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3 artisans killed in Anambra building collapse
A two-storey building under construction at Ndiagu in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra has collapsed, killing three artisans.…
Fear of demolition grips Port Harcourt residents
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Palpable fear has gripped residents of slums located in over 40 waterfronts in Port Harcourt, the Rivers…
Consumers groan as bread price goes up
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Consumers of bread in Rivers State are groaning following 20 percent increase in the price by the…
Court vacates order sealing National Hospital, Abuja
A Wuse Zone 6 Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday vacated the order which sealed the National Hospital Abuja. The National…
Indonesia set to execute convict from Nigeria
Indonesia plans to execute this year at least two foreign convicts, one from Nigeria and another from Zimbabwe, the attorney…
Lagos taskforce arrests fake army officer
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Task Force has arrested a man who claimed to be a Second Lieutenant in the…
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Theresa May takes over as British Prime Minister
Theresa May will take over the job of British prime minister from David Cameron on Wednesday and form a government…
Man dies while trying to take selfie with wild elephant
A man was killed in southern Nepal as he tried to take a selfie with a wild elephant, Parsa Wildlife…
Go back to work, PENGASSAN tells members
The Nigerian union representing oil workers has agreed to suspend a strike that some feared would lead to fuel shortages…
Stop killings by herdsmen – WAC-R2P
Kazeem Ugbodaga Worried by recent killings by herdsmen in Nigeria, the West Africa Responsibility to Protect Coalition (WAC-R2P) has called…
AFN names 25 females, 11 males for Rio Olympics
No fewer than 36 athletes have been selected by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) to represent the country at…
FIRS shuts AMG Petroleum over N27m tax debt
In continuation of its tax enforcement exercise, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), on Tuesday, sealed off the office of…
APC will lose Rivers re-run, even if Oyegun conducts election-Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has boasted that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will lose the…
Osinbajo defends views on restructuring
For those criticizing Vice President Yemi Osinbajo over his views on the restructuring of the country, his Senior Special Assistant(Media…
Osinbajo seeks deeper debate on restructuring
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is calling for a deeper understanding of the current restructuring debate in the country, and supports…
Kidnapped Lagos Account Director, son rescued
Kazeem Ugbodaga The kidnapped Director of Account working with the Lagos State Government, Thomas Otuyemi and his son have been…
Breaking: Buhari appoints BBOG founder, Ms. Hadiza new managing director, NPA
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman, the founder of the Bring Back Our Girls Group as Managing…
NPS redeploys senior officers
The Controller-General of Prisons, Ja’afaru Ahmed, has approved the redeployment of some senior officers of the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS).…
PDP national secretariat remains shut
The National Headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is yet to be reopened, 52 days after it was shut,…
Police recover N60m stolen by bullion van driver
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Police Command says it has recovered the N60m stolen from a bullion van last Friday.…
EFCC woos NBA, vows to go after money launderers
The Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has called on legal practitioners to join hands with…
Lagos votes N20b to revamp health, education
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday said his administration has concluded plans to revamp the health sector by…
Lagos uncovers 459 staff operating multiple salary accounts
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has uncovered 459 civil servants illegally operating multiple salary accounts. This is contained in…
Pictures: Buhari receives outgoing US ambassador
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, 12 July, received the outgoing United States Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle at the State…
Pastor, accomplice jailed 14 years for forex scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction of Pastor Emmanuel Markus Anga and Atin Victor Generous…
Pictures: Buhari receives outgoing Canadian ambassador
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, 12 July received the outgoing Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria at the State House Abuja.…
Dear President Buhari, Nigeria’s unity is negotiable!
Chido Onumah Since the public presentation of the book We Are All Biafrans and the intervention of a former vice…
Sexual Misconduct: US ambassador presents video evidence Thursday
Outgoing United States ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, is expected to produce the video evidence of the alleged sexual misconduct…
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FG, oil workers’ meeting ends in deadlock
The meeting between the Federal Government and oil workers unions in Abuja on Monday ended in deadlock and would continue…
Prisoner snatches gun, kills 2 bailiffs inside courtroom
Two bailiffs were shot and killed inside a courthouse in St. Joseph in southwest Michigan on Monday and law enforcement…