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APC wants assault on members probed
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, has called on security agencies to investigate and prosecute the perpetrators of assault…
No economic recession will stop God from working for his people – Cleric
The Cleric in charge of All Saints Methodist Church Mararaba, Rev. Caleb Ekele on Sunday said the economic recession in…
7 armed robbery suspects in police net
The Nigeria Police, Kaduna State Command, has arrested seven armed robbery suspects who invaded Godogodo in Kafanchan Local Government Area…
Price of cooking gas drops in Asaba
The price of cooking gas has dropped in Asaba, a market survey has shown. The survey showed that the cost…
NCC receives 6,163 complaints from telecoms subscribers in Q2
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it received 6,163 complaints from telecommunications subscribers in the second quarter of 2016. Mr…
Sympathisers rescue baby from attack by suspected mad mother
Sympathisers on Sunday rescued a baby of about nine months old from his suspected mad mother as she beat him…
Fuel tanker falls on car, kills one in Lagos
A petrol tanker with Registration No. AGL 664 XG, on Sunday morning fell on a moving car in Lagos and…
My life, family in danger, says Ex-Rivers Assembly Leader
Dr Chidi Lloyd, a former Rivers House of Assembly member, has called on security agencies to protect his life and…
Monday’s Trump-Clinton debate could be defining moment
It could be the defining moment of the 2016 campaign. Monday’s first presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican…
Hajj: 3,423 Kaduna pilgrims return
Kaduna State has so far transported more than 3,423 pilgrims to Nigeria. Alhaji Abdullahi Bayero, Chairman, Media Sub-committee of the…
NCS adopts new approach to check smuggling
The Sokoto State Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has adopted a community based approach to check the…
Earth tremor: Rivers, Bayelsa communities call for investigations
The communities affected by the July and August earth tremors in Rivers and Bayelsa have appealed to the Federal Government…
Shekau shows up in new video, taunts Nigeria’s military
Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau on Sunday released a new video where he declared that he is safe and in…
Economic recession; a lesson for Nigeria — Obaseki
All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Edo Godwin Obaseki says the present economic recession in the country is a…
$15m Saga: SERAP seeks Patience Jonathan’s prosecution
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Federal Government to the Federal High Court in Lagos asking the…
The New York Times endorses Hillary Clinton for president
In any normal election year, we’d compare the two presidential candidates side by side on the issues. But this is…
Unidentified middle-aged man hangs self in Edo
Jefferson Ibiwale A middle-aged man who’s identity is yet to be verified has reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself in…
Recession: CAN president calls for hard work, courage
Reverend Samson Ayokunle, President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has called on Nigerians to embrace hard work as…
PDP says it has no plan to rig Edo poll
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has debunked an allegation that the party was planning to rig the Wednesday governorship election…
NUPENG can’t afford to go on strike now – President
The President, National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Achese Igwe, said that the union could not afford…
Siasia issues NFF 2-week ultimatum to pay him five-month salary arrears
Samson Siasia, Nigeria’s former under-23 coach, has given the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) a two-week ultimatum to settle its debt…
Lagos begins demolition of illegal structures in VI, Ikoyi
The much anticipated Clean Up of Ikoyi and Victoria Island areas of Lagos, South commenced simultaneously on Saturday with officials…
Late Kabba monarch laid to rest
Late traditional ruler of Kabba town, Kogi, Oba Michael Olabayo, was on Saturday laid to rest in a ceremony attended…
Buhari thanks U.S. authorities, others for his successful outing
President Muhammadu Buhari has lauded relevant U.S authorities for ensuring efficient security and administrative arrangements at the 71st Session of…
1,000 Sokoto pilgrims back
No fewer than 1,000 pilgrims from Sokoto State have been transported back to Nigeria through the Sultan Abubakar III International…
No LG, territory under Boko Haram control – Buratai
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has restated that no local government area in Borno or any territory…
Sanitation: 8 truck drivers arrested in Ekiti
The Speaker, Ekiti House of Assembly, Mr Kola Oluwawole, said that eight truck drivers were apprehended on Saturday for violating…
Nigeria’s performance at Rio Olympics was not abysmal – Dalung
Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, on Saturday in Ilorin said he was disappointed with those who said Nigeria…
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FG will not sell off all national assets – Minister
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma says the fiscal stimulus strategy designed is not to…
Nigeria to harvest more wheat in Feb. 2017
Flour Mills of Nigeria is working with Nigerian farmers on the local cultivation of wheat in the country, its Group…