Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, has been laid to rest at the military cemetery in Abuja.
The funeral on Thursday was attended by many dignitaries, which include the Executive Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello and Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq.
Late Arotile, who...
A former Ondo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Eyitayo Jegede, has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary in the state.
With this victory, Jegede is expected to slug it out with the incumbent Ondo State Governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate, Rotimi Akeredolu, at the...
A video has surfaced online showing the execution of five persons by masked men in military camouflage, suspected to be Boko Haram fighters.
A voice was heard speaking in Hausa before the execution, saying that the five persons were working for infidels.
“Those of you that are being used by infidels...
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday depart for Bamako, the Republic of Mali on a one-day visit.
This is according to a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina.
Buhari’s planned visit followed the briefing by the ECOWAS Special Envoy to the country, former...
Another set of beneficiaries have emerged under the social inclusion programme initiative of the Lagos State Government which empowers indigent members of the society for economic independence and self-sufficiency.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Civic Engagement, Princess Aderemi Adebowale, stated this during the disbursement of the funds to 217...
Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has urged the President Buhari-led Federal Executive Council (FEC) to begin in earnest estimates for the 2021 budget and ensure it is presented to the National Assembly by the end of September this year.
Senate President Lawan stated this Tuesday in his remarks after President...
Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe is expected to take over from Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Plc effective January 1, 2021.
The bank disclosed this on Monday in a notice by the Company Secretary, Ezinwa Unuigboje, to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the general...
Senate President Ahmadu Lawan; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; and Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun; have mourned the passing of President Muhammadu Buhari's friend and political associate, Isa Funtua.
They...
Former president Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday met behind closed door to brief President Muhammadu Buhari over the peace efforts in Mali.
Jonathan, who was accompanied by President of ECOWAS Commission, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, to State House in Abuja, also expressed appreciation to the Buhari administration for naming Itakpe-Warri railway complex after...
The remains of President Muhammadu Buhari's friend and political associate, Isma'ila Isa Funtua, would any momemt from now be committed to mother earth in Abuja.
Funtua, a prominent member of the alleged Aso Rock cabal, died Monday night at an Abuja hospital at the age of 78. He was said...
