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Timi Frank, a former Deputy Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says some unnamed “desperate” politicians are working to overturn the mandate of Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun State. It would be recalled that, a three-member panel of the appeal court held that the election tribunal erred when...

  About 1,052 people have been killed, 4,227 abducted and 648 injured in in Kaduna State in 2022. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this  on Wednesday during the presentation of a report on the state of insecurity in the state for 2022....

  The Debt Management Office (DMO) has debunked claims that Nigeria defaulted in loan repayment to China. In a statement on Wednesday, the DMO said it was quoted by a media report as saying that the country failed to fully service its debt to China, which had accumulated to N110.31...

  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that the death toll of Lassa fever in Nigeria so far this year has risen to 151 from the previous 148. In its 14th-week Lassa fever situation report, the NCDC said there had been a total of 869...

    The Federal Government of Nigerian has declared Friday, April 21 and Monday, April 24, as holidays to celebrate the 2023 Eid el-Fitr celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola made this disclosure through a statement issued by the permanent secretary, Shuaib Belgor, on Wednesday, April 19 Aregbesola,...

The National Vice Chairman (North West) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Mohammed Lukman has given the party’s national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu one week to commence the process of convening the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting. In an open letter addressed to Adamu and dated April 19, 2023,...

In its quest to curb road crashes, and unnecessary traffic gridlocks on the highways, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has mobilized adequate logistics and personnel for the 2023 Eid-El-Fitri celebration to enhance visibility and guarantee safe travels for all road users before, during and after the celebration in Nigeria,...

The management of Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso has banned students from driving or bringing cars to the campus. The Registrar of the institution, Dr. K.A. Ogunleye, in a memo, said the decision was reached at a management meeting on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. It reads: “Vehicles owned by students...

Policemen have arrested a Point of Sale operator who reportedly went on a spending spree after N280m was erroneously transferred to his account by a commercial bank. The POS operator identified as Alfa Rafiu was arrested by the police on Monday in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. PUNCH Metro gathered that...

  The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Senator Aishatu Dahiru, better known as Binani, has denied allegations that she paid some staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), including Hudu Yunusa Ari, a Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the poll, to declare her winner of...