The abductors of Nollywood stars, Clemson Cornel, well known as Agbogidi, and Cynthia Okereke, have demanded $100,000 ransom for the victims’ release. This was disclosed by the President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Rollas Ejezie, on Saturday. The police...
The Jigawa State Government has engaged private Fulani veterinary officers to assist cattle breeders against cattle diseases in the state. The Jigawa State Chairman of Miyettti Allah Kautal Hore, Malam Umar Kabir Hadejia, disclosed this while distributing vaccines to the...
The Chairman of Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Isa Salihu Bashar Kalanjine, alongside eight councillors of the LGA have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Kalanjine, who is an ally of...
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to embark on industrial action if its demands are not met by the Federal Government within two weeks. NARD made this known via a communique jointly signed by its President Dare...
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has denied stopping the senators elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from defecting from the party. Lawan described as “falsehood” the reports making the rounds that he stopped the senators who...
United States President, Joe Biden, has again tested positive for COVID-19. The presidential physician, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, in a statement, said Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday morning. O'Connor said the President tested negative on Tuesday evening, Wednesday morning, Thursday...
No fewer than 54 healthcare workers have been infected with Lassa fever in the country as 164 people have died from the disease in the first seven months of 2022. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said this in...
Some stalwarts of the ruling All Progressives Congress, on Saturday, stormed Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, to attend the wedding ceremony of the daughter of the party’s vice-presidential candidate, Sen. Kashim Shettima, and the son of former FCT Minister,...
The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Engr. Babachir Lawal, and ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Saturday, visited Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The latest development is...
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has urged the Federal Government to reach out to people with genuine concern to help it in addressing the security challenges bewildering the country. Kwankwaso made the...