The Osi Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubalandland, Chief Gani Kayode Balogun, has tackled the Oluwo of Iwo, Obafemi Abdulrasheed Akanbi, over his support for the Olugbo of Igboland, Oba Frederick E. Obateru Akinruntan, on the installation of Yoruba Obas in the Diaspora.
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Nigerian Army 6th Division, Port Harcourt has handed over three male suspected kidnappers and rapists (names withheld) it arrested to the Rivers State Police Command for further investigation and prosecution.
The Secretary General of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Anthony Sani, has said he would not be surprised if the Sokoto Emirate is broken up, too.
The Nigeria Football Federation has denied that the Super Eagles will play a friendly game with the Atlas Lions of Morocco in France as part of preparations for this year’s Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.
African champions Nigeria intend to take all their opportunities when they clash with the senior women team of Niger Republic in Abidjan on Saturday in order to seal a place in the WAFU Women’s Cup Tournament.
Partners for Legislative Agenda for Nigeria, a coalition of civil society organisations and youth groups, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for reappointing Godwin Emefiele as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted cloudy weather conditions with prospects of widespread thunderstorm activities and showers over most parts of the country on Saturday.
The Presidency has described as an ‘absolute falsehood’ the allegation that the Federal Government gave N100billion to Miyetti Allah, an association of Fulani herders, for ‘dubious reasons’.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria said the collapse of the National Grid on May 8, at 2:32p.m was caused by a multiple tripping on its substation in Onitsha, Anambra.
Troops and some members of Civilian JTF on clearance operation on Friday along the deserted Fuye and Melere villages in Borno, killed seven terrorists after a serious battle with them at Gulwa.
Investors on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Friday reacted negatively to the reappointment of Godwin Emefiele for second term as the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Emirs were appointed on Friday despite a court ruling barring the State Government from going ahead with the appointments
The House of Assembly on Thursday passed a bill empowering the Governor to split the Emirate into four
Speaker of Zamfara State House of Assembly, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji, says there are currently about 30,000 Internally Displaced Persons in the state.
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board said that it would release the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results on Saturday.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said that education was the only bedrock for socio-economic growth of Nigeria.
Workers in the oil and gas sector have said the rejection of Chief Frank Kokori as Chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund was unacceptable.
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto on Friday pleaded with residents fleeing the state and relocating to communities in neighbouring Niger Republic, due to incessant attacks, to return home.
The Information Officer of the Misau Local Government Council, Usman Yerima, confirmed the development on Friday in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.
A prosecution witness, Patrick Ogo, on Friday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court that Kayode Odukoya, Managing Director, First Nation Airways, secured a N1.7 billion loan from Skye Bank with a forged document.