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Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has felicitated with President Muhammadu Buhari on his 80th birthday. Obi prayed to God almighty to grant Buhari, who turned 80 on Saturday, more healthy, fruitful and happy years.The former Anambra State governor stated this in a tweet via his …

An illegal fuel depot has been destroyed by fire in the Adamawa State capital, Yola. The fire broke out late Wednesday evening at the depot, located beside a famous road junction called Roundabout Maidoki, near the entrance gate of the Yola International Airport, Jimeta. Witnesses said the fire started about …

The Federal, States and Local Governments have shared N902.053 billion November 2022 revenue from the Federation Account. This was contained in a statement by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Thursday evening in Abuja. The money which was shared in December, 2022 comprises of distributable statutory revenue of N681.079 …

The woman crushed to death by a passenger train at the Chikakore axis of Kubwa, Abuja, has been identified as Selimota Idowu Suleiman, a staff of NTA Channel 5.  The deceased was on her way to the office when the incident happened at about 10am on Thursday, December 15, 2022.Until her death, late Selimota …

The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has disclosed that his predecessor, Gboyega Oyetola, still went ahead to obtain N18 billion loan despite losing the July 16 governorship election in the state.This is as he also revealed that the state is indebted to the tune of N407.32 billion as of November …

An Upper Sharia Court in Kano has sentenced controversial Islamic cleric, Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara, to death by hanging. The court earlier convicted the embattled cleric after finding him guilty of the charge of blasphemy levelled against him. The judge, in his sentencing, orders the state government to seize the two …

A Florida pastor and his son were arrested Wednesday. Dec. 14, for allegedly fraudulently obtaining $8.4 million in COVID relief funds and using most of it to purchase of a luxury mansion on Disney World property. Evan Edwards and his son Josh — the respective president and vice president of the so-called …

Lifestyle Nigeria gathered that the Polytechnic, Ibadan, has banned pregnant female students and nursing mothers from bringing babies to classrooms and hostels. The polytechnic’s decision was disclosed in a morality code signed by its governing council. The polytechnic said students hugging each other publicly on campus would be suspended for …

President Muhammadu Buhari meets with President Joe Biden meets at the White House on the sidelines of the US-Africa Leader’s Summit on 14th Dec 2022 President Buhari with U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a meeting at the White House on the sidelines of …

Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity has alleged that some Consultants collaborated with staff of the Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST to embezzle N89 trillion collected as the country’s stamp duty. Shehu stated this on Tuesday in his reaction to the accusation thrown at him …