Robbers behead security men in Ilorin as Lagos police arrest cultists

Armed robbers on Saturday night attacked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) mega station in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The gunmen were said to have struck after workers at the station had left the station for their homes. During the bloody incident, the armed robbers beheaded a sergeant and some security personnel attached to the […]

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I stopped Ajimobi from squandering N7.6b – Makinde

Oyo State Government has dismissed the alleged misinformation, misconception and outright mischief in the interpretations being given to the N7.6 billion agriculture loan, which the state government last week secured the nod of the state House of Assembly to access. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, at the […]

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PDP, APC crossfire ahead Supreme Court’s ruling on Atiku’s appeal

As Nigerians eagerly await the determination by the Supreme Court of an appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, against President Muhammadu Buhari’s declared victory at the February 23 election, his party and the ruling All Progressives Congress have intensified the fight to assert their credibility. Spokesman for President Buhari, Mallam […]

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Thugs attack Oshiomhole’s home, police cordon off area

Edo State Police Commissioner and an aide to the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, have given different versions about an alleged attack on the ex-governor’s country home in Benin. A group of youths suspected to be political thugs on Saturday evening reportedly attacked Oshiomhole’s residence in the Okoroutun area of […]

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Experts cautious on reported oil discovery in northern Nigeria

say environmental challenges, insecurity, production cost bane of further exploration Commercial viability of find critical Exciting as the news of the reported discovery of hydrocarbon deposits in the Kolmani River II Well on the Upper Benue Trough, Gongola Basin may be, stakeholders have insisted that the development would only be meaningful after the volume of […]

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Uproar as Kwara assembly seizes Saraki’s properties, PDP alleges vendetta

Two trending issues recently involving former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki and Kwara State government are those of the seizure by the government of Saraki’s sprawling house, code-named Alimi chalets at Government Reservation Area (GRA), Ilorin, and the alleged rejection by the state government of some instructional materials he donated to students of some primary […]

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I was away from Nigeria on vacation – Aisha Buhari

Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, has denied there was any rancour between her and her husband, which allegedly forced her to stay away from the country for an unusually extended period. She spoke on her arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja via a British Airways flight. Specifically, she told reporters of the […]

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