Lobi Stars head coach Eugene Agagbe has urged his players to concentrate on delivering a composed and determined performance in the matchday four clash against Katsina United. The Pride of Makurdi will square up against Katsina United at the Muhammad…

The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, 1st October 2024, a public holiday to commemorate the Nation’s 64th Independence Day Anniversary. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on Saturday on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement…

The Nigerian Navy said its troops of Operation DELTA SANITY have recorded significant successes in the fight against crude oil theft and other maritime crimes in the Niger Delta region, as they arrested eight suspected crude oil thieves and destroyed…

The Rwanda Government has confirmed cases of Marburg cirus disease. In a statement on Friday, the country’s health ministry said the cases were confirmed in a “few patients” in health facilities. Marburg virus is a highly infectious haemorrhagic fever in…

The police in Lagos will not take it lightly with troublemakers during the approaching 1 October protest, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State command, Olanrewaju Ishola, has said. Mr Ishola, on Friday, warned everyone partaking in the protest to avoid…

Israeli airstrikes target Hezbollah leader, headquarters, cause multiple explosions in Beirut Beirut’s Dahiyeh suburb was rocked by multiple explosions Friday evening following a targeted Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah’s central headquarters. The attack, part of Israel’s ongoing efforts against Hezbollah leadership,…

An explosion tore through a service station in Russia’s Caucasus republic of Dagestan Friday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 11 others, the emergency situations ministry said. Two children were among the dead, the ministry added on social media…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has approved a lawsuit seeking to compel the Federal Government to investigate allegations linking the Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, to banditry in Zamfara State. The suit, brought by human rights…

The Director-General of the National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, on Thursday, expressed concern over the high level of fake, substandard and falsified drugs in the country. She stated this during a one-day sensitisation campaign…

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe, has insisted that those who will rescue Nigeria is not yet born. Igbokwe made the remark in the wake of the high cost of food prices in the country. Posting…

Seven months after it began negotiations that ended with N70,000 as the new minimum wage, the Federal Government on Thursday began payment of the new salary and its consequential adjustments to public servants across all levels of the federal civil…

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, granted bail to Isaac Bristol, who was arrested in connection with online activities of “PIDOM Nigeria” on X, in the sum of N5 million with one surety. Mr Bristol denied being PIDOM…

Marvelous Cyril, 27, and Nnenna Cyril, 21, both grappling with the debilitating effects of muscular dystrophy, have faced unimaginable battles since childhood. For these residents of Madalla, a community on the outskirts of Abuja, their lives have been marked by…

The Lagos State Police Command has commenced the trial of its personnel who allegedly extorted N1 million from some members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The Command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in an X post on Friday.…

Tributes have continued to pour in for the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, as he celebrated his 70th birthday on Friday. Dignitaries, including former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Ogun State Governor,…