Category: Local

The Governor lamented that Tertiary institutions offer courses that do not produce students who are self reliant. Emphasizing the need to move away from rhetoric […]

Former Kano State Governor and leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has said Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf owes his electoral success to the […]

The Abia State House of Assembly has called for justice for Miss Chinwendu Achumba, a 21-year-old nursing student from Obingwa who was murdered in Imo […]

The commission disclosed this on Tuesday after appearing before the Senate Committee on South East Development Commission at the National Assembly. Senator Orji Kalu, representing […]

A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Somolu Constituency II, Hon. Samuel Apata, has appealed to the leadership of the All Progressives […]

The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), on Tuesday, said the cholera outbreak that began in early May in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state has killed at least […]

There was a panic mood at some schools in Nsukka town and its environs on Tuesday following alleged infiltration of the university community by bandits. […]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Nigeria that its planned $5bn (approximately N7tn) financing deal with First Abu Dhabi Bank carries transparency and refinancing […]

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Olatunji Disu, has ordered Commissioners of Police to impound all vehicles without plate numbers. The order came on Tuesday during […]

The Senate Committee on Public Accounts has issued a one-week ultimatum to the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company (NSPMC), […]

The North-East geopolitical zone may get three out of the 8 Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs) that the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, reployed […]

The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a native doctor, Olorunbukunmi Taiwo, and his wife, Awolegan Omolola Omotola, […]

United States President Donald Trump has vowed a military response after blaming Iran for shooting down a U.S. Army Apache helicopter patrolling the Strait of […]

INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan (SAN), disclosed this at the commission’s second quarterly consultative meeting with leaders of political parties at its headquarters in Abuja […]

The fund will strengthen the operational preparedness of the National Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) and support critical national public health emergency response […]

At least 24 others were injured in the accident. The corporation disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday while providing details of the accident near […]

The move sets the stage for Nigeria’s first comprehensive legal framework for the regulation of cryptocurrency, digital assets and virtual asset service providers. The senators […]

Obi said Nigeria’s total public debt has risen to about N200tn, which he attributed to what he called “imprudent governance” under the current administration. He […]

The development followed the rising incidents of insecurity across the country especially kidnapping of schoolchildren in Oyo, Ekiti, Borno, Zamfara, Sokoto among others. The resolution […]

The governor made the disclosure while receiving a delegation of prominent sons and daughters of Gubio Local Government Area, who paid him a courtesy visit […]