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  The Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, on Sunday ordered the arrest of the bandits said to have been responsible for the death of three persons, two adults and a minor in Ugboha, Esan South East Local Government Council of Edo State, at the weekend. The governor condemned...

The Joint UN Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) has appointed Wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari as UNAIDS Special Ambassador for the Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Promotion of Treatment for Children living with HIV in Nigeria. Communications and Global Outreach Officer, UNAIDS Nigeria, Mr Charles-Martin...

The Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru, on Saturday assured Nigerians that the era of fuel scarcity is gone for good. Receiving the Man of the Year Award from Nigeria NewsDirect newspaper, the NNPC GMD said that the corporation had learnt a great lesson...

The Kebbi Government on Saturday married off 100 widows and divorcees in a mass wedding held in the palace Emir of  Argungu, Alhaji Samila Mera. The marriages were arranged by the state and Argungu Local Governments to reduce the number of women, widowed or divorced, left to fend for themselves...

President Muhammadu Buhari and many notable Nigerians attended the wedding ceremony between the daughter of Vice President, Damilola Osinbajo and Oluseun Bakare in Abuja on Saturday, 17th March, 2018....

  The Senate has been advised to ignore the reasons given by President Muhammadu Buhari for not signing the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill passed by the National Assembly. It was learned on Thursday that based on the advice from the Senate’s Legal Department, the upper chamber of the National...

    Abdulqadir Bello has been appointed as the new chairman of the Board of Directors of Transcorp Hotels Plc. This follows the resignation of a former non-executive director and chairman, O’tega Emerhor. This was disclosed in a press statement signed by Transcorp Hotels’ Group Company Secretary, Helen Iwuchukwu, on...

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has announced the appointment of 60 judicial officers in 25 states of the federation. Acccording to the press statement  by NJC’s Director of Information, Soji Oye:  “The under-listed are the names of the Sixty (60) successful Judicial Officers recommended by the National Judicial Council at...

  The General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has expressed displeasure with the killings of people by Fulani herdsmen in Benue State and other parts of the country. The man of God alongside his wife, Folu condoled with Governor Samuel Ortom and prayed for the government...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it will support Nigeria’s Power Sector Recovery Programme (PSRP) in three areas of operational and technical intervention, governance issues and policy based support. The bank disclosed this in Abuja on Friday in a statement signed by Fatimah Alkali, Senior Communications Officer in Nigeria Country...