President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed that special prayers and thanksgiving service be held on Wednesday 29 March instead of the yearly birthday colloquium, to mark his 71st birthday The special prayers will be held in Lagos and other parts of the country, according to a statement by Tinubu’s spokesperson, Tunde Rahman on Monday. The statement indicated that for …

Three persons have been confirmed dead while two others sustained serious injuries when a tanker with a substance that was suspected of being a Premium Motor Spirit, which is known as petrol, crashed at Lafenwa in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. According to the Federal Fire Service officials, the incident occurred when the tanker lost control and rammed into two …

Benue State House of Assembly member-elect for Gboko-West constituency, Mr Aondona Dajoh, has escaped assassination. Hoodlums were said to have ambushed him while driving home Thursday night. Though he escaped by the whisker, his vehicle was burnt to ashes. It was gathered that unknown persons had attacked the member-elect at Gyado Junction in Gboko Local Government Area of the state …

The re-arraignment of former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Dibu Ojerinde and 10 others before a Federal High Court in Abuja has been stalled due to the failure of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) to produce the defendants in court. The ex-jamb registrar, who is already facing trial on N5 …

Jigawa State government has reduced the official working hours in the state by two hours during the 2023 Ramadan period. This was contained in a statement signed by the State Head of the Civil Service, Hussaini Kila and issued to newsmen by his Public Relations Officer, Ismail Dutse. According to the statement, civil servants in the state would report to …

No fewer than 25 people lost their lives in Udubo along Hadeja-Potiskum road in Gamawa Local Government Area of Bauchi State following a fatal crash. Ten others sustained varying degrees of injuries in the lone crash involving a Toyota Hummer Bus. The crash occurred on Thursday at 4.30 pm. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp, Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi …