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Benue State House of Assembly has described the invitation extended to Speaker Aondona Dajoh and the leadership of the House by the House of Representatives as an action taken out of ignorance. The House, in a consensus decision rejected the invitation and asked the Speaker to ignore it. The House...

A 22-year-old lady, Joy Tale, has been reportedly killed by her landlord’s son, Odunayo Olomolatan, 41, in Ode-Irele, Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was learnt that the tenant was hacked to death on Monday during an argument. DSP Olayinka Ayanlade, the spokesman for the Police Command in...

Indications have emerged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may release social media influencer Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan on Tuesday. It is also learnt that there are plans to formally charge him to court on Thursday. A senior official within the anti-graft agency, who spoke on condition of...

Out of 1,955,069 candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), over 1.5 million of them scored less than 200 in the exam. The statistical analysis of 2025 UTME result released by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday indicated that only 420,415 candidates scored...

Customers can now book appointments on https://visa.vfsglobal.com/nga/en/gbr/ to visit Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt or Omedel Luxury Hotel in Enugu to submit their applications and enrol biometrics for the summer season. To effectively cater to the growing outbound travel to the UK, VFS Global is proud to announce that residents of Nigeria, travelling to the UK...

Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani said that traditional leaders play key role in the success of the non-kinetic approach in tackling insecurity in the state. He said by sharing intelligence with security agencies. The Governor also said that the state is now one of the most peaceful sub-nationals because there has not...

The internet was abuzz the night of 2025 May Day, as a United States based activist, Dr Sandra Duru, with the moniker Prof Mgbeke, made an expose` on the suspended Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as a manipulator, and embarking on a malicious campaign to malign the reputation...

A chieftain of defunct National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), Musiliu Olakunle Akanni Animashaun, is dead. He died in London last week after an illness. He was 71. Animashaun has been buried in Rochdale, Manchester, according to Islamic rites, and a fidau was held for him yesterday at Levenshulme in Manchester. He survived...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it is yet to fix the date for the resumption of the nationwide continuous voter registration. In a post yesterday on the commission’s X handle, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, said: “The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) wishes to...

Lafarge Africa Plc, a leading innovative and sustainable building solutions company and manufacturer of a range of cement brands, has graduated 30 female truck drivers through its Women on Wheels (WOW) initiative. The new sets of graduates from the Lafarge Driving Institute were unveiled at an elaborate graduation ceremony in...