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Leicester make Hazard number 1 transfer target
Leicester have made former Chelsea midfielder Thorgan Hazard their No 1 transfer target, according to reports in Belgium. Thorgan, who…
Nigeria’s capital imports crash by 74% in first quarter
The total value of capital imported into Nigeria in the first quarter plunged to $710.97 million, a 73.79 per cent…
Ex-police commissioner faces N10m fraud charge
A retired commissioner of police who collected N10 million under false pretence is to be arraigned before the Federal Capital…
Police extends deadline for tinted glass permit to July 31
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command has announced that the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase has extended…
Umahi orders relocation of herdmen from Ebonyi campus
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi on Wednesday ordered the relocation of herdsmen from the premises of College of Agricultural Sciences…
Military to reassess performance of troops in northeast – Buratai
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says the military hierarchy will review the entire counter-insurgency operations in order…
Buhari has made us kings – Rice, Wheat Associations
The Buhari presidency has a clear idea on how to execute its agricultural policy to achieve self-sufficiency in food production,…
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Real Madrid beat Man City to reach Champions league final
Manchester City failed to reach their first Champions League final after an uninspiring semi-final second-leg display at 10-time winners Real…
UN to spend N20bn on corruption, terrorism prevention in Nigeria
The UN Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) says it is spending 100 million dollars (about 20 billion naira) on…
Abia Chief Judge frees 6 inmates from Umuahia Federal Prison
The Chief Judge of Abia, Justice Theresa Uzokwe, on Wednesday freed six inmates from the Umuahia Federal Prison. Uzokwe ordered…
PDP cancels ward congresses in three states
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has cancelled Saturday’s ward congresses in three states. A statement issued…
NDDC appeals for financial support from oil firms
Mrs Ibim Semenitari, Acting Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), on Wednesday appealed for more financial support from…
Zoning chairmanship to Northeast is unconstitutional – PDP Concerned Leaders
A group, Peoples Democratic Party Concerned Leaders on Wednesday said zoning of the party’s national chairmanship position to the North-East…
Kano: 2 feared dead in petrol tanker fire
Two persons were feared dead when a petrol tanker caught fire while offloading product at AA Rano Filling Station near…
EFCC to arraign Mohammed Sambo for fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will on Thursday, May 12, 2016 arraign a retired Commissioner of Police, Mohammed…
No going back on Bakassi, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday assured that Nigeria would abide by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) judgment on Bakassi…
FG made N1.8bn from Signal Distributors – Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government has realised N1.8bn from the licenses issued to three signal distributors on the switch over from analogue…
Thanksgiving prayers for Anisulowo in pictures
Prayers were held today at the Ilaro, Ogun State residence of Senator Iyabo Anisulowo, former minister of state for education who…
We have no link with Auctus Integrated, says Tunde Ayeni
Chairman of Skye Bank Plc. and NATCOM, Dr. Olatunde Ayeni has dismissed speculations that he has interest in Auctus Integrated,…
Oba of Benin: Shave your heads or face the wrath of the ancestors
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Benin Traditional Council has warned that all male citizens of Benin Kingdom, both at home and in…
Okupe earns another wrath from TUC
Eromosele Ebhomele The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, on Wednesday said it was disappointed in Dr. Doyin Okupe, former…
Oyo Gov settles bills of 8 accident victims
The medical bills of eight surviving Kano students involved in a motor accident at Iroko along Ibadan-Oyo express road on…
Funeral rites to be suspended in Benin
The Benin Traditional Council has called on residents of Benin kingdom to bury their dead ones as all funeral rites…
Fraudster collapses in court
Cyriacus Izuekwe A mild drama occurred at the Isolo Magistrates Court, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, when a 35-year old man charged…
Akwa Ibom: Community leader calls for peace between farmers, herdsmen
The Head of Hausa Community in Akwa Ibom, Alhaji Hassan Sadauki, has called for peaceful coexistence between the herdsmen and…
Abductors of monarch’s wife, children demand for N100m
Abductors of wife and four children of the paramount ruler of Esit Eket, Edidem Ubong Assam, on Wednesday asked for…
Petrol scarcity: NUPENG urges NNPC to sustain distribution tempo
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Wednesday urged the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to…
Lagos approves construction of N49bn first Medical Park
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has approved the construction of the first Medical Park in Nigeria at a cost…
I am alive, Tony Anenih cries out
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The former Chairman, Board of Trustee (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih on Wednesday…
60 female students poisoned
The police in Afghanistan have confirmed that around 60 students of a girl school were mysteriously poisoned in Rustaq district…