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APC national stakeholders make U-turn, rally support for Tinubu/Shettima ticket
The National stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday appealed to party members to close rank over the choice of Senator Kashim Shettima as the running mate of the presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Youths match to INEC office in Lagos, demands more enrollment machines
A political group, Youths In Politics (YIP), Nigeria on Wednesday staged a peaceful walk to INEC headquarters in Lagos to demand more Voter Enrollment Machines.
Folu Adeboye at 74: We once struggled over “ponmo”- husband
Pastor Folu Adeboye, wife of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God is 74 today. She was born as Foluke Adenike Adeyokunnu on Tuesday 13 July 1948 to Jacob Adelusi Adeyokunnu, a prince of the royal family of Owa Obokun Oji in Ijeshaland, Osun State.
Weekend floods killed seven people in Lagos, says NEMA
Seven people, including three siblings, died as a result of the flood occasioned by heavy rainfall on Friday and Saturday in Lagos, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Wednesday evening.
Akeredolu reshuffles cabinet, assigns portfolios
The two new Commissioners who were sworn in on Wednesday have been given portfolios by Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the Governor of Ondo State.
IGP revokes approval, bans use of SPY number plates Nationwide
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered a total ban on all use of Police SPY vehicle number plates by vehicle owners across the states of the federation without exceptions.
NCDC confirms 357 new COVID-19 cases in three days
Nigeria has confirmed 357 new cases of COVID-19 amid the wave of fresh infections resurging in parts of the country.
One injured, families escape death as building collapses in Lagos
An unidentified man sustained injuries in the wee hours of Wednesday while four families escaped by whiskers after a two-storey building collapsed in Lagos.
Aregbesola: 61,000 terrorists in prisons across North East
Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has said over 61,000 arrested Boko Haram terrorists are in various Nigerian custodial centres in North East Nigeria.
Troops neutralise terrorists, apprehend notorious kidnappers, robbers
The troops of Operation Safe Haven have apprehended two notorious kidnappers — Abdulrazaq Umar and Idris Abdullahi at Heipang in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau.