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Gov Bago bans heavy trucks on Dikko bridge after Niger tanker explosion

Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has banned heavy-duty trucks from plying the Dikko Bridge, following the fatal tanker explosion on Saturday. The governor who visited...

Court bars FRSC from arresting vehicles, penalising drivers with faded number plates

A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos has restrained the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) from arresting vehicles with faded number plates. Justice Akintayo Aluko...

Kwara to employ 1,800 new senior class teachers • to prioritise STEM subjects, rural areas • ⁠applicants will write CBT, undergo drug tests

Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has approved a request of the Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) to hire 1,800 teachers, 100 non-teaching staff, and 200...

Nine Oyo princes fault Owoade’s appointment as Alaafin

Princes from nine royal families in Oyo, collectively known as the Atiba 9, have rejected the appointment of Abimbola Owoade as the Alaafin of...

Zulum condemns boko haram attack killing 40 farmers

Governor Babagana Zulum has condemned terrorists’ attack in the Dumba community, near Baga in the Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. The governor condemned...

Tinubu approves ban on homosexuality in military

Nigeria’s military personnel are now expressly prohibited from engaging in homosexuality, lesbianism, bestiality, cross-dressing, and other acts deemed contrary to the ethics of the...

Policeman in viral naira abuse video detained for misconduct

A yet-to-be-named officer seen in a viral video with Wahab and Raheem, sons of billionaire businessman, Chief Razaq Okoya, has been detained by the...

I grew from almajiri school to become NNPCL GCEO — Kyari

The Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mallam Mele Kyari has disclosed that he went from being an Almajiri school...