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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of candidates for Ekiti governorship election slated for June 18. This was sequel to the publication of the personal particulars of the candidates last month. The Commission said it ...

No fewer than 301 stranded Nigerians returned home from Ukraine amidst Russian attacks on multiple fronts. The stranded Nigerians, including students from war-torn Sumy, Russia, were evacuated through Budapest, Hungary. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission confirmed their arrival on Saturday ...

ZAMFARA STATE GOVT HOUSE (PRESS RELEASE) GOV MATAWALLE CAUTIONS COLLEAGUES ON WASHING DIRTY LINENS IN PUBLIC Governor Bello Mohammed (Matawallen Maradun, Barden Hausa, Shattiman Sakkwato) has cautioned his colleagues against washing dirty linens in public. Governor Matawalle spoke against the ...

The Nigerian Army says troops of ”Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK)” eliminated 17 Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Damasak, Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno. Damasak, the main town of the Mobbar Local Government Area, is located ...

The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has disclosed that the 73 indigenes of the state and one from Taraba State stranded in Ukraine after Russia’s invasion have successfully entered Budapest, Hungary. The governor who confirmed their arrival and safety through ...

24 February 2022 The member respresenting Ikwo/Ezza federal constituency of Ebonyi State in the House of Representatives, Chinedu Ogah, has rescued 17 teenagers of Ebonyi origin, who were trafficked to Ogun State for menial jobs and prostitution. The trafficked teenage ...

The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, said on Wednesday that at least six vessels ordered by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited had arrived in the country. The Chief Executive Officer, NMDPRA, Farouk Ahmed, ...

*Petrol panic in Lagos, Abuja*NARTO threatens strike over cost*No scarcity of product, says NNPC Queues returned to petrol stations in parts of Lagos yesterday. The fear of scarcity spread across the metropolis. In Abuja, the queues, which have lingered for ...

Adédayọ̀ Òkìkíolú Akóredé Fadlullah was reported dead in a dilapidated hostel room in Lviv, Ukraine a day after he arrived in Ukraine. According to the facebook page of the family relative who shared the news: You left us in a ...

The Federal Government has disclosed that the subsidy of fuel will last for another 18months, pending when an amendment in the Petroleum Industry Act will be forwarded to the National Assembly. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva gave ...