Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has issued a stern warning to commercial banks operating in the state, threatening to destroy any bank that refuses to accept the old N500 and N1,000 notes. The governor […]

The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has debunked a report in the media that he was flown to London from Dubai for urgent medical attention. The Spokesperson and Director of […]

A yet to be identified man allegedly slumped and died at a bank in Agbor, Delta state after waiting for several hours to withdraw cash. The incident happened inside the banking hall on Thursday afternoon, […]

Senators Put Under Pressure By Tinubu Presidency To Pass 2024 Budget Without Scrutiny Despite reports indicating that the National Assembly would pass the 2024 Appropriation Bill of N27.5tn on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, senators are […]

New Delhi: A marital dispute between a husband and wife compelled a flight to make an unscheduled landing at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport on Wednesday. The mid-air altercation between the couple resulted in Bangkok-bound […]

A South African billionaire family popularly known as Oppenheimer has acquired a controlling stake in one of Nigeria’s prominent can makers, GZ. Oppenheimer Family Buys GZ, Nigeria’s Top Can-Maker Firm The acquisition was completed by Jonathan […]

The Lagos Safety Commission has sealed 19 event centres for safety infractions in the interest of public safety. The Director General, Safety Commission, Mr. Lanre Mojola disclosed this, during an on the spot assessment of […]

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commissions (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said that officials of the Commission are patrolling different polling units where the presidential and National Assembly elections are taking place on Saturday […]

A raving mob of ruling APC supporters attacked a reporter for Peoples Gazette while she was on election duty in Lagos on Saturday. Adebola Ajayi, a Lagos metro beat reporter, saw her mobile phone briefly confiscated […]

Seizes 1.7million Tramadol pills in Lagos as blind grandpa, notorious leper top list of arrests in Osun, Kano, Ondo, Edo, FCT raids Desperate efforts to bring into Nigeria 126.95 kilograms of cocaine and skunk concealed […]

The second term bid of Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State is being threatened by the continued insistence of the G-5 governor to work against… The second term bid of Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo […]

Valentine Onuigbo, Karshi District Labour Party Chairman Dies In His Sleep The Labour Party (LP) Chairman in the Karshi district of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Valentine Onuigbo, is dead. Family members found him to have […]

PVC Collection Centres For Ward Level Collection Names and locations of the Registration Areas (or Wards) for collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) in the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory. Click on the […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the election in the polling unit of Atiku Abubakar, its presidential candidate. With the result of the election, which held at polling unit 12 in Ajiya, Gwadabawa ward […]

Pictures from APC ‘zone A’ rally in Bida township stadium, Bida Local Government Niger Sate. Bida local government area is found in Niger state, Northcentral Nigeria. The headquarters of the area are in the town […]

The protests which happened across the major cities of the state grounded activities and had youths carrying placards expressing their grievances on the situation since Friday.   In what will come across as a rather […]

The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima on Saturday said both kinetic and non-kinetic approaches must be explored in tackling the various security challenges across the country. He stated this at the graduation ceremony of the National […]

Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum has said that Borno state is 90% safe for elections to take place. Responding to questions from reporters at the presidential villa in Abuja on Friday, January 6, Zulum said […]

The management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan has lifted the suspension order slammed on the students’ union of the institution as contained in a press statement issued earlier today.  In a statement from the institution signed […]

Founder of the defunct Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo, has lambasted those saying that Bini people founded Lagos. The argument over ownership of Lagos was reignited after the Oba of Benin, […]

RCCG Assistant General Overseer, Folagbade Aboaba is dead Assistant General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Prof. Folagbade Aboaba has passed on at the age of 90. Prof. Aboaba died on Monday […]

Michael, son of the veteran actor, Emeka Ike has said that he is dead to his father and he does not need anything from him anymore. Michael disclosed this during an interview with Chud on […]

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, said God foiled “deliberate attempts to destroy Nigeria.” Buhari also said the country has “bounced back” from its troubled days; thanking […]

Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, has granted bail to Uyo Senatorial District Senator, Bassey Albert Akpan. The court granted Akpan bail on health grounds pending the determination of an […]

Alhasan Doguwa, the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, said that any leader who can manage four wives and 28 children like him can become Speaker of the 10th Assembly. His statement […]

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Meets King Charles At COP28 in Dubai at the Commonwealth Women Climate Leaders & Small Island Developing States Event. With His Majesty, King Charles III and Secretary General of the @CommonwealthSec @PScotlandCSG. Discussing […]

Doyin Odebowale, the former Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties and Strategy to late Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, said the former governor was weak in matters involving his wife, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu. Odebowale, who claimed […]

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, has recounted how the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, prayed for her to become a minister in the country. […]

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 31-year-old man, Mr Olalekan Rabiu, for parading himself as a medical doctor and operating an illegal hospital. He had been practising and parading himself as the CMD […]

A United Kingdom court yesterday directed Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID) Limited to pay Nigeria £20 million as damages and compensation following the country’s victory in an $11 billion judgment debt which was heard in […]

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has emerged as the winner in Zamfara State. The collation officer for Zamfara State presidential election, Professor Kashim Shehu of Federal University of Birnin Kebbi, […]

Obasanjo Lacks Credibility – Sowore Slams Obasanjo For Condemning 2023 Election Result Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has tackled former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo after he wrote an open letter […]

President Buhari Commissioned The Largest Solar Power Plant In Nigeria The largest solar power plant in Nigeria with 21,000 solar PV panels , two 6MVA transformers and 52 inverters among other facilities, has been launched in Kumbotso […]

A visibly emotional Datti Baba-Ahmed, on Sunday, expressed his displeasure with disparaging comments political opponents have directed at his family, particularly his late father. While discussing the fallout of his political bid on The People’s […]

The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has upheld the judgement of the tribunal affirming Alex Chioma Otti of the Labour Party (LP) as duly elected Governor of Abia State in the 18th March Governorship […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the ongoing re-run elections in 20 polling units in specific constituencies in Enugu, Akwa-Ibom and Kano states. It said this was due to disruptions, irregularities and abduction […]

Australian police said Wednesday they were scouring beaches after mysterious packages believed to contain more than 120 kilograms (260 pounds) of cocaine washed up over the Christmas period. A first batch of 39 barnacle-encrusted, one-kilogram […]

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have unraveled a cluster of cannabis syndicates operating in the Opuje forests in Edo state where massive warehouses and tents storing over 317,417 kilograms (317.4 metric […]