The Government of the United Kingdom on Thursday deported 28 Nigerians for committing immigration-related offences in the country. The Nigerians were sent back home barely 48 hours after 23 Nigerians were deported from Spain and five days after another batch of 34 were jointly deported by the
Four people, including a graduate, were feared dead on Thursday following a crisis that erupted between neighbouring Ilofa and Odo-Owa communities in Oke-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara State. Scores of other victims with gunshot injuries were said to have been rushed to the hospital for treatment as many houses were allegedly razed in the […]
Okun indigenous groups and township associations in Lagos on Thursday said they are in support of the electoral processes to recall Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West Senatorial District from the Red Chamber. The group in a statement signed by Rotimi Ajibulu and Adebukola Ebenezer, said Okun residents in Lagos are very happy with the […]
The Director-General National Biotechnology Development Agency NABDA, Professor Lucy Ogbadu has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged N23 million fraud. The spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement he issued on Thursday. Uwujaren said Ogbadu was picked up by EFCC operatives in Port Harcourt, Rivers
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has expressed sorrow over the death of a former Governor of Taraba State, Mr. Danbaba Suntai, describing him as a man of peace. Saraki, in a statement on Thursday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, said the demise of Suntai had robbed Nigeria […]
Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, says most of the politicians calling for restructuring are “opportunists”. Speaking on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on Thursday, el-Rufai said those who have presidential ambition were exploiting the restructuring call. The governor said majority of the people who are clamouring for restructuring do not have “concrete








