Lawal is facing criminal prosecution alongside three others namely: Hamidu David Lawal (his younger brother), Sulaiman…
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UI gets new acting VC
At a Senate meeting held on Monday morning, Ekanola won with 275 votes to defeat four…
Insecurity: Group to hold rally in support of Buhari Dec. 1
The National Rebirth Movement sees this rally as highly imperative to set the records straight and…
Ebonyi broke as Govt borrows N800m to pay Nov salaries, Umahi reveals
“This is end times as predicted in the Bible, the situation in Nigeria is totally because…
Presidency blames slain rice farmers for their ordeal
The Presidency has blamed the 43 rice farmers killed in Borno over the weekend for not…
Blackout looms as Power Grid collapses
The nation’s power grid has collapsed again, plunging parts of the country into a total blackout…
First Bank wins Great Work Place Award
By Ade Jacobs The First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) group’s commitment to providing good quality…
Six confirmed dead along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
"Honda Pilot Jeep, marked LSR 525 FY, was on “excessive speed, lost control of the vehicle…
ASUU to call off strike, as FG offers N70bn
The union had embarked on an indefinite strike in March over non-implementation of agreements and resolutions…
Bayelsa picks medical bills of Police shooting victims
...this is in line with the Federal Government's directive to pardon convicts and decongest the prisons…
Gombe governor pays condolence visit to Dr. Pantami over daughter’s death
By Deborah Hassan Gombe State governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has expressed deep sorrow over…
Kano Hisbah bans ‘Black Friday’
By Deborah Hassan The Kano State Hisbah Board has ordered a radio station in…
Environment Minister seeks media partnership on e-waste management
By Idris Salisu Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor, has called for collaboration between…
Tambuwal emerges Digital Governor 2020
Sokoto also became the first state to host 1,000 entrepreneurs on live training program, increased budgetary…
Bank manager bags five years for N27m theft
Justice Onyebueke convicted and sentenced the accused to prison, with an option of restituting the sum…
Why Ndume was granted bail
ustice Abang ordered the senator to produce one surety who, in addition to being a resident…
JUST IN: Shell loses Supreme Court application to review Ogoni N17bn judgment
By Ife Osemedua An application filed by oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), requesting…
Daughter’s wedding leads man to suicide in Kano
“Our father was battling with psychological trauma and he is also poverty-stricken. More so, my sister…
Man alleges threat to life from herdsmen in Akure
“They pulled down my perimeter fence, worth hundreds of thousands of naira, accusing me of blocking…
Alleged CBN looting: Gowon dismisses claims by British lawmaker
By Ife Osemedua Former Nigerian Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, has described the…
Netherlands returns smuggled 600-year-old Ife antiquity to Nigeria
“The smuggler ultimately passed through the airport in Ghana before getting to Europe in 2019."
EFCC arraigns ex-Imo Commissioner for N180m alleged fraud
“That you, Prince Lasberry Okafor Anyanwu a.k.a Lasberry Okafor sometime between the 6th day of November,…
Sokoto Govt, UN sign N4.9bn SDGs Implementation Work Plan
"We are going to commit ourselves to the work plan...SOSG will make provision in the budget…
Gov. Obiano eulogises Nwobosi, describes him as a legend
"Despite suffering a mortar injury that affected his spinal cord during the Nigerian Civil War, he…
Court fixes date for continuation of Nnamdi Kanu’s trial
A lawyer in a sister case, Mr E. Ejiofor told the court that Kanu’s lawyer had…
Court yet to grant Ndume’s bail application
Justice Okon Abang adjourned for ruling after Ndume’s lawyer, Marcel Oru, argued the bail application, which…
Despite Amaechi’s apology, Kaduna-Abuja train breaks down at 2am
"This is 2am, tell us what the problem is. You cannot stop us in the middle…
Reps threaten to remove NEMA, NEDC from Ecological Fund
“Curiously enough, Agencies like NEMA and NEDC have refused to date, to respond to several appeals…
Tambuwal: Sokoto Govt To Establish New Hisbah Board
Presenting the report to Governor Tambuwal, the chairman of the committee, who is also the Waziri…