An 84-year-old man, Gabriel Ahuwa, has been arrested for allegedly killing his 75-year-old wife for denying him sex. The Edo State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, who announced the suspect’s arrest at a press conference in Benin, the state capital, on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, said the octogenarian …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, boosted the morale of public servants in the state with a surprise reward for some outstanding personnel, assuring that his administration would continue to show commitment to the needs and prioritize the welfare of the workforce to increased productivity. The governor gave …

The Anambra State Government yesterday disowned those parading themselves as members of a taskforce on indecent dressing. Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo, stated this during a chat with reporters, describing the act as illegality targeted at tarnishing the image of the government. Obinabo was reacting to a …

First Lady Oluremi Tinubu says Nigerians cannot wait for government to do everything. She said this yesterday while hosting the National Executive of the National Council for Women Societies (NCWS) in her office at the State House, Abuja. We cannot wait for government to do everything. We must lend a …

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has appointed former Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Festus Keyamo, Aviation Minister. Ajuri Ngelale, Presidential spokesman, confirmed the portfolios at Aso Rock on Wednesday. Below are the ministers and portfolios Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy …

Jigawa State Government has received a total sum of N28 billion special grant from the federal government to ease the headship occasioned as a result of fuel subsidy removal. This was disclosed by the state commissioner of Budget and Economic planning Babangida Umar Gantsa while briefing newsmen on the outcome …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited has secured a $3 billion crude repayment loan to support the naira and stabilise the foreign exchange market. NNPC Limited secured the funding from the AFRIEXIM bank headquarters in Cairo. The NNPC Ltd. and AfriEXIM bank have jointly signed a commitment letter and …

A 26-year-old undergraduate student of Guidance and Counseling, Lagos State University (LASU), Ademola Ayinla Timothy, has reportedly been killed in an auto crash in Ogun State. Timothy, it was gathered, had left Lagos at about 6:45am on Tuesday, August 15, 2023, in a blue Lexus car, marked BDG 979 HD, …

Former First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, has paid a courtesy visit to the First Lady, Mrs Remi Tinubu, at the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday. The former First Lady described the visit as a solidarity to assure Mrs Tinubu of her support.   She also assured Nigerian women that First …

A Minna Senior Magistrate Court sitting in the Angwab Daji community of Chanchaga Local Government Area of Niger State and presided over by Hafsatu Abdul Bawa Wuse has ordered the remand of a 55-year-old man in a correctional facility for allegedly having unlawful canal knowledge of a six-year-old minor. Yau …