Society & Lifestyle

  Special Adviser on Media and Information Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga, says Nigerians will soon experience a reduction in the cost of living, as the effects of the administration’s economic reforms start to materialise   Speaking to newsmen in Lagos on Sunday, Onanuga stated that the positive ...

  The Kano State Government has declared Monday, June 2, 2025, as a public holiday to mourn and sympathise with the families of 22 young athletes, coaches, and officials, who died in a ghastly auto crash while returning from the just-concluded National Sports Festival in Ogun State.   Governor Abba ...

    The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has stated that the Federal Government did not destroy any property belonging to Landmark Africa during the construction of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway.   The minister disclosed this during the inauguration of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Phase 1 in Lagos on Saturday. ...

    The Kano State Censorship Board has announced a ban on vulgar content displayed on tricycles, popularly known as Adaidaita Sahu, in a renewed effort to safeguard public morality and enforce state regulations.   A statement issued on Saturday by the Board’s spokesperson, Abdullahi Sani Sulaiman, said the decision ...

  The number of corpses recovered so far from the flood that ravaged Niger State communities in Mokwa Local Government Area has risen to 151 with 3,018 persons displaced.   The Niger State Emergency Management Agency, made this known on Saturday morning in a terse statement in which it said ...

  The Olu of Epe Kingdom, Oba Shefiu Olatunji Adewale, has passed away.   The 86-year-old monarch reportedly died in the early hours of Saturday, 31st May 2025.   The 19th ruler of Epe will be laid to rest today in accordance with Islamic rites.   Confirming the death to ...

  There was a dramatic scene at the Federal University Teaching Hospital, Lokoja, Kogi State, on Friday as a man identified as Adamu Muhammed Tenimu, reportedly fainted after receiving the news that his wife had delivered a set of triplets.   The incident occurred shortly after the delivery.   Eyewitnesses ...

  The Oyo State Government said it pays more than ₦1 billion every month on pensioners’ gratuities.   The Commissioner for Information, Dotun Oyelade, revealed this in a statement on Friday.   Oyelade also said that pensioners in the state earn more than in any other state in the federation, ...

  Super Eagles goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali, has announced the burial arrangements for his late parents, Chief Nwabali Godspower Onyekamu and Mrs. Grace Nwabali (née Mmai), describing the moment as one of unimaginable grief.   In a message shared alongside the burial poster on his Instagram on Friday, Nwabali expressed the ...

  The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has commiserated with the Niger State Government on the flood, which has claimed many lives in the Mokwa Local Government Area of the state.   In a statement signed by the NGF chairman, AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq, on Friday, the forum said that it was shocked by ...