The death toll in the accident at the annual Calabar Carnival in Cross River State has increased to eight. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Cross River State, Maikano Hassan, disclosed this on Wednesday. The Star...
The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, George Obiozor, has reportedly died. It was gathered that Obiozor died of a heart-related disease on Monday, December 26. A chieftain of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the apex Igbo body would not announce...
The Senate has passed the 2022 Supplementary Budget of N819.5 billion. The budget was passed on Wednesday after the chairman of the appropriation committee, Jibrin Barau, presented a report to the lawmakers at plenary in Abuja on Wednesday. Barau recalled that...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has denied committing himself to offset the arrears of salaries owed members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) by the Federal Government. The ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, had...
Osun State Governor, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, has ordered the immediate suspension of the project consultant for the Ilesa Water Project, Tawa Williams, over the circumstances surrounding the handling of $106 million loan for the project. Adeleke also ordered a full-scale...
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged security agencies that would be engaged with various support services in the 2023 general election to maintain a high sense of professionalism. Buhari urged the agencies to handle the distribution and monitoring of classified materials...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, says politicians were using religion and ethnicity to promote division in their campaigns. El-Rufai said politicians using religion as a campaign tool in the country should be punished, adding that Nigerians should take religion out...
The five aggrieved governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), known as G-5 or the Integrity Group, are set to meet with the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, to...
An elder statesman and billionaire businessman, Aminu Alhassan Dantata, says he no longer enjoys life and hopes to die soon in good faith. Dantata said he has travelled to all the states in Nigeria and has made a lot of...
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that he has parted ways with his predecessor in office, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, stating that the former governor gave a false impression of his personality to him. Speaking exclusively with THISDAY newspaper...