Year: 2018
TCN explains North-East states’ power outage
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the current power outage in some North East states was due to a…
5 die in Jigawa auto crash
No fewer than five persons have died in an auto crash involving three cars along Birninkudu-Kano road in Birninkudu Local…
Osun election: INEC’s announcement on votes tallies with our’s -NGO
A civil society organisation, YIAGA Africa, says the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) official announcement on votes cast for the…
Global spending on digital marketing nears $100 billion
Spending on digital marketing grew by 44 per cent last year in the United States and Britain to 52 billion…
Inconclusive poll: Osun people urged to refrain from crisis
Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has called on the people of Osun State to refrain from acts that may…
World oil demand to peak at 104.4 million bpd in 2035 – Unipec
World oil demand will peak at 104.4 million barrels per day (bpd) in the mid-2030s, up from just below the…
Over 1.5 million Zamfara APC members to partake in presidential primaries
Over 1.5 million card-carrying members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are to participate in the upcoming presidential primary election…
Sen. Oduah never belonged to us — Ogbaru APGA
The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has said that Sen. Stella Oduah was never a part of them and were…
6 feared dead in Maiduguri boat mishap
Local divers have recovered six bodies out of nine people involved in a boat accident at Zabarmari area in Jere…
Kogi LG workers now to receive 54% of salary
Local Government workers in Kogi State have applauded the state government for its decision to increase their monthly percentage salary…
PDP screens 30 governorship aspirants in North East
The Screening Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says it has screened the party’s 30 governorship aspirants in the…
Flood: Monarch wants Jigawa included among worst hit states
Alhaji Umar Baffa, paramount ruler of Auyo Local Government in Hadejia Emirate, Jigawa, has called on the Federal Government to…
Ondo govt. shares relief materials to community
The Ondo State Government, through the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), has distributed relief materials to the people of Ayetoro…
Sen. Ndume renews call for power rotation in Borno
Former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, has renewed his call for Borno South Senatorial District to be allowed to produce the…
New Minimum Wage: Jigawa to pay whatever committee agrees
Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa has pledged to pay the new minimum wage that is agreed upon by the tripartite…
Osun poll: Ortom commends PDP, voters
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has commended the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun for taking the lead in the…
Minimum Wage: Jigawa pledges to pay whatever committee agrees
Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa has pledged to pay the new minimum wage that is agreed upon by the tripartite…
NNPC urges NUPENG, PENGASSAN to halt planned strike
The Group Managing Director (GMD), NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru, has urged oil workers to halt their planned strike over a…
Oshiomhole’s former aide defects to PDP with supporters
Mr Kassim Afegbua, former Special Adviser on Media to the immediate past Governor of Edo and APC National Chairman, Adams…
Bandits kidnap 7 in Zamfara, demand N100m
The police in Zamfara said armed bandits have abducted seven people from Nahuche village of Bungudu Local Government.
Buhari willing to grant presidential pardon to late Ambrose Alli – Obaseki
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed willingness to grant presidential pardon to late Prof. Ambrose Ali, former Governor of Bendel State…
APC queries BOT member for attending PDP rally
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has issued a query to Amb. Yahaya Kwande, an elder stateman and Board of Trustee…
Kwara community wants late Bamigboye immortalised
The Omu-Aran community in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara has called for adequate recognition for the late Retired Brig.-Gen.…
“Olojo” festival: Ooni enters 7-day seclusion
The Ooni of Ile Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Sunday began seven-day seclusion preparatory to the celebration of the 2018…
China to publish white paper on U.S. trade frictions
China’s state council will publish a white paper on the ongoing bilateral trade frictions with the United States, the official…
Iran sanctions: Oil price rises as markets tighten
Oil prices rose on Monday as U.S. markets tightened just weeks ahead of Washington’s plan to impose new sanctions against…
Buhari arrives in New York ahead of UNGA73
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived New York ahead of the 73rd Session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA73) which officially…
Osun inconclusive election: APC berates PDP for arrogating victory to its candidate
The All Progressives Congress(APC) has described as baseless, the call by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that its candidate be…
LG Chairman escapes kidnap as bandits abduct 7 in Zamfara
Bungudu local government APC chairman, Alhaji Hamisu Coordinator escaped being kidnapped on Sunday as gunmen stormed Nahuche village and abducted…
2019 elections: APC reschedules presidential primaries
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced that its Presidential Primaries will hold on Sept. 27 as against the earlier…