Politics

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, […]

Victims of the February 2026 abduction in Woro, Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, have been reunited with their families after months in captivity. The abductees were rescued on August 4, 2026, during a joint security operation and have since been receiving medical attention in Ilorin, the state capital, […]

Six days after suspected terrorists abducted worshippers during Friday prayers in Niger State, the state government says it is yet to receive any contact from the abductors and is still unable to confirm the exact number of people taken. The Commissioner for Information, Obed Nuhu, disclosed this on Thursday during […]

  Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has promised to reopen Nigeria’s land borders and accelerate the development of ports in the South and South-East if elected president in 2027. Atiku, the African Democratic Congress ADC presidential candidate, pledged in a video shared online on Friday by ADC chieftain Dele Momodu. […]

The Kwara State Government has announced that the monthly Environmental Sanitation exercise for the month of August will take place on Saturday, August 29th, 2026, across the state between the hours of seven o’clock and ten o’clock 7:00 am to 10:00 am. This announcement was contained in a statement issued […]

Norway’s King Harald V has died at the age of 89 after being hospitalized last week for treatment of a rare blood condition. The Norwegian royal palace announced that Harald died peacefully at 06:35 local time (04:35 GMT) on Friday at the national hospital in Oslo. Following his death, the […]