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Ekiti intensifies fight against TB with free screening, sensitisation campaign.
By Bolanle Lawal
The Ekiti Government has intensified efforts to combat tuberculosis (TB) through advocacy and free screening to mark the 2026 World Tuberculosis Day.
Health workers,...
Top Stories
Police detain 4 for allegedly impersonating Wike, defrauding military officer of...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested four suspects for allegedly impersonating the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to defraud a senior military...
POLITICS
Party unity takes centre stage at APC North-West congress in Kaduna.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday held its North-West Zonal Congress in Kaduna, with a strong call for unity and consolidation of party...
Soludo orders suspension of absentee workers after surprise visit.
By Lucy Osuizigbo-Okechukwu
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has ordered the suspension of civil servants who were absent from duty as at 10 .00 a.m....
Reps push for improved funding for electricity as FG inaugurates NELMCO...
By EricJames Ochigbo
The Chairman, House Committee on Power, Rep. Victor Nwokolo (APC-Delta), has called for increased and prompt funding of the power sector to...
METRO
Akwa Ibom leaders urge National Assembly, independent bodies to investigate abuse...
Statesmen in Akwa Ibom State have called on the National Assembly and other independent bodies in Nigeria to look into unbudgeted emergency expenditures in...
Abacha hotel: El-Rufai agrees to out-of-court settlement
The Kaduna State High Court presided over by Justice Hannatu Balogun was on Wednesday told of plans to settle the dispute between the state...
Suspected thugs allegedly attack Kwara APC Chair
Suspected thugs have allegedly attacked the state chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Hon Bashir Bolarinwa and other members of the executive council. The...
NATIONAL
Electricity tariff increase: Stakeholders give conditions to NERC
Electricity stakeholders, Thursday, asked the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, to exercise caution in its planned review of the electricity tariff in the country.
They...
Coronavirus: NAHCON opens up on Saudi Arabia’s suspension of lesser Hajj
Following the suspension of lesser Hajj by the authorities of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the fear of coronavirus, the National Hajj Commission of...
Nigeria consumes 38.2m litres of petrol daily — DPR
After many years of opacity and difficulty in determining the country’s actual fuel consumption, the regulatory authority of the Nigerian petroleum industry, the Department...
SPORTS
Two Laos footballers get life bans for match-fixing
Two Laos national team footballers have been handed life bans over alleged match-fixing in a four-goal friendly defeat to Hong Kong, the Asian Football...
Goodbye, tennis: Sharapova announces retirement
Five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova, one of the world’s most recognisable sportswomen, on Wednesday announced her retirement at the age of 32. “Tennis...
Super Quadri shows class in Tunis
From all the 16 players competing in the 2020 ITTF Africa Top 16 Cup, Aruna Quadri, showed his status as the Nigerian remains unbeaten...
OPINION
Apostle Suleman faults critics of Adeboye’s marriage comment on twitter
Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries has faulted those criticizing Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, over his...
Men should not marry women who can’t cook – Pastor Adeboye
Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has pointed some qualities his male members should look out for before marrying...
Church eviction: Our story by, M.K.O. Garden residents
When the news that the residents’ association of the M.K.O. Abiola Gardens Estate, Alausa area of Ikeja, Lagos had prevented members of the Redeemed...
ENTERTAINMENT
Chiwetalu Agu debunks death rumour, says he’s hale and hearty
Nollywood legend, Chiwetalu Agu has debunked rumours trending on social media that he is critically sick and needs financial assistance to get treatment.
Chiwetalu Agu...
Nigerian film, ‘The Delivery Boy’ screens at Pan African Film Festival
Award-winning film, ‘The Delivery Boy’ has screened at the Pan African Film Festival (PAFF).
Report tells that PAFF, held from Feb. 12 to Feb. 23,...
Nigerian film ‘Eyimofe’ lands international sales deal
‘Eyimofe (This is My Desire)’, a Nigeria-America co-production has landed a sales representation deal, in advance of its premiere at the Berlin International Film...
CELEBRITIES
Chiwetalu Agu debunks death rumour, says he’s hale and hearty
Nollywood legend, Chiwetalu Agu has debunked rumours trending on social media that he is critically sick and needs financial assistance to get treatment.
Chiwetalu Agu...
CRIME
Troops sustain pressure on terrorists, receive escapees in Borno.
Operations
By Sumaila Ogbaje
Abuja, March 26, 2026 (NAN) Troops of Joint Task Force North-East, Operation Hadin Kai, have sustained pressure on terrorist elements in Borno...
Police detain 4 for allegedly impersonating Wike, defrauding military officer of...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested four suspects for allegedly impersonating the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to defraud a senior military...
Customer stabs, kills one AEDC worker, injures another
Tragedy struck Tuesday as two staff of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, were attacked by an angry electricity consumer in Kabusa area of Abuja...
