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The Kwara State Fire Service has recovered the body of an 80-year-old woman who died in a building gutted by fire in Ilorin, the state capital . Head of Media and Publicity department of the service, Hassan Adekunle, in a statement disclosed that the fire incident occurred at number 43 …

No fewer than 1.6 million candidates have been registered for the 2023 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) at the close of registration. The Registrar of the Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this at the end of a joint monitoring exercise with the Permanent Secretary, …

Jumia, a pan-African e-commerce platform, says it laid off over 900 workers in order to reduce its cost of operation. The company, in its 2022 fourth quarter (Q4) financial report released recently, said the cut represents 20 percent of its general workforce. Jumia said it experienced an operating loss of …

 Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission from engaging the services of the chairman of the Lagos State Parks Management Committee, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, to distribute election materials in the state pending the hearing and …

Event: Possible Protests Leading to Elections and Restricted Movements on Election Days – February 25 and March 11 Nigerian national elections are scheduled for February 25, 2023, and gubernatorial elections are scheduled for March 11, 2023. The Government of Nigeria will restrict the movement of all personal vehicles on election days …

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM, has cautioned Nigerians travelling to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia without proper documentation as Saudi authorities have heightened a clampdown on irregular migrants. A statement by NiDCOM said its attention had been drawn to a communication from the office of the Secretary to the …

Meta platform users will soon be able to follow in Twitter denizens’ footsteps in affixing a blue badge to their profiles as a token of authenticity and boosting their posts – all for a fee. Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg announced the subscription service for platforms Facebook and Instagram on Sunday, …

The two- week competition is the largest arts and culture festival in the world. The country was represented by Ekiti State Performing Company, for performance content, and Niger State Tourism Commission, for Crafts Exhibition. Prof Ojo Bakare, renowned professor of Choreography and and Performannce Aesthetics and immediate past Commissioner for …

Shaffy Bello, a Nigerian actress, has said she wants a companion and not marriage.In the latest episode of ‘Mercy’s Menu’, the actress also described herself as “a one man kind of woman.” Shaffy said she wants to settle with a man but not in a marriage setting.“I am a one …

Some commercial sex workers in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have decried low patronage in their business due to the scarcity of Naira notes. Some of them who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday, said the scarcity of the notes was a threat and had crippled …