicate that a former labour union leader, Alhaji...

A group, Mbegir Humanitarian Initiative, is set to organize a street walk in support of women suffering from breast cancer in Nasarawa State. The Initiative made this known via a statement issued by its chief executive officer, Rahab Elisha, in Lafia, on Tuesday. According to the statement, the group, unhappy...

The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested one of the former commissioners that served under Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and four others over allegations of one billion naira fraud. The reinstated anti-graft boss in the State, Barr Muhyi Magaji Rimin Gado, had promised that everyone accused of...

The 1 Division Nigerian Army inter-brigade warrant officers and senior non commissioned officers competition has opened in Kaduna with 150 athletes competing in various games. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the athletes are from 31 Brigade in Niger, 3 Brigade Kano and 1 Division Garrison Kaduna. The...

Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has imposed a dusk to dawn curfew in Bakassi and Akpabuyo Local Government Areas of the State. The curfew which starts today 3rd July 2023 is between 7 o’ clock in the evening to 6 o’clock in the morning. This, according to a...

The Lead Pastor of The Evening Church in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Pastor Runcie Mike, is dead. He died on Saturday 1st July few hours after preaching at burial service of a church member who was buried on Friday. Before the burial he posted on his wall:” I don’t even know...

The Management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says it is aware of the worries of corps members over the delay in the payment of their June 2023 monthly allowance. The Scheme attributed the delay in the payment of June allowance to “administration of funds by various banks”. In...

The Zonal Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, South-East Chapter, Alhaji Gidado Siddikki, has claimed that its members are being detained without trial at different correctional centres in Anambra State. Siddikki also alleged that some of its members have been labelled as kidnappers, armed robbers and clamped...

Some gunmen attacked the Redeemed Christian Church of God at Abule-Ori in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State on Saturday, killing the pastor and abducting seven worshippers. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred around 12 am during the vigil. Confirming the incident, the State So-Safe Corps Commander,...