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JUST IN: Three die as helicopter crashes in Opebi, Lagos

About  three persons died on Friday after a helicopter crashed into a residential neighbourhood in Opebi, Lagos. It was gathered that the helicopter crashed at...

Ex-Gov of Delta, James Ibori on the verge of losing £117m worth...

Former governor of Delta State is on the verge of losing £117m worth of properties to the United Kingdom has moved to as he...

Buhari attends second virtual ECOWAS meeting on Mali crisis

President Muhammadu Buhari, alongside other Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) has attended the second virtual...

NUJ directs members to boycott Fani-Kayode’s press conference

The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Akwa Ibom chapter has ordered its members not to attend a press conference called by a former Minister...

COVID-19 total infections hit 53,317 with deaths toll of 1,011

The Federal Government through the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 296 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. The agency  made this...

Blasphemy: I will not waste time in signing death warrant of Shariff, Ganduje vows

The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has vowed to sign the warrant for the execution of a 22-year-old Aminu Yahaya Sharif over the...

FG postpones resumption of international flights to Sept 5

The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Musa Shuaibu Nuhu, says that the Federal Government  has postponed the resumption of international flights earlier...

UNILAG: Presidential visitation panel calls for memoranda from stakeholders

The seven-man visitation panel set up by the federal government to investigate crisis in the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, has called for memoranda...

After weathering the storm, Akinwumi Adeshina re-elected AFDB President

After weathering the stirm, Akinwumi Adesina has been re-elected as President of the Africa Development Bank by its Board of Governors. Thus was confirmed by...

Obasanjo absent as Buhari summons Council of State meeting

President Muhammadu Buhari has held meeting with past presidents in the Council of State’s meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Past president at the ongoing...