After 17 years of inactivity, Okin Biscuits has resumed production on one of the rehabilitated production lines at its factory in Ijagbo, near Offa in Kwara State, a development that could pave the way for the popular indigenous biscuit brand’s…

Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Allied Peoples Movement in Ekiti State on Thursday converged on Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, to strategise for grassroots mobilisation in support of the presidential bid of Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde,…

Ghana has declined a donation offer of GH¢20 million (N2.4 billion) from MTN to support Ghanaian victims of the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. It declared that…

A two-year-old boy kidnapped from Bunyia Iruan community in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State has been rescued after two suspected kidnappers were apprehended by youths in Ogberia Ochoro community in the Mbube area of Ogoja Local Government…

Adults aged 50 and over are becoming more visible in West African drug operations, although data availability and official understandings of this phenomenon vary across states. Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) website suggests that at least 32 people…

The presidential candidate of the Democratic Leadership Alliance, Moses Adebisi, has declared that he will become Nigeria’s youngest president if elected in the 2027 general election. Adebisi, who said he is 35 years old and a Harvard University PhD candidate…

African countries need better systems for tracking public debt and stronger parliamentary scrutiny of government borrowing, said some development experts said on Wednesday. They spoke at the sixth African Conference on Debt and Development (AfCoDD VI), organised by the African…

Two Nigerian sisters from Corby, United Kingdom, Stephanie and Isabel Offor, have celebrated a remarkable academic feat after graduating with First Class Honours in the same academic year. The Northamptonshire Telegraph reported on Wednesday that Stephanie studied mechanical engineering at…

The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has said that about 26,000 children enter custodial and remand facilities in Nigeria every year, with 74 per cent held in pre-trial detention and 68 per cent having no lawyer…

The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Ojo Adekimi, has commenced an unannounced operational inspection of police divisions and formations across the state to assess officers’ readiness, discipline and working conditions. The exercise, which began on Wednesday, saw the commissioner inspect…

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has clarified that the controversial N30,000 taxi fare for trips from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, was not a rate newly imposed by the authority or introduced through its Airport Car Hire Rank…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Plateau State University, Bokkos chapter, has declared an indefinite strike over what it described as the university management’s failure to resolve six outstanding demands. The union announced the industrial action on Wednesday after…

The wife of embattled Delta State content creator, Ifeanyi Ogbonna, popularly known as Odogwu of Asaba, has defended her husband against allegations that he raped 20-year-old Favour Agbro, saying he only had an affair with the deceased. The woman, whose…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the forfeiture of cash and assets worth more than $500 million to the federal government in the past three years, the commission’s chairman, Ola Olukoyede, has said. Mr Olukoyede said this…

The Abia State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nigerian Railway Corporation to enable the state to construct an access road across the railway corridor linking Okpara Square and Akanu Ibiam Street (Goodshed) to Bende Road in…