Borno State Commissioner for Poverty Alleviation, Youths and Sports, Saina Buba, has apologised and withdrawn a controversial statement he made during a City Boy Movement engagement in Maiduguri. Buba said his comment was not intended to infringe on the rights of citizens, particularly opposition members, and stressed that it did […]

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and Speaker of the State House of Assembly Yakubu Danladi-Salihu have mourned four members of a family who died in a three-storey building collapse in Ilorin. Governor AbdulRazaq said a government delegation led by Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development Lawal Olohungbebe had visited […]

The Federal Government has made participation in the national tertiary education ranking exercise compulsory for universities, polytechnics and colleges of education across the country. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, announced this on Tuesday in Abuja, saying the ranking framework will now cover the three categories of tertiary institutions […]

Four members of the same family have died after a three-storey building collapsed at Popo Giwa in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Tuesday. The incident occurred at No. 41 Popo Giwa Street, beside Gogoro Mosque, with eight members of the family initially trapped under the rubble. The Kwara State Fire Service […]

The Nigeria Police Force has commenced investigations into alleged inciting comments by Senator Francis Fadahunsi of Osun East, Borno State Commissioner for Youth, Sainna Buba, and Chairman of Kuje Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory, Danjuma Shekwolo. The Force Public Relations Officer, Ani Iniedu, disclosed this at a joint […]

The Kwara State House of Assembly has declared vacant the seats of Hon. Saba Yisa Gideon of Edu State Constituency and Hon. Olushola Odetundun of Irepodun State Constituency following their defection from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party. The decision was taken on Tuesday after the lawmakers […]

More than 1,000 people have been declared dead in Nepal following last week’s catastrophic floods, with over 3,915 others still missing, including at least 583 foreign nationals, according to Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority. The United Nations says more than 10,000 people have so far been rescued, […]