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Police launch health care scheme for officers in Lagos
Cyriacus Izuekwe In line with the vision of the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arese, the police have launched a…
Nigerians did not benefit from past devaluation of naira – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said he is yet to be convinced that majority of ordinary Nigerians derived any tangible benefit…
Violators of Maiduguri curfew will be punished – Nigerian Army
Headquarters 7 Division Nigerian Army Operation LAFIYA DOLE on Friday warned residents of Maiduguri, Borno state against the violation of…
Meningitis outbreak kills 76 in Niger
An outbreak of meningitis epidemic in Niger has killed 76 people out of a total of 1,049 cases reported, since…
Nigeria offers to help Gambia review youth service scheme
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Friday pledged to assist the Republic of Gambia in the review and smooth…
3 Osun State officials kidnapped in Kogi
Three Osun Government officials were on Friday kidnapped by gunmen on the Obajana – Lokoja road in Kogi. The victims…
Nyako’s N29bn Fraud: Witness explains Diamond Bank’s role
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, April 22, 2016 presented its fifth witness in the ongoing trial…
Land grabbing to become a criminal offence in Lagos
Eromosele Ebhomele A bill for a law to prohibit forceful entry and occupation of landed properties in Lagos state, western…
Naira weakens slightly against dollar at parallel market
The naira weakened slightly against the dollar at the parallel market on Friday as it exchanged at N321 to the…
22-year-old emerges LAUTECH overall best with 4.88 CGPA
Miss Saidat Sanni, a 22-year-old student from the Department of Statistics had emerged the overall best student of the Ladoke…
Enugu Assembly confirms Justice Nnamani as President, Customary Court of Appeal
The Enugu State House of Assembly has confirmed the nomination of Justice Chibueze Nnamani, as the President of the Enugu…
NCAA receives 1,536 complaints from passengers
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said it received a total of 1,536 complaints from both domestic and international air…
N1bn libel suit: Lagos court refuses Obanikoro’s request to restrain Punch, Sahara Reporters
The libel suit filed by a former Minister of State for Defence, Mr Musiliu Obanikoro, against some media organisations on…
Nigerian Navy restates ban on 200 horse power engines
The Nigerian Navy (NN) has restated its ban on the use of 200 Horse Power out- board engines in the…
Lagos detects ghost workers, recovers millions of naira
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has recovered N25 million being paid to ghost and dead workers at the Local…
NDDC to terminate Ambrose Ali University hostel contract
The acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, has ordered the commencement of legal…
The Senate, CCT and the politics of Saraki’s trial by Reuben Abati
By Reuben Abati The present Senate serving the Nigerian people runs the risk of being remembered as the worst since…
GOtv Boxing Night 7: Anambra Tiger to fight Finito
Heavyweight boxer, Ebenezer “Anambra Tiger” Okoli, will now fight Abiodun “Finito Wonder” Afinnih at GOtv Boxing Night 7 holding at…
Lagos local government bill passed, awaiting assent
Eromosele Ebhomele Members of the Lagos state House of Assembly on Thursday passed a bill to amend the Lagos state…
Saraki’s lawyer would have been jailed – CCT Chairman
But for the intervention of other lawyers in court, Mr Danladi Umar, the Chairman of Code of Conduct Tribunal affirmed…
More trouble for Saraki as new charges are filed against him
The romance between Nigeria’s senate president, Bukola Saraki and the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) does not look like one…
Get me John Stones, Conte tells Chelsea
Incoming Chelsea boss Antonio Conte wants to make Everton’s England defender John Stones, 21, his first signing despite a slump…
Return to Emirates for ‘quality football’, Wenger tells Arsenal fans
Manager Arsene Wenger says fans at Emirates Stadium should come to see “quality football” after plenty stayed away for their…
Ozil missing in PFL team of the year as Leicester, Spurs dominate
Leicester and Tottenham have provided eight players between them for the Professional Footballers’ Association Premier League Team of the Year.…
AEDC to spend $200m on mass metering project
The Managing Director of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), Mr Neil Croucher, on Thursday, said that the company would spend…
‘My Nigeria’ wins at New York festivals
Al Jazeera is celebrating winning eleven Gold World Medals, six Silver and two Bronze medals at the prestigious New York…
NFF set to appoint foreign coach
Minister for Youth and Sports Solomon Dalung has the Nigerian Football Federation has secured a sponsor who will pay a…
Class of 1988: Command Ipaja old students elect exco, give back to school
Twenty-eight years after leaving Command Secondary School, Ipaja, Lagos state, Nigeria the Class of 1988 still share one thing in…
A walk with Aregbesola in Osun by Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa Old friends, like old wine, are usually better than new ones. The Governor of the State of…
Fuel scarcity: IPMAN to visit depots
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) said it would visit depots across the country to monitor challenges in…