THIRTY-five members of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), mobilized for the 2023 Batch A, Stream II service year in Bayelsa, have been sanctioned by the Corps for various offences against the service code. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 21 corps members, who committed various offences, had …

POPULAR Nigerian actor and comedian, Ayo Makun, aka AY, has confirmed that his marriage to his wife, Mabel, has crashed. AY made this known in an Instagram post while reacting to reports that he cheated on his wife with an ex-housemate of BBNaija. The comedian urged Nigerians not to assume …

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has congratulated Alhaji Alliyu  Oduwole, an Ijebu prince, on  his 80th birthday. Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said the President described Oduwole as “an active citizen and believer in Nigeria’s …

ABDUCTOR of two students of the Federal University in Wukari, Taraba State, are demanding a ransom of N50 million in exchange for the freedom of the students. This was disclosed by the head of information and protocol unit of the institution, Ashu Agbu, via a telephone interview. About 90 percent …

Amb. Christophe Bazivamo, the Rwandan High Commissioner to Nigeria has emphasised the need to draw lessons from Rwanda’s genocide experience to tackle ideologies with the capacity to lead to calamities in future. Speaking on Sunday in Abuja at an event organised in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the 1994 …

PETER Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), on Sunday, said he would rather work to ensure peace in the party to overcome its present challenges than leave it. Obi stated this in Gombe in an interview with journalists after inaugurating a borehole he donated to Tike …

MORE than 90 people have died after a boat capsized off Mozambique’s northern coast on Sunday, authorities reported. Those aboard the boat were fleeing a cholera outbreak and were travelling from Lunga to Mozambique Island, off the coast of Nampula, local media reported. The fishing boat could accommodate a maximum …

THE Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunshine and thunderstorms from Monday to Wednesday. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja, forecast sunny and hazy atmosphere over parts of Yobe and Borno states on Monday, with chances of thunderstorms over part of Kebbi. According to NiMet, the remaining parts …

NIGERIANS in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) in the Americas has proposed the inclusion of diaspora absentee voting options to enhance the democratic process and representation in Nigeria’s elections. The organisation made the call in a memo sent via e-mail to the National Assembly and shared with the News Agency of Nigeria …

FORMER Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has predicted that the All Progressive Congress, APC, will sack the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2027 general election. Omo-Agege made this known Saturday when speaking to party faithful in Ughelli, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, who welcomed …