FCTA demolishes 2-storey building for contravening land use act

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Friday, February 5, 2021, demolished a two-storey building located…

Education minister announces visitation panels to 25 polytechnics, 21 COEs

The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has released the list of Visitation Panels to 25…

Silverbird Extraordinary Man Award: Another feather to Wike’s cap

By Paulinus Nsirim Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike is not a stranger to receiving awards or attracting…

Couple, daughter killed in Anambra church

The police in Anambra State have launched an investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the killing…

Kano Govt. Arrests 500 beggars

The Kano State government says it has arrested 500 beggars for allegedly violating the law that…

Anambra partners Air Peace to attract Embraer Service Centre to the state

The Anambra State government has set in motion the machinery to work with West Africa’s leading…

Wike denies insulting Tinubu, says media report malicious

By Ife Osemedua The Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has denied a media report…

Two bag 35yrs imprisonment for land scam in Enugu

Justice R.O Dugbo Oghoghorie, of the Federal High Court, Enugu on Wednesday February 4, 2021 convicted…

EFCC nabs fake medical doctor in Uyo for alleged N13m employment scam

Operatives of the Uyo zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on February…

Imo North bye-election: Ararume loses at Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday, February 5, dismissed two appeals by Senator Ifeanyi Ararume, in which…

NDDC’s Administrator harps on security in Niger Delta

The Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Efiong Akwa, has stressed the…

Obiano declares curfew over rising spread of Covid-19 in Anambra

By Saidu Idris The Governor of Anambra state, Willie Obiano, has approved the introduction of curfew…

NUJ FCT calls for immediate release of kidnapped Punch reporter

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council, has called for the immediate release of Okechukwu…

Wife of abducted PUNCH correspondent recounts ordeal

By Moses Okorie Mrs. Oluchi, wife of the abducted journalist working with PUNCH newspaper, at its…

COVID-19: NCDC registers 14 deaths, 1,340 new Infections in one day

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 1,340 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing…

Cancer Care: FG approves 12 additional hospitals for chemotherapy

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has approved 12 additional hospitals for chemotherapy in the…

Gov. Ganduje cautions against inciting preaching

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has cautioned Islamic scholars to desist from making inciting statements,…

Sokoto: NGO sensitises border communities, religious leaders on Covid-19

St. Bakhita Initiative, an NGO, commenced a three-day sensitisation programme on COVID-19 prevention for border community…

The significance of Igbo traditional titles, by Uche Nworah

Igbo Kwenu! Nke Onye Chilu Ya Zelu In this instalment of Igbo Culture Knowledge Series (ICKS),…

Soyinka is sui generis, by Olukorede Yishau

Is blood really thicker than water? Should a father be afraid of his son? How far…

Buhari nominates ex-service chiefs for non-career ambassadors

President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of the immediate past Service Chiefs to the Senate…

APC Membership Registration: Buni charges members on Covid-19 protocol

Yobe state Governor and Chairman APC Caretaker Extraordinary/ Convention Planning Committee has charged members of the…

Kuchazi, Ex-P&ID’s Commercial Director gets bail

A former Commercial Director of Process and Industrial Development, (P&ID) Limited, Mohammed Kuchazi who is being…

Fulani herders’ menace and ambivalence of South East Governors

By Emeka Alex Duru Ordinarily, the declaration by Ebonyi State governor, Dave Umahi banning open grazing…

Fashion designer convicted for cybercrime in Ibadan

The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, February 4,…

Surety forfeits property to FG as Maina’s son, flees to the U.S.

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja on February 4, 2021, ordered…

2023: Tinubu’s fading influence in APC

…As party’s registration and re-validation exercise pitch loyalists against the establishment By Peter Obiechina This is…

ALGON canvasses 4-year tenure for council chairman

The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), has canvassed for a four-year tenure for Local…

DPR clarifies crude accounting process

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has clarified the process it uses for accounting for crude…

Court orders reopening of Wuse, UTC markets in FCT, imposes N50,000 fine

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) mobile court has ordered the reopening of Wuse, UTC markets…