The Nigerian Senate was thrown into mourning on Saturday after the death of one of its members representing Bauchi South Senatorial District, Senator Ali Wakili. The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, described Senator Ali Wakili as a vibrant lawmaker and…
President Muhammadu Buhari would not be attending his scheduled meeting with other heads of African Union at Kigali, Rwanda. Sources at the Presidency revealed to Newsmen that the President would not be attending the event but reasons for the cancellation…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has uncovered an illegal voter registration centre in Offa, Kwara State. INEC Administrative Secretary in Kwara, Mr Paul Atser, made this known in a statement in Ilorin on Friday. “It has come…
A police sergeant, Mr. Oluwole Oke, has been accused of physically assaulting the Osun State Commandant, Peace Corps of Nigeria, Mr. Paul Ayinde, after confiscating the uniform of the corps member. The commandant told correspondents on the telephone on Friday…
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye has visited Benue State where he prayed that God should bring an end to the continuous bloodshed occasioned by incessant attacks by herdsmen. He said the killings…
A Yoruba socio-cultural group, Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide, says President Muhammadu Buhari should not be condemned for withholding his assent on the amended Electoral Act passed by the National Assembly. Mr Oladotun Hassan, the President of the group, made…
The body of a yet to be identified man was found dangling on top of a hanging transformer in Barnawa area of Kaduna State, early yesterday. The man was said to have been electrocuted while attempting to vandalize the transformer…
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has said one of his daughters wants to succeed him as the second most ranked Muslim leader in Nigeria. Sanusi revealed this in an interview with Financial Times. “My daughter wants to be…
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday, inaugurate National Food Security Council with the aim of evolving sustainable solutions to protracted violence being unleashed on farmers by herders. This is as the death toll in the attacks by herdsmen on Oganenigwu in…
In an unending season of high profile marriages involving the children of top politicians, successful businessmen and celebrities, it was a roll call of crème de la crème of eminent personalities, political office holders, captains of industries and diplomats, who…