Year: 2017
Price of local rice rises, tomatoes crash in Jigawa
Prices of locally produced rice have shot up by more than 20 per cent in Hadejia, Jigawa. Checks at Hadejia…
Buhari to attend inauguration of Ghana’s President-Elect, Akufo-Addo
President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja on Saturday for Accra, Ghana, to attend the inauguration of Ghana’s President-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo.…
Oyo awards N10bn Eleyele-Eruwa road
The Oyo State Government has approved the reconstruction of Ibadan-Eleyele Junction-Akufo Junction–Eruwa road at the cost of N10, 396,614,557.49. The…
Lagos Speaker supports online verification of number plates
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has described the introduction of a website, through which motorists…
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Court orders forfeiture of $153,310,000 belonging to Alison-Maduekwe
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Southwest Nigeria on Friday ordered temporary forfeiture of the sum of $153,310,000, which…
Ban on Private Revenue Collectors: Civil groups backs Obaseki
More commendations have continued to greet the prohibition of private revenue collectors announced by Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki,…
Dismissed Police Officers: Angry Governor Wike spits fire
Governor Nyesome Wike of Rivers State is angry. He is angry over the dismissal of six police officers attached to…
BoI disburses N3.1bn to 14 microfinance banks -MD
The Bank of Industry (BoI) says it disbursed N3.1 billion to 14 microfinance banks under its Bottom of Pyramid (BOP)…
Rivers rerun: Police sack 6 aides attached to Wike
The Nigeria Police Force has sacked six police officers attached to the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike for exhibiting gross…
Sick Nollywood actor thrown out of hospital
Well meaning Nigerians have not seen it all as every day different ailing Nollywood actors spring up begging for financial…
SERAP demands immediate release of arrested journalist by Akwa Ibom govt
emmanuel udomSocio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called for the immediate and unconditional release of a newspaper publisher, Nsibiet…
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Pictures: GLO-CAF awards in Abuja
The 2016 Glo/CAF Awards held on Thursday in Abuja. Leicester City and Algeria forward, Riyad Mahrez clinched the top prize…
Prices of second-hand clothes soar in Kano
Prices of second-hand clothes, especially cardigans, socks and sports wears have gone up in Kano as the intensity of harmattan…
2017: Governors tasked on workers’ salaries
A lawyer and activist, Mrs Theresa Mbanefo, on Friday, appealed to state governors to ensure prompt and consistent payment of…
Nasarawa government revokes 36 SUBEB contracts
Nasarawa State Government has revoked 36 ongoing contracts, awarded by the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) for flouting contractual…
NUPENG suspends strike, work resumes at Total Blending Plant
Normalcy on Friday returned to Total Nig. Plc Blending Plants, Lagos, after four days of protest by the NUPENG members…
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Dognapped, Nollywood’s first live-action animated comedy film
For their first feature-film collaboration, KayKas Studios, Drama King Productions and Reel Laif Productions present Nigeria’s first live-action animated comedy…
Magistrates, other judicial workers begin strike on Monday
Nasarawa workers under the aegis of the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), the Magistrates Association of Nigeria (MAN) and…
Police arraign unemployed for groundnut oil theft
A 25-year-old unemployed man, Stanley Adeyunju, appeared in a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Friday for alleged theft of…
Price of Kerosene up by 60 % in Kaduna
The price of Kerosene, an essential household commodity, has increased by 60 per cent in Kaduna, from N1,100 a gallon…
Falana accuses BATN of dehumanizing Nigerians
A former staff of British American Tobacco Nigeria, Oluwasegun Falana, has accused the company of dehumanising Nigerians working with conglomerate.…
NIMC begins enrolment of U-16 children
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in Kebbi has commenced the registration of under-16 children in the state. NIMC State…
Iron bender jailed 3 months for stealing tv
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in FCT on Friday sentenced a 28-year-old Iron Bender, Ignatius Simon, to three months…
FRSC Zonal Commander decorates 15 promoted senior officers
Mr Abdullahi Ringim, the FRSC Zonal Commanding Officer, in-charge of Adamawa, Taraba and Gombe, on Friday in Yola decorated 15…
Buratai urges soldiers to be vigilant
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has charged personnel of the Nigerian Army to remain vigilant in spite…
Recession: Nigerians advised to embrace family planning
Prof. Suleiman Adeniran of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), has advised parents to…
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CAF Award: Fans hail Super Falcons, Oshoala
Football enthusiasts on Friday lauded the Super Falcons and Asisat Oshoala for winning the 2016 Glo/CAF best female team and…
NCC arrests 25 suspected pirates, seizes N76.5m goods
The Lagos Zonal Office of the Nigerian Copyright Commission says it arrested 25 suspected pirates and seized goods worth N76.6…
Ex-convict arraigned in Katsina for motorcycle theft
An ex-convict, 25-year-old Fahad Yau, who allegedly stole a motorcycle, is to cool his feet in Katsina Prisons until February,…
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Obama shows Trump he’s still in charge, releases detainees
The supremacy battle between outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama and the incoming president Donald Trump continued on Thursday with the…