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Angry protesters took to the streets of Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Tuesday, demanding urgent action over the abduction of nine surveyors at Owode Ilu-Abo in Akure South Local Government Area. The victims, all indigenes of Akure, were reportedly on a job site when they were seized by armed...

The State Commissioner for Health, Yanusa Ismail, disclosed this during a press conference in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital.  The Kebbi State Government has confirmed an outbreak of meningitis in three Local Government Areas (LGAs), with 26 deaths recorded so far. The State Commissioner for Health, Yanusa Ismail, disclosed this...

Angry youths in Naka, Benue State, on Tuesday, set fire to the palace of Ter Nagi, Chief Daniel Abomtse, and parts of the Gwer West Local Government Secretariat while protesting the killing of three people. The violence erupted after suspected armed herders reportedly killed three operatives of the Benue Civil...

Former Sokoto State Governor and current Senator, Aminu Tambuwal (Mutawallen Sokoto), has promised that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will reclaim its mandate from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections. He made this statement on Monday during the flag-off of the Ramadan package distribution to the...

In the fourth quarter of 2024 (Q4 2024) Nigeria exported N75.66 billion to African countries. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed this in its document titled: “Foreign Trade Statistics Report (Q4 2024).” The countries Nigeria exports electricity to are Togo, Benin Republic and Republic of Niger. But the report...

BENIN CITY—THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, yesterday, said it has assessed the administration of Governor Monday Okpebholo in the past three months and passed a no-performance vote in it, saying that the people of the state have been suffering across all sectors. But in a swift reaction,...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the renaming of the Federal University of Education in Kano to Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education, in honour of the late statesman and diplomat. Announcing the decision on Monday, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, stated that the move...

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, has officially resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing the party’s deviation from its founding principles and lack of internal democracy. In a statement released on Monday, March 10, 2025, El-Rufai explained that after extensive consultations, he had decided to join the...

A former Minister of Works, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, has claimed that the beauty of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan poses a problem for her in politics, stating that men find it difficult to ignore her presence. Speaking on Arise News on Monday, Ogunlewe remarked that female senators do not consider themselves inferior...

The Police Command in Plateau says cases of ritual killings in the state has become minimal. Plateau State Police Public Relations Officer, Alfred Alabo said this in an interview with reporters on Friday in Jos, stressing that there was no information or evidence about the existence of cannibals or human...