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An Abuja High Court has remanded a former Minister of State for Power, MOHAMMED WAKIL, in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of corruption....

There was pandemonium at the Oja Oba Area of Akure, the Ondo State capital, this morning as members of the state chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers NURTW engaged in a free for all....

The Ogun State government has taken delivery of an initial set of 50,000 doses of the AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine, out of the 100, 000 doses available in the first batch....

At least 17 people have died and more than 400 have been injured in a series of explosions near a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea.The country's president, TEODORO OBIANG NGUEMA said the blasts in the main city of Bata were caused by "negligence" around the storage of dynamite at the barracks.President NGUEMA said in a statement that the impact of the explosion "caused damage in almost all the houses and buildings in Bata", and...

The Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, BAMIDELE OLEYELOGUN and some civil servants have been invited by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) over alleged multimillion Naira fraud rocking the Assembly.The antigraft agency also invited the Chairman, House Committee on Tertiary Education, FELEMU GUDU BANKOLE and Clerk of the Assembly, BODE ADEYELU.However, two civil servants of the Assembly, OLUSEGUN KAYODE OYADEJI and O.J. AFOLABI were...

The First Lady of Nigeria, AISHA BUHARI, has sent a goodwill message to Nigerian women on the occasion of the International Women’s Day.In a message posted on her official Twitter Handle, the First Lady, lamented the continued abduction of women and girls in Nigeria by bandits and terrorists, and called on all stakeholders bring the abductions to an end.She added that the Women’s day celebration offers another opportunity for humanity to review ...

The Ondo State Governor, ROTIMI AKEREDOLU has approved the appointment of 19 Permanent Secretaries, three Tutors-General, and the state Statistician-General.The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, RICHARD OLATUNDE, announced the appointments in a statement. Governor AKEREDOLU while congratulating the new appointees, urged them to see their new positions as a challenge to work more and rededicate themselves to the service of the state....

The United Kingdom and Ghana have signed a new trade agreement worth 1.6 billion dollars that will allow free access and tariff reductions for certain goods between the countries....

The decision of the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuffs and cattle Dealers of Nigeria to boycott supply of foodstuffs and cattle to the south from the north has led to scarcity and price hike of food and cattle....

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor MAHMOOD YAKUBU, has called on the National Assembly to support the commission in creating additional polling units in the country....