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The past week was eventful in Nigeria’s South-east, where both shocking and sad events made headlines. It was the last week of April 2024. Here are the highlights of the top stories that made headlines in the region within the past...

The Ogun State Government has sealed off Gasco Marine Ltd, the company whose truck was involved in an accident that caused an explosion in the Ita-Oshin area of Abeokuta North Local Government Area on Saturday. Addressing journalists after sealing off...

Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State inaugurated a 50,000-hectare rice farm at Ndok in Ogoja Local Government Area on Sunday. The initiative is supported by a credit scheme in which the state government allocates N150 million monthly to agricultural...

Following Friday’s tanker fire that killed at least five persons and destroyed several vehicles and houses in the Eleme section of the East-West Road in Rivers State, the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) is seeking safer methods of transporting petroleum...

Days after the conclusion of the governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, a leading member of the Lucky Aiyedatiwa campaign organisation, Alaba Abbey, was assassinated. Some aspirants have contested the outcome of the primaries despite...

Nigeria’s Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has debunked the report of an ongoing N15,000 palliative distribution to citizens across the country. This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday and signed by the ministry’s Director of Information, Patricia...

The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) has approved the recommendations to reposition the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) in order to ensure food security for Nigerians. Chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima, the NCP gave its nod to the recommendations from...

Prophet Metuh, a Nigerian and the general overseer of No Gree For Satan Ministry, who predicted that the world would end on 25 April, has made a U-turn. Mr Metuh, on his X account, said the prophecy didn’t come to...

The immediate-past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has denied paying $720,000 from the state treasury for his children’s tuition fees. The chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede, on Tuesday, accused Mr Bello of stealing...

The Kogi State High Court in Lokoja, on Friday, ordered the chairperson of the EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, to appear before it on 13 May to show why he should not be jailed for allegedly disobeying its order. The judge, I.A....