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Naira rain for 4,001 Zamfara pilgrims
The Zamfara Hajj Commission has refunded N80 million to 4, 001 persons from the state that participated in the 2015…
2016 budget has clear agenda for development – Semenitari
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Mrs. Ibim Semenitari has described the 2016…
Man stabs step-brother to death
For allegedly stabbing his step-brother to death, an Ebuta-Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday remanded a 20-year-old man,…
Division will spell doom for NLC-Aremu
Mr Issa Aremu, the General Secretary of the National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, on Thursday…
Workers foil plot to shut down Lagos airport
The Ayuba Wabba-led faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday failed to carry out its plan of grounding…
Benue, Ebonyi agree boundary truce, get FG commendation
Dr Mohammed Ahmed, the Director-General, National Boundary Commission (NBC), has commended the governments of Benue and Ebonyi states for achieving…
Buhari’s anti-corruption war drawing more companies to Nigeria – Sanderson
Ryan Sanderson, Exhibition Manager of informal Life Science Services Exhibition, organisers of “Food Nigeria”, a three-day Exhibition and Conference fair…
Plane crashes in Afghanistan, 7 dead
A U.S. military spokesman in Afghanistan says seven people were killed when a plane belonging to Silk Way Airlines of…
NIMASAgate: Ex-DG uses in-law as account operator for fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has presented the first witness in the ongoing trial of former Acting Director-General of…
Arms Deal: How ex-PDP chairman was paid N300m-Witness
A witness in the ongoing trial of a former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Haliru Bello, Yazidu…
Bribery: British widens Rolls-Royce probe to Nigeria
Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has widened its investigation into Rolls-Royce to examine allegations of suspected bribery in Nigeria, the…
Armsgate: How I acquired properties for Badeh- Witness
A witness, Hussein A. Umar has revealed to Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja…
Rescued Chibok Girl: Hunger forced husband to surrender
It has been revealed that hunger forced Mohammed Hayatu, alleged husband of rescued Chibok schoolgirl Amina Ali, to escape from…
Rescued Chibok schoolgirl meets Buhari
The Nigerian Army has disclosed that the rescued Chibok schoolgirl, Amina Ali, will meet President Muhammadu Buhari today (Thursday) in…
FLASH: EgyptAir disappears from radar between Paris and Cairo
An EgyptAir flight on its way to Cairo from Paris disappeared from radar Wednesday night, according to a tweet from…
Innoson boss, five others face criminal charges
Akin Kuponiyi A federal high court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria has authorized the Attorney General of Federation to commence…
Sevilla beat Liverpool to win Europa League again
Liverpool suffered a dramatic second-half collapse as Sevilla claimed the Europa League for the third season in succession with a…
President Buhari chats with ministers after FEC meeting 18 May
President Muhammadu Buhari in a chat with a cross section of ministers after the Federal Executive Council meeting at the…
Army arrests husband of rescued Chibok schoolgirl
A suspected Boko Haram terrorist who claimed to be the husband of the rescued Chibok schoolgirl has been arrested by…
We can generate 12,000 megawatts of electricity-Fashola
With Nigeria currently generating less than 3,000 megawatts of electricity which has led to outages in many communities, the Minister…
N1.2bn Fraud: EFCC re-arraigns former HOS Oronsaye
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday re-arraigned former Head of Service, Steve Oronsaye at Federal High Court,…
Oshiomhole threatens Edo workers, no work, no pay
Jethro Ibilleke/Benin: Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has directed workers in the state Public Service to shun the strike…
France returns artifact illegally exported from Nigeria
France has officially presented to Nigeria the Nok Terracotta that was repatriated after it was intercepted in France while in…
Jonathan gave Metuh N400m-Okupe
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja: Dr Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan told the Federal High Court, Abuja…
Army confirms Chibok schoolgirl found
Nigeria’s army on Wednesday confirmed that a girl rescued in a Boko Haram enclave in the northeast is one of…
New app offers lowest price
A new communication app that enables video conferencing, talk, text and file sharing on an array of devices has hit…
Lagos: No show for strike
Lagos State workers on Wednesday defied the call by the organised labour to embark on a nationwide strike over hike…
Ambode lights up 600km of roads, warns against vandalisation
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said that so far, about 600km network of roads and streets in 366 locations…
Anambra workers too busy for strike
The indefinite strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) did not hold as expected as commercial and social activities…
Its business as usual in Rivers as strike flops
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The gates of the federal secretariat in Port Harcourt, Rivers state were wide open as workers were…