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Yahaya Bello, Kogi State Governor Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has suggested that the Muhammadu Buhari administration lacks what it takes to unite the country and has offered to “do the job” if given the opportunity in 2023. Bello said it was high time the citizens “looked into capacity” if …

The police in Imo State have arrested five suspected members of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) accused of murdering Sergeant Joseph Nwaka of the command’s operations department. The command announced the suspects’ arrest in a statement made available to our correspondent on Saturday. The arrest of one Onyekachi Mmadufor, …

JAMB Registrar Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced a new date for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Registrar of JAMB, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, announced that the examination date has been shifted from June 19 to July 3. He made the announcement at a press conference on Saturday …

Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai Activities at the Kaduna International Airport, Kaduna, would be paralysed from the midnight of Sunday following the industrial action declared in Kaduna by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). Foremost Aviation unions – the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Association of Nigerian Aviation …

Gaza tower housing AP, Al Jazeera collapses after Israeli missile strike in Gaza City on Saturday. — Reuters An Israeli air strike Saturday demolished the 13-floor building housing Qatar-based Al Jazeera television and American news agency The Associated Press in the Gaza Strip, AFP journalists said. Israel “destroyed Jala Tower …

Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu The Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Wednesday, explained why the forum placed a ban on open grazing. Akeredolu, who presided over the Asaba meeting of the governors on Wednesday, during an interview on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, said …

There are heavy gunshots going on in Ogba, Ikeja area of Lagos which started in the morning hours of today, Friday, May 7, 2021. Unconfirmed sources told this newspaper that two commercial motorcycle (Okada) riders have allegedly been killed by policemen from the Ogba Area Command of Lagos State, leaving …

Fourteen passengers, including three children, have been burnt to death in an accident along Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Daily Trust reports that a silver Toyota RAV 4 with registration number, LND 13 GS; a silver Toyota Camry marked, GGE 369 GJ and a Mazda bus with unidentified number, were involved in the …

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended indefinitely its ‘Naira 4 dollar scheme’ earlier scheduled to end on May 8, 2021. It disclosed this on Thursday in a circular to all Deposit Money Banks, International Money Transfer Operators and the general public, titled ‘Re: Introduction of the CBN’s …

The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, on Tuesday, gave the Chairman, Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Danladi Umar, two weeks to defend a petition against him. The Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Ayo Akinyelure, issued the directive when Mr Umar appeared before the committee on Tuesday in …