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The National Coordinator, Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) and promoter of Olokun Festival, Otunba Gani Adams, has appealed to states and federal governments, as well as parents and guardians to promote the development of cultural values through the teaching and learning ...

The Nigerian military on Thursday convicted a Brigadier General, Enitan Ransome-Kuti, blamed for the loss of Baga in Borno State to Boko Haram insurgents in January. Mr. Ransome-Kuti, son of Beko Ransome-Kuti, a foremost Nigerian pro-democracy activist who died on ...

A former Governor of Akwa Ibom State and incumbent Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, was on Friday arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. An aide to the former governor, who cannot be named because he is not ...

Lagos – Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Friday engaged the military to conform to the state traffic and environmental laws. Ambode, represented by his appointee, Dr Idiat Adebule, made the claim at the Lagos House, Alausa amid a ...

The Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai has charged troops to be determined in the battle against terrorists as the eventual fate of the nation relies on them. The Army Chief said this in an special message to ...

Former Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), was among the star attractions at the screening of ministerial nominees, yesterday, as the Senate cleared 18 nominees for ministerial appointment. We have collected some of his photographs at the senate to tell ...

  Repentant Niger-Delta militants, under the umbrella of the Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators, NCNDE-A, have applauded President Muhammadu Buhari over the choice of his ministers. They noted that the nominees currently undergoing screening at the Senate were well qualified. ...

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has disclosed that citizens need to pay taxes so that the state can be less dependent on its rather insufficient monthly share from the federation account. The Governor observed that the nation has reached ...

The Igbo Speaking Community in Lagos State, on Thursday declared that the people of South-East resident in the North had been the major target of the Boko Haram insurgency. The socio-cultural group equally accused successive administrations in Nigeria of a ...

Wife donates model school to orphanage EKITI State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose yesterday reviewed his one year in office and declared: ‘I have done well’. His wife, Feyisetan do­nated a model school to the Erelu Angela Adebayo Children’s Home in ...