Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom on Saturday commended President Bola Tinubu for extending the Renewed Hope Conditional Cash Transfer initiative to over 27,000 vulnerable residents of the state.   A statement issued by the governor’s aide on entrepreneurship development, Meflyn Anwana in Abuja disclosed that each beneficiary ...

  Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Yusuf, has ordered a full-scale investigation into the alleged involvement of the State Commissioner for Transport, Alhaji Ibrahim Namadi, in the controversial bail of a suspected drug baron, Sulaiman Wawu.   The governor’s directive follows public uproar and mounting concern after reports emerged that ...

  A financial technology company, OPay Digital Services, has called on corporate organisations, public institutions, and well-meaning individuals to increase investment in the educational needs of schoolchildren across Nigeria.   This appeal was made during the recent unveiling of the Back-to-School outreach held at Government College Ibadan, Oyo State.   ...

  Several persons were feared dead on Friday night after a trailer lost control and rammed into them along the Chisco Park Junction in Amichi, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State.   It was gathered that the fatal accident occurred around 9:30pm when the driver of the trailer ...

  Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has extended condolences to the government and people of Zamfara State over the passing of the Emir of Gusau, Dr. Ibrahim Bello.   In a condolence message addressed to Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State, Idris described the late monarch as a man of ...

    The Naira closed the week on a positive note, gaining 4.52 kobo against the U.S. dollar at the official market on Friday.   According to the latest figures from the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Naira traded at N1,534.72 per dollar.   The figure represents a modest gain ...

  Russia struck several regions of Ukraine overnight, officials said Saturday, reporting one person killed in Dnipro, while Moscow said two people died after a Ukrainian drone attack in the Rostov region.   Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov said one person was killed in a high-rise apartment complex.   Across the ...

    The Ogun State police command on Saturday said that its Anti-Cultism Unit in collaboration with other tactical squads have arrested two soldiers and 20 others suspected to be cultists during a midnight raid on Hilton Hotel, Osiele, Abeokuta. The Spokesperson of the state police command, CSP Omolola Odutola, ...

  The Ogun State Police Command is investigating the death of a 16-year-old boy, Lawal Wahab, whose mutilated body was discovered days after he was declared missing.   Wahab, who was living with his grandmother, was reported missing by his father, Lawal Olumide, before his decomposing remains were found on ...