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Niger Delta Avengers are criminals, we won’t negotiate with them – Presidency
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Presidential Adviser on Amnesty Programme in the Niger Delta, Brig. General Paul Boroh (rtd) has slammed the…
Rivers bans Okada, tricycle riders for Buhari
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has banned commercial motorcycle riders popularly called Okada and tricycle riders (Keke Marwa) from…
Abuja-Kaduna rail line will be ready for use by July, says Amaechi
Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has assured that the federal government under President Muhammadu Buhari will ensure the sustenance…
2 PDP reps defect to APC
Two members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives on Wednesday defected to the ruling…
Amosun dissolves Ogun local councils’ transition committees
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta: Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State Wednesday dissolved the transition committees in all the 20 local government areas…
Troops trail Boko Haram insurgents fleeing Sambisa Forest
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Wednesday, said the Army was on the trail of Boko…
Welder to die by hanging for armed robbery
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba: A 38-year old welder, Onyeka Ossai, has been sentenced to death by hanging for armed robbery and attempted…
Ikoyi prisoner bags degree in Theology
An inmate of the Ikoyi Prisons, Albert Emmanuel Ajogbor, was on Wednesday presented with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree…
Archbishop Martins seeks stiffer penalties for corrupt people
Archbishop Alfred Martins of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos on Wednesday called for stiffer penalties for those found guilty of…
INEC set to amend Electoral Act
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it was finalising a comprehensive proposal for constitutional and legal amendments to the…
9 ships laden with petrol, other items arrive Lagos ports
Nine ships laden with petrol, aviation fuel and other commodities have arrived at Lagos ports waiting to discharge, the Nigerian…
World Bank releases $122m to fight TB
The World Bank has released 122 million dollars to boost southern Africa’s capacity to initiate an effective regional response to…
Ogoniland agog for Buhari’s visit
The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) says the entire Ogoni people are ready to welcome President Muhammadu…
Foreign rice scarce in Katsina
Following Federal Government’s ban on importation of rice from foreign countries through land borders, the commodity has become scarce in…
French vessel detects signals likely from EgyptAir jet black box
The Egyptian investigation committee, revealed on Wednesday that a French naval search vessel has picked up signals believed to originate…
Court fixes trial of Synagogue engineers for June 3
An Ikeja High Court has fixed June 3 for the trial of the two engineers who constructed the collapsed seven-storey…
No retreat no surrender in Sambisa Forest-Military
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, on Wednesday reaffirmed that the military would intensify its offensive in the…
Unpaid Salaries: Hairdressers tell civil servants to wake up
The Association of Hairdressers and Cosmetologists has advised civil servants across the country to take to vocational work as an…
Transfers: Chelsea, Arsenal battle to sign Alvaro Morata
Arsenal and Chelsea could go head to head in the race to sign 23-year-old Juventus striker Alvaro Morata, who says…
Nigeria urges ACP to focus on technology, trade, development
Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has urged The African, Caribbean & Pacific Group of States, ACP, to focus its…
Nigeria, South Africa trade volume hit N1.3 trillion
The volume of trade between Nigeria and South Africa rose to N1.3 trillion about (R.62 billion) in 2015, the South…
Code of conduct tribunal adjourns Saraki’s trial indefinitely
The Code of Conduct Tribunal on Wednesday adjourned the trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, indefinitely, after a star witness…
Obasanjo’s inappropriate criticism of Justice Muhammed Idris
By Kolawole Olaniyan Former president Olusegun Obasanjo recently launched a stinging attack on the authority of the Federal High Court…
Why we killed 5 MASSOB/IPOB members-Army
The Nigerian Army has stated its own version of what happened at Nkpor-Agu, Anambra State on Democracy Day during which…
Wike planning to disrupt Buhari’s visit, UNEP cleanup of Ogoniland, says APC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike…
Niger Delta Avengers bomb Chevron oil wells again
The Niger Delta Avengers has launched a fresh attack on Chevron’s oil pipeline in Warri North Local Government Area of…
WHO declares Guinea free of Ebola Virus
The Ebola outbreak in Guinea is over, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday, the second time the West…
INEC to conclude suspended elections before July 31
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will conclude the suspended elections in Rivers, Imo, Kogi and Kano states…
I Am Cait: Nigerians’ Selective Anger
Livinus Acholonu Last week’s announcement by MultiChoice that it was discontinuing I Am Cait, which showed on E! Entertainment on…
Pictures: Buhari receives southeast group for change
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, 31 May, received the south-east group for change led by the former Senate President, Ken…