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We are not owing pensioners – Ogun Govt
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Wale Osinowo has declared that the state government is not owing pensioners…
Lawmaker’s Murder: Gov Ajimobi seeks information
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has appealed to members of the public with information on the murder…
4,000 passports uncollected at Ikoyi Passport Office
The Passport Control Officer (PCO) in Ikoyi, Lagos State, Mr Kayode Eniolorunda, on Saturday said that there were more than…
NANS gives 7 days ultimatum to Gov. Bello to reopen Kogi varsity
The National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) on Saturday gave seven days ultimatum to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State…
Pictures: Osinbajo condoles with Prince Bola Ajibola
Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo SAN paid a condolence visit to Prince Bola Ajibola, former Attorney General and Minister of…
Pictures: Governor Wike leads war against cultism in Rivers
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Saturday led security agents to demolish hideouts of suspected cultists at Eagle Island,…
Bayelsa releases funds for payment of teachers’ salaries
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Bayelsa State Government has expressed appreciation to teachers in the state for their co-operation during the on-going…
No absolute immunity for president, governors in Nigeria’s constitution – Falana
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Human rights activist and lawyer, Femi Falana, has argued that Nigeria’s Constitution does not guarantee absolute freedom for…
Life Beer rewards 30 winners with N7.5 million
Following the kick-off of the 2nd edition of its Progress Booster show, Life Continental Beer has rewarded 30 winners with…
Late Hubert Ogunde, the master dramatist at 100
On 10 July, 2016, the late dramatist and doyen of African Theatre, Chief Hubert Adedeji Ogunde, would be 100 posthumously.…
Pictures: Osinbajo at Command and Staff College, Jaji
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College Jaji on Friday 1 July, 2016 for…
IGP visits Delta, evaluates security
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim K. Idris, has conducted on-the-spot assessment and evaluation of security situation in some flash…
Assassination of Oyo lawmaker, APC seeks probe
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has called for a thorough investigation into the murder of a member…
Oyo lawmaker shot dead at home
Mr Gideon Aremu, Chairman, Oyo State House of Assembly Committee on Information and Security, has been shot to death by…
Bodies of dead oil workers recovered in Bayelsa
The search and rescue team raised following attack by gunmen suspected to be militants at oilfield in Bayelsa has recovered…
20 people killed inside café by Islamic militants
Twenty people, most said to be foreigners, were killed during an attack by suspected Islamist militants on a cafe in…
Gov Wike visits Late Captain Elechi Amadi family
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Friday led members of the State Executive Council on a…
Rivers State: Kidnapped lecturer rescued, medical doctor abducted
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The abducted lecturer in the Department of Science and Laboratory Technology of Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori, Abiye…
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Euro Cup: Wales defeat Belgium 3-1
Wales reached the semi-finals of a major tournament for the first time after a stirring fightback to defeat Belgium in…
21 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) retired
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the retirement of 21 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIG) senior to the Acting…
Sallah: Watch out for new moon 5 July
The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), has predicted that the appearance of the first moon crescent for July…
Sallah: NSCDC deploys 40,000 personnel for security
The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abdullahi Muhammadu, has directed the deployment of 40,000 personnel across…
Confusion as visiting team arrives after walk over
Confusion reigned at the Area 3 football pitch in Abuja on Friday when visiting FC Lokoja arrived few minutes after…
PDP, APC bicker over use of stadium for campaign in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday accused the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government…
N220m Fraud: Court grants man N10m bail, denies 2 others
Justice A. R. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Friday, July 1, 2016 granted bail…
Pictures: Buhari off to Katsina for weekend
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for Katsina, his state, for the weekend. Photo:Sunday Aghaeze
Lagos urge hajj pilgrims to submit e-passports
Executive Secretary, Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Mr. Muftau Okoya, has requested pilgrims who intend to embark on Y2016…
Fani-Kayode, Nenadi Usman to remain in prison till July 4
Two former ministers and directors of Media and Finance respectively of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Campaign Organisation in the…
Governor wants more policemen for Delta
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has called for the deployment of more policemen to the state…
Maryland Mayhem: We Need N139m to refurbish 49 damaged buses – Ambode
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday said it will cost the State N139 million to refurbish the…