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The National Youth Service Corps has released the deployment list for the 2025 Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 prospective corps members, via its official Facebook page and other social media pages today, calling on all Prospective Corps Members to log in to its official portal to check their deployment status. The scheme advised PCMs to print […]

Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s handling of the economy, accusing him of misrepresenting data to mask the country’s deteriorating economic realities. Obi, in a statement posted today via X, referenced a comment made by Tinubu during the 2022 presidential campaign in Delta State, where the […]

The entire Lagos State and parts of Ogun will experience a 25-day power outage, starting from July 28, within the duration of 8am to 5pm daily power distribution companies have said. The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors confirmed that the disruption was a result of maintenance work to be carried out by the Transmission Company […]

The menace of fake and substandard drugs is a worldwide threat to humans and animals. This threat is a rising phenomenon, especially in developing countries where the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, estimates that up to 10 per cent of drugs in circulation are fake or substandard. The situation is worst in […]

Singer, Gabriel Oche Amanyi, popularly known as Terry G, has stated that performing at political events doesn’t make him affiliated with any party, further explaining that he’s an independent artist and was only doing his job by performing at political events. Speaking in a interview, Terry G said it was unfair for fans to judge […]

The funeral prayer (Salatul Janazah) for the late Emir of Gusau, Alhaji Ibrahim Bello, will be conducted at 2.30 pm today (Friday) at the Gusau Central Jumu’ah Mosque. The Chairman of Gusau Local Government Area, Alhaji Abubakar Imam, made the announcement in Gusau on Friday, noting that the remains of the late emir would be […]

The Transmission Company of Nigeria and the Kano State Government have reached an agreement to resolve a protracted legal dispute that had stalled the completion of the Kumbotso–Rimin Zakara 330kV transmission line. The resolution followed a high-level meeting convened on July 21, 2025, by the Kano State Ministry of Land and Physical Planning to address […]

The Federal Government has commenced efforts to rescue and repatriate a group of Nigerian workers stranded in the Central African Republic. This was following a viral video showing the distressed individuals abandoned in the Bambari region, about 850km from the country’s capital, Bangui. In a statement today by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja, […]

The Governor of Cross Rivers state, Bassey Otu, has taken delivery of two new Bombardier CRJ1000 aircraft to tackle flight delays and cancellations. He said the regional aircraft, each capable of carrying up to 100 passengers, are part of the administration’s broader efforts to enhance economic mobility and solidify the state’s position as a leading […]