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Oyo traders not interested in NLC strike
Chief Juliana Raimi, the Chairperson, Association of Commodity Market Women and Men of Nigeria, Oyo State Chapter, says the group…
Kidnapped judge, retired judicial worker regain freedom
Mr Timothy Salihu, Area Court Judge and Alhaji Aliyu Okeme, retired Chief Inspector of Area Courts in Kogi, kidnapped on…
Physical exercise promotes long life-Physiologist
An exercise physiologist, Mr Ademola Ajayi, on Sunday said regular physical exercise has been proven to increase longevity and improve…
Oyo govt threatens workers with ‘no work, no pay’
The Oyo State Government has urged its workers to back out of the strike called by the Ayuba Wabba-led NLC…
Lagos to build DNA forensic lab in 15 months
The Lagos State Government on Sunday expressed its readiness to build a DNA Forensic Laboratory within 15 months. The state…
Fayose warns herdsmen in Ekiti
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State on Sunday urged the people of Oke-Ako to remain calm as security agents try…
Students list conditions to support fuel price hike
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), says it will only accept the recent increase in fuel price if palliatives…
Police begin aerial surveillance of Enugu
To boost security in Enugu State, the police on Sunday began aerial surveillance of the entire state. The spokesman of…
Why we shunned strike-TUC President
Mr Bobboi Kaigama, the President of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), on Sunday said the union shunned the ongoing…
Governor spits fire against ‘ghost workers’
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has expressed anger at the ‘ghost workers’ syndrome in the civil service and vowed…
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Breaking: Manchester United to appoint Jose Mourinho
Manchester United will appoint Jose Mourinho as their new manager, BBC Sport reports. It is believed a deal with the…
Manchester United win FA Cup
Jesse Lingard’s extra-time thunderbolt earned Manchester United a record-equalling 12th FA Cup as Louis van Gaal’s side came from behind…
Fire destroys ICT equipment worth millions
Valuables worth millions of naira were destroyed by fire at the Florence Ajimobi ICT Centre in Ibadan, Oyo State. The…
4 FUTA students die in road accident
Four students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, died in a road accident on the Akure-Ilesha expressway in Ifedore…
Kidnappers demand N50m for release of APC chieftains
Abductors of the Chairman of the APC in Kwara, Ishola Balogun-Fulani and Secretary, Chief Bode Adekanye, have demanded for N50…
Hajj pilgrims to go for mandatory medical test
The Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board has directed all intending pilgrims to 2016 Hajj to Saudi Arabia to go for…
Gunmen kidnap traditional ruler
Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped the traditional ruler of Elete town in Kogi, Chief Aminu Aku. Report has it that Aku…
Ogun Muslims to cough out N1.18m for hajj
The Ogun Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has called on intending pilgrims to augment their 2016 interim Hajj fare from the…
Bayelsa youths recover drowned soldier, rifle
Youths from Kalaba Community, Bayelsa, have recovered the remains and arms of a soldier drowned while on escort duty at…
PDP suspends convention over court cases
Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has announced the suspension of its National…
Smoke reported on EgyptAir flight prior to crash
Smoke was detected on the doomed EgyptAir plane shortly before it crashed over the Mediterranean Sea, the French air accident…
PDP will win 219 elections-Chieftain
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and a member of the Security Committee of the PDP National Convention, Mr…
164 physically-challenged get artificial limbs, callipers
Gate of Hope Foundation, a non-government organisation, on Saturday in Osogbo, presented 164 physically-challenged persons with free artificial limbs and…
Bishop begs kidnappers to release abducted reverend sisters
The Most Rev. Felix Ajakaye, the Bishop of Ekiti Catholic Diocese, has called for the release of two Reverend Sisters…
Internet agency registers 2,436 .ng domain names in April
The President of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), Mr Sunday Folayan, said on Saturday that 2,436 dotng (.ng) domain…
Total blackout in Asaba, Delta State
Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) on Saturday said that Asaba and its environs would experience power outage for a while…
Monarch’s wife gives birth to baby in kidnappers den
Mrs Ubong Assam, the wife of the traditional ruler of Esit Eket in Akwa Ibom, was delivered of a baby…
Buhari visits Lagos Monday
The Lagos State Government will formally welcome President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday on a two-day working visit to the State.…
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BREAKING NEWS: First pictures of EgyptAir wreckage emerge, blackbox found
The first pictures of the mangled wreckage from EgyptAir flight 804 have emerged as investigators confirmed smoke was detected in…
FRSC confirms 8 killed, 15 injured in Katsina accident
Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has confirmed the death of eight persons in a ghastly motor accident that occurred on…