Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu announces his withdrawal from Edo governorship race after success in his pre-primary screening.

The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to ban the production, importation, distribution, and use of styrofoam and single-use plastics throughout Nigeria.

It also urged the Federal Government to implement a phased approach to the ban by providing sufficient time for businesses and industries to transition to alternative eco-friendly materials and practices.

Consequently...

The criminal charges reportedly relate to the destruction of Soviet-era monuments. Kaja Kallas has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine defending itself against the Russian invasion.


Russia declared Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas a "wanted" person on Tuesday.

The website of Russia's interior ministry included Kallas in a database as being "wanted under the criminal code."

Estonia's...

Business activities in Asaba and its environs were crippled on Tuesday following the official announcement of the passing of the Asagba of Asaba, Obi Chike Edozien.

Schools, shops and other business activities were shut down just as movements in and out of Asaba were restricted following the passing of the monarch who was aged 100 years.

Our correspondent observed that the popular Ogbogonogo...

Aisha Alkali Wakil, popularly known as Mama Boko Haram, and two others, Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Soyade, have been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for a fraud worth N40 million.

EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale said on Monday Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, convicted the trio of Wakil, Daura, and Soyade after they were arraigned by the commission on tw...

The UK Minister for Business and Trade, Kemi Badenoch has arrived in Nigeria to begin a 3-day visit to deepen the UK-Nigeria partnership.

A statement released by Senior Press & Public Affairs Officer and Comms Lead, Prosperity and Economic Development, Ndidiamaka Eze, disclosed that Minister Badenoch’s visit will take forward ongoing efforts by both countries to boost the UK-Nigeria trade relat...

Tokunbo Wahab is the Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources.

Tokunbo Wahab @tokunbo_wahab

Earlier today, I, the Honourable Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi @seun_osiyemi, the SA on Transportation @Sola_Giwa, the SA on the Environment, Olakunle Rotimi Akodu @rotimi_akodu, PS ODS, Engr. Mahmood Adegbite @mogbite and other stakeholders visited the Oba...

Amnesty International urged Antananarivo to drop the proposed law, saying it would not resolve the problem of paedophilia.

Madagascar’s justice minister defended a new bill Friday to castrate child rapists, with the measure deemed “cruel, inhuman and degrading” by Amnesty International.

The upper house Senate approved the measure permitting chemical and surgical castration Wednesday after it...

ONDO STATE HAS CLEARED SALARY ARREARS.

I wrongly stated that Ondo was still owing salaries on ChannelsTV this morning. That is old information.

Governor Aiyedatiwa informed me this morning that he cleared the remaining one month and is even paying the extra N35,000 top up to civil servants as directed.

Late Governor Akeredolu cleared the 5 out of 6 months arrears left by Former Governor M...

BREAKING: Ex-President Jonathan's Former Aide, Ojuogboh Dies Watching Super Eagles Against South Africa


February 8, 2024

Cairo Ojougboh, a former Presidential Adviser on National Assembly Matters to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has reportedly died, SaharaReporters has learnt.

A family source confirmed the death to SaharaReporters and added that his corpse had been taken to the mo...

King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer, says Buckingham Palace.

It is not prostate cancer, but was discovered during his recent treatment for an enlarged prostate.

The type of cancer has not been revealed, but the palace said the King began "regular treatments" on Monday.

Buckingham Palace says the King "remains wholly positive about his treatment". He will postpone his pub...

The Accountant General of the Federation has said federal workers will start receiving their January salaries from Thursday evening (today), attributing the delay to a glitch from the Government Integrated Financial Management System (GIFMIS) platform.

There have been rising concerns over delay in the payment of January salaries of federal workers. The delay was blamed on the non-conclusion of...

More relief to come for millions of Lagos residents in weeks ahead as Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu reiterated his administration’s commitment to the completion of the second phase of the blue line rail project and flag off the commercial operation of the red project.

He said the red line rail service, when inaugurated in a few weeks, would further ease vehicular traffic congesti...

Vice President Kashim Shettima has revealed that Prof Ishaq Oloyede is the first Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board to have made over N50bn for the Federal Government within a year.

The Vice President, who represented President Bola Tinubu, disclosed this on Wednesday while speaking during a public engagement organised by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Th...

A suspected Malian miner in Ibadan, Oyo State, Sawane Youssouf, on Wednesday, said he neither owned nor rented the house where an explosion was recorded on January 16.

Youssouf is believed to be the owner of the building where the explosion that killed five people, injured 77 persons and damaged 58 houses at Adeyi, Old Bodiji in Ibadan occurred.

The state governor, Seyi Makinde, while giving...