Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has accepted his defeat in the March 18 governorship election. The incumbent governor was defeated by the PDP gubernatorial candidate, Dauda Lawal Dare.
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Aminu Danmaliki, a 60-year-old man, alleged to have married an 11-year-old girl in Kano State, said his wife is 21 years old. Nigerians had condemned the man after images of
The Boko Haram terrorist group has reportedly established a recruitment base in Dinallahi village located about 10 kilometres south of Diagorou in the Tillaberi Region of the Republic of Niger.
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has been reelected for a second term in office. Zulum, a candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was declared the winner of the
Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, on Monday declared that his re-election for a second term in office was the will of God and a collective struggle of the
Jigawa State Governor-elect, Malam Umar Namadi, said that his victory in last Saturday’s governorship election is a victory for the people of the state. Namadi stated this in a statement
The Umar Ganduje-led Kano government has appealed to the All Progressives Congress, APC, members and loyalists to stay calm after the outcome of Saturday’s election. Abba Kabir Yusuf of the
The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has defeated the All Progressives Congress, APC, to win Saturday’s governorship election in Kano State. Abba Kabir Yusuf of the NNPP was declared winner
The Kano State government has imposed dawn to dusk curfew with a view to avoid breakdown of law and order following tensions generated from the collation of results of the
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Friday said that the video showing Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives in Kano State, firing an AK-47 rifle while guided
The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has called off its planned protest against the director of the Department of State Security (DSS) in the Kano State, Alhassan Muhammad, over alleged
On Tuesday, people in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and several other regions of the country breathed a sigh of relief at the sight of the old N500 and N1000
Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has cautioned Nigerians that rejection of the old naira notes constitutes a criminal offence. AbdulRazaq also advised residents of Kwara State, particularly traders, to
Kaduna residents flooded commercial banks on Tuesday following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s directive that old N500, N1,000 notes be remain valid legal tender until December 31. Many commercial banks’
Business owners, traders and transporters in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, are defying the Central Bank of Nigeria’s directive on accepting old N500 and N1000 notes as legal tenders 17
A mother, Adamo Yunusa, and her son, Saeed Yunusa, have been arrested for alleged assault on a 12-year-old girl, Sukura Suleiman. The Gender Unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil
The Nigeria Army on Monday, said it remained neutral and apolitical in the discharge of their duties.Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director Army Public Relations in a statement on Monday, said
Wata gobara ta tashi a kasuwar Singer ranar Lintinin, ta haifar da asara mai ɗinbin yawa. Rahotanni sun ce wutar ta ƙona dukiya wadda har yanzu ba a iya tantancewa
The police in Niger State have nabbed four youths in connection with the restiveness that rocked the Minna metropolis and its environs which resulted in several residents sustaining injuries and
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Sunday decried the maltreatment of residents of the state by banks which refused to collect old N500 and N1,000 notes. The Osun State government
