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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has expressed concern over the growing rate of kidnapping for ransom across the country, saying the trend is causing fear among Nigerians.   Oyintiloye, a former member of the Osun State House of Assembly, urged President Bola Tinubu ...

  Oyo State Police Command, on Sunday, confirmed the arrest of three suspects in connection with the hijacking of a truck loaded with 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit popularly known as petrol on the Ibadan-Ijebu-Ode Road.   A statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso in ...

ABUJA — President Bola Tinubu met on Thursday in Paris with a representative from former U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to discuss the development of a strategic economic and security partnership between Nigeria, Africa, and the United States. According to a statement by Tinubu’s spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, the U.S. delegation ...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Joe Igbokwe, has raised concerns over the perceived marginalisation of the South-East zone in national affairs, warning that continued neglect of the region could have serious consequences for Nigeria.   Igbokwe made the remarks in a statement posted on his ...

  The Senior Director of Breeding and Pre-Breeding at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, Professor John Derera, has expressed concern over what he described as “A loss of 40 per cent of food grown by farmers in Nigeria annually.”   He also valued the total food loss to be ...

A 24-year-old Nigerian man, Mercy Ojedeji, has pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and unlawful use of fraudulent immigration documents in the United States.   According to a statement released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri on Thursday, the plea was entered in a ...

The Nigeria Football Federation has expressed deep sorrow following the death of former Super Eagles captain and head coach, Christian Chukwu.   Chukwu, who captained Nigeria’s 1980 Africa Cup of Nations-winning squad, died in his hometown of Enugu on Saturday at the age of 74.   In a statement on ...

The Secretary to Rivers State Government, Prof. Ibibia Worika, has called on residents of the state to be wary of fake news peddlers.   Worika said the authors of such fake reports are not only intended to misinform the people but to heat the polity.   He also refuted reports ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday, inaugurated the 46.3-kilometres Umuahia-Uzuakoli-Akara-Alayi-Abiriba road reconstructed by Abia State Governor, Alex Otti.   Obasanjo described Otti as a performer and an exemplary leader who has affected the lives of his people positively.   Speaking during the ceremony held at Uzuakoli, Bende Local Government Area, ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that Nigerians have no business being poor with the country’s vast resources.   He said that the nation is abundantly blessed but is suffering from the mismanagement of its resources.   Obasanjo said this at a dinner organised in his honour by the Abia ...