UPDATED: ONDO DEPUTY GOVERNOR RENOUNCES PDP
The Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi, has resigned his membership from the Peoples Democratic Party. Ajayi, who lost the primary of the PDP to Mr Eyitayo Jegede, was…
LEBANESE EXPLOSION FALLOUT CONTINUES , PM TO ANNOUNCE RESIGNATION OF CABINET
Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab was expected to announce his government’s resignation Monday amid popular outrage over the deadly Beirut port explosion that has reignited angry street protests. The under-fire…
MAKINDE FIRES WORKS COMMISSIONER THEN REDEPLOYS TWO OTHERS
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has sacked the Commissioner for Works, Infrastructure, and Transport, Prof. Raphael Afonja, from his position. Governor Makinde, in a letter dated August 10, signed…
288 NEW RETURNEES FROM UAE, BRINGING TOTAL TO 2,641
At least 288 Nigerians stranded in the United Arab Emirates due to the coronavirus pandemic have returned home, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has said. Announcing via Twitter on Monday,…
KANO COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR BLASPHEMY
A Kano Upper Shari’a Court on Monday sentenced a 22-year-old man to death by hanging for blaspheming Prophet Muhammad. The Presiding Judge, Khadi Aliyu Muhammad Kani, gave the judgement after…
BREAKING :JAMB ANNOUNCES NEW DATE FOR POST-UTME SCREENING 2020
The 2020/2021 post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination screening will commence in Nigeria’s higher institutions on September 7. The agreement was reached at a meeting between the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board…
FG SETTLED RX-PHCN WORKERS WITH N409.9BN~ BPE
The Federal Government has so far spent N409,915,331,675.45 on the payment of severance and death benefits of ex-employees of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, the Bureau of Public…
BANDITS ABDUCT ZAMFARA COUNCILLOR, FIVE OTHERS
Six persons, including a former councillor have been kidnapped by bandits in Jangeme village of Wanke district of Gusau Local Government Area, Zamfara State. Those kidnapped are, the former councillor…
KADUNA KILLINGS: EIGHT SUSPECTS ARRESTED BY TROOPS
Troops of Operation Safe Haven in charge of maintaining peace in Plateau State, parts of Bauchi, and Southern Kaduna on Monday said eight persons have been arrested in connection with…
INSURGENTS MAKING MORE RECRUITS, SAYS NORTH-EASTERN GOVERNORS
State governors from the North-Eastern part of the country on Monday met with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on the deteriorating security situation in the zone and appealed…
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Governor Diri dethrones Bayelsa traditional ruler
Hollywood director jailed for defrauding Netflix of $11 million meant for TV series































































































