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Sunday Igboho, a self-acclaimed Yoruba activist with the real name Sunday Adeyemo, has vowed that there will be no election in Yoruba land in 2023.   Igboho stated this while speaking with other agitators at a rally held at the Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, Osogbo, the Osun State capital, to demand the Yoruba Nation.   Igboho said that the Yoruba ...

The remaining 29 students abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in Kaduna State have regained freedom. Mr Abdullahi Usman, who is the Chairman of the Parents’ Committee, confirmed the release of the students by bandits to Channels Television on Wednesday in Kaduna. He explained that the victims were released some minutes past 4pm around the Kidanda area in Giwa ...

  Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has said that Nigeria cannot afford another civil war because it will not augur well for the country. Osinbajo said this at an interactive forum of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Anambra governorship aspirants organised by the State chapter of the APC Patriots in Abuja, NAN reports. “The thing about the kind of conflict in ...

The Board of First Bank of Nigeria at its meeting on Wednesday, approved the appointment of Mr Gbenga Shobo, currently Deputy Managing Director, as Managing Director designate of the bank. The lender has also appointed Mr. Abdullahi Ibrahim, as its new Deputy Managing Director. According to the bank, the decision is subject to all regulatory approvals. Shobo succeeds Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan , ...

  Former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday warned of imminent danger over the continuous attacks on schools in the country. Atiku warned that darkness awaits Nigerians if the attacks on schools are not curbed. He spoke while condemning the abduction of three students of the University of Agriculture in Makurdi, Benue State yesterday. ...

  The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Monday announced that another tariff review for Nigeria’s 11 power distribution companies would hold in July. It disclosed this in its notice of Minor and Extraordinary Review of Tariffs for Electricity Transmission and Distribution Companies, a development that might lead to a rise in the tariffs payable by electricity users.    

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has raised the alarm over planned attacks on airports across the country. FAAN said it received an alert from the ministry of aviation over the planned attacks. In a memo sighted by The Nation, FAAN Deputy General Manager of Administration and Logistics, S.M. Mamman, explained the elements were considering carrying out attacks in ...

The Lagos State Government will be diverting the traffic on Adegbola Street from Sunday 11th April, 2021 for 15 months. This is to enable the construction of Ikeja Overpass for the Red Line Project of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit. Commissioner for Transportation Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, in a statement, explained the diversion was in line with the need to preserve ...

West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for private candidates, 2021 – First Series. Speaking at a press briefing on Tuesday, Head of the Nigeria National Office, WAEC, Mr Patrick Areghan, said the examination was primarily designed to help candidates seeking admission to tertiary institutions to reduce the waiting time for results and ...

A feud between Nigerian banks and MTN left millions of subscribers unable to recharge their phones using the USSD services on Friday, after banks shut off the telecoms firm over fees charged for the service. MTN advised its subscribers to seek alternative means of recharging their phones without informing them what the problem was. “Dear Customer, our bank recharge channels are currently ...