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The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has escaped assassination attempt by gunmen dressed in military uniform along Lokoja-Abuja road. The attack was said to have taken place at 4pm today, October 22, close to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. A statement a few hours ago by the Kogi State Commissioner...

  Prominent Nigerians have confirmed their participation in the Realnews 11th Anniversary Lecture. They include Mohammed Bello-Koko, Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ahmed Kuru, Managing Director, Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Kayode Adebayo, Director of Proceeds of Crime Department, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission...

  allegations untrue, INEC said in a statement   Ahead of the November 11 governorship election in Kogi, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied reconfiguring the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) to favour a political party’s candidate in the state. BVAS is the machine used to accredit voters...

  Unilever Nigeria Plc has stopped production and sales of its home care brands in Nigeria. The company disclosed this in its unaudited interim financial statements released on Friday, October 20, for the nine months that ended September 30, 2023, The decision followed the company’s announcement on March 17, 2023,...

Afe Babalola, the founder of Afe Babalola University in Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), says that the only successful industry in Nigeria today is politics. The legal luminary spoke at the 11th convocation ceremony of Afe Babalola University on Saturday and bemoaned the way politics is increasingly taking precedence over education. The founder...

  Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has said that the state government will continue to support the Government College Ibadan Old Boys Association to lift the standard of education and equally restore the old glory of the school. The governor said this on Saturday, at the Government College Ibadan, while ...

The Economic and financial Crimes Commission,  Enugu Zonal Command, has secured the conviction  and sentencing of twenty five, 25,  internet fraudsters before Justice Nnamdi Dimkpa  of the  Federal High Court sitting in Awka,  Anambra State They were jailed on Friday, October 13, 2023, after pleading guilty to one –count separate charge bordering on impersonation. The Convicts...

Nigeria’s Ambassador to Morocco, Alhaji Mansur Nuhu Bamalli, also known as the Magajin Garin Zazzau and a biological younger brother of the Emir of Zazzau, has passed away. He died at a private hospital in Lagos while in transit to Morocco. A statement from the Zazzau emirate council’s media and...

  The Abuja National Mosque Management Board has denied reports that the Minister of the Federal Capital Terrority, Nyesom Wike, ordered a partial demolition of the National Mosque. Haliu Shuaib, the board’s Director of Finance and Administration, refuted the reports during a press conference in Abuja on Friday. There were...

The Federal Government has approved N35,000 as minimum wage for Federal Civil Servants to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal. This was contained in a memo from the Presidency, signed by the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, Ekpo U. O. Nta. The...