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Special Adviser on Civic Engagement to Osun State Governor, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has predicted a landslide victory for Governor Adegboyega Oyetola in July 16 governorship poll. Oyintiloye disclosed this on Sunday while addressing…

Kebbi government has allocated 200 hectares of land to a private investor to set up a 5,600 megawatts solar power plant in the state. Alhaji Suleiman Muhammad-Argungu, former Chief of Staff to Gov. Atiku Bagudu, told newsmen in Birnin…

Traders and business centre operators at the University of Abuja have decried low sales arising as a result of the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The strike, already in its fourth month, has seen the absence…

Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has approved the recruitment of additional 500 corps into the State Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Amotekun. This is contained in a statement issued by the State Commissioner for…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a Brazilian returnee with pellets of cocaine concealed in his private parts. This was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by the NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy,…

Help may be on the way for the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, as a good samaritan has offered to donate her kidney to save their daughter, Sonia. The Nigerian lady, identified as Martha Uche, said…

The Nigeria Immigration Service is investigating the authenticity of the passport obtained by Nwamini David, who was alleged to have been trafficked to the United Kingdom for organ harvest by a former Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) “over his failure to probe allegations that over N11 trillion meant to provide regular electricity supply…

The Apapa Area Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency said it seized 19,703.25 kgs of hard drugs, worth over N6 billion between January and June 20. Its Commander, Ameh Inalegwu, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria…

At least, 17 young people were found dead at a nightclub in a township in South Africa’s southern city of East London on Sunday, police said. “We got a report of about 17 people that died in a local tavern in Scenery Park, which is based…