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The Ogun State House of Assembly has passed a resolution, calling on the government and all security agencies to place a ban on street carnivals and usage of fireworks during the coming yuletide. The passage of the resolution followed an extended debate of a motion moved by the Majority Leader, Yusuf Sheriff, seconded by a member representing Ijebu North 1 State Constituency, SYLVESTER ABIODUN and supported by all the lawmakers at a...

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has returned to the country after 16 days of official engagements in Europe and South Africa. The President arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja from Durban, South Africa, where he had attended the 2nd Intra-African Trade Fair 2021. Before the South Africa visit, he had participated in the Paris Peace Forum in France, where he was a...

The Super Eagles secured a 1-1 draw with Cape Verde in Lagos to reach the final round of African qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup finals. The Eagles scored in the opening minute through VICTOR OSIMHEN, after he utilized a cross from MOSES SIMON. The Eagles were pegged back about five minutes later from a MENDES STIPORA goal, after he headed in from a corner-kick....

The former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Ogun State, AKINGBOLAHAN ADENIRAN has denied claims that he resigned from office due to massive corruption in the state government. AKINGBOLAHAN ADENIRAN, in a statement, said that he resigned from office on November 8, 2021 due to personal reasons.  The former Attorney-General, said that contrary to reports, the pre...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a three-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to address all issues reached in the December 2020 Agreement. ASUU President, Professor EMMANUEL OSODEKE said this while addressing newsmen in Abuja, after the National Executive Council meeting of ASUU. Professor OSODEKE warned that the union would embark on another nationw...

The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Police Brutality has concluded that the Nigerian Army shot and killed unarmed protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate on October 20, 2020. The report of the Panel which was submitted to Governor BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU at the Government House in Ikeja, said that the manner of assault and killing could in context be described as a massacre. The Panel also fou...

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Anambra State, has described the recently concluded governorship election as a huge fraud. The state Chairman of the Party, BASIL EJIDIKE, said this during a press conference in Awka, the state capital, while reacting to a statement that the APC in the state has congratulated the Governor-elect, CHARLES SOLUDU. According to him, the party is la...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has warned the Federal Government that rising electricity and cooking gas prices will worsen the economic hardship of Nigerians. These were among the resolutions passed by the Christian Association of Nigeria at its 4th quarterly National Executive Council meeting at the National Christian Centre in Abuja.  CAN also criticized the go...

About 51,000 residents of Nasarawa State comprising orphans, almajiri children and the aged have been enrolled in the State’s Health Insurance Scheme.  Executive Secretary of the Nasarawa State Health Insurance Agency, Dr GAZA GWAMNA, made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen on the agency’s programmes in Lafia, the state capital.  He explained that the...

The six persons abducted from the University of Abuja in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have regained freedom. They were rescued about three days after gunmen attacked the staff quarters of the university in Gwagwalada Area Council of the nation’s capital. In a statement today, the spokesman for the FCT Police Command, JOSEPHINE ADEH, confirmed that the victims were res...