Lekan Sote The Director of the Ekiti State branch of the National Identity Management Commission, Gbenga Ifayefunmi, recently disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari had signed an Executive Order that makes it mandatory for Nigerians to present the National Identity Card before they can obtain Nigeria’s passport. Unlike civil service-wide government circulars issued from the Office […]

Lagos State Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, transmitted the final list of his cabinet nominees to the State House of Assembly. This is coming four weeks after the Governor sent the first batch of the list to the lawmakers for screening. Thirteen Commissioner- and Special Adviser-designates made the second list, which had already been […]

Two communities in Abia State have been severely ravaged by flood. Our Correspondent reports that residents of Umuoriehi/Umuokwenuta and Amuzukwu suffered devastating floods that destroyed household goods, led to building collapse and other devastations running into several millions of naira.

The Southwest chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has urged Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to conduct a proper audit of what transpired during the tenure of the immediate past governor of the state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi. The party said the audit exercise would help the new government to ascertain all the initiatives carried […]

A 43-year-old man, identified as Kabiru Bello, has allegedly committed suicide by drinking a substance suspected to be Sniper. It was learnt that Bello, who lived at No. 77 Owode Ibeshe in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, died in his Volkswagen commercial bus with number plate AKD 724 XM at a mechanic workshop at […]

Ibrahim spoke when he led the traditional rulers from Kogi central senatorial district on a courtesy visit to Bello’s residence in Okene. Some stakeholders in the state have accused the governor of underperforming while workers also complained of being owed salaries. NAN quoted Ibrahim to have said that Bello’s first term was an experimental period where […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sorrow over the death of Madam Rekiya Momoh Bello, the stepmother of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. The President’s condolence message was conveyed in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Tuesday. “The governor’s absence at the meeting […]

Senator Walid Jibrin, the Chairman, Board of Trustees, Peoples Democratic Party has urged Nigerians to embrace the establishment of Rural Grazing Areas programme of the Federal Government. Jibrin told newsmen at his Nasarawa country home on Tuesday in Nasarawa State that the proposed settlement policy for herdsmen would promote peace and security in the country. […]

Sola Shittu Benin National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole has blamed the media for the feud between him and Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State. Arising from a meeting between the duo at Oshiomhole’s Iyamoh residence in Estako West Local Government Government Area of the state which dragged late into the night of […]

Ochei Matthew, Asaba The Divisional Police Officer, Delta State command, who was allegedly kidnapped along Benin-Asaba Expressway on Friday between Onicha-Ugbo and Issele-Uku axis has regained his freedom. A source at the state police command headquarters in Asaba told The PUNCH that the victim was freed by his abductors after paying a ransom of N3 million. The […]