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Shiroro power to increase generation by 300mw
The Shiroro Hydro Power Station (SHPS) will soon double its operating capacity of 300mw through solar plant. Alhaji Dauda Abdulaziz,…
Facebook launches Agency Ambassador programme for Africa
Facebook has launched an Agency Ambassador Programme for Africa as part of its drive to equip its agency partners with…
Housewife slit husband’s throat with kitchen knife
Cyriacus Izuekwe Detective at the State Criminal Investigation department, SCID, Panti, Yaba have unraveled the circumstances that led to killing…
Man parks his SUV, jumps into canal and drowns
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 25-year-old man identified as Ajayi Kehinde did the unthinkable on Monday evening when he drove his SUV…
France outlaws paying for sex
French MPs have passed a law that makes it illegal to pay for sex and imposes fines of up to…
Buhari to sign loan deal from China
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria will sign a loan deal with China during a visit next week, his spokesman said…
Customs boss describes Oyo smugglers as ‘daring, sophisticated’
The Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), retired Col. Ibrahim Ali, has described the activities of smugglers in the…
Saraki lodged thousands of dollars into own account – Witness
An official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr Michael Weskat, on Wednesday told the Code of Conduct…
SETRACO pulls out of Niger Delta project after killings, kidnap
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mrs Ibim Semenitari, has expressed shock and…
Transfers: Man Utd to re-sign Ronaldo for £48.2m
Manchester United have been offered the chance to re-sign Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 31, for £48.2m this summer. (Sport…
Lagos LG ordered to pay N2.8m to contractor
Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly has given a marching order to the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area…
Niger Chief Judge frees 70 prison inmates
The Niger State Chief Judge, Justice Fati Abubabkar, on Wednesday released 70 inmates from Minna prisons. Abubakar announced the gestures…
WAEC set to introduce new device to check collusion
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it is set to introduce a device that will henceforth check collusion during…
UNILAG appoints new DVC, Academic and Research
The University of Lagos on Wednesday said it had appointed Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as its new Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic and…
Estimated billings: NERC asks consumers to complain to its office
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Wednesday asked consumers whose Distribution Companies (DISCOS) over-billed them through estimated bills tocomplain…
Joe Hart stars as Man City draw PSG
Fernandinho’s deflected goal earned Manchester City a draw in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final at Paris St-Germain.…
Wolfsburg stun Real Madrid in Germany
Wolfsburg stunned an out-of-sorts Real Madrid by comfortably beating the Spanish team in the first leg of their Champions League…
Aluko prostrated three times to beg Fayose, says Ekiti ex-Speaker
Eromosele Ebhomele Immediate past Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dele Olugbemi, on Wednesday said he was the…
Oyo workers vow to go on strike after ultimatum
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Despite the apparent threat by the Oyo State Government under the leadership of Governor Abiola Ajimobi to enforce…
Lagos bans indiscriminate queues at fuel stations
…threatens to sanction erring motorists, stations The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said it would no longer allow indiscriminate parking…
NASS sends detailed 2016 budget to Buhari
Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Rep. Abdulmumin Jibrin, has commended Nigerians for their patience and understanding over the…
NLC to declare national warning strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it will declare a one-day national warning strike over the refusal of the Federal…
Thinking Of Tomorrow Today by Okey Ndibe
By Okey Ndibe Nigeria’s political discourse is stuck, rather tragically, in a familiar binary pattern. On one side, there are…
Court orders FG to allow Dasuki access to his lawyers
An Abuja High Court has ordered the Federal Government to allow former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd)…
New FIFA president named in #PanamaPapers, UEFA office searched
The offices of European football’s governing body Uefa have been searched by Swiss police. It follows the naming of ex-secretary…
Gay French ambassador picked for UNESCO post after Vatican tension
France on Wednesday has abandoned its pursuit to appoint a gay man as ambassador to the Vatican amid resistance from…
FG assures of effective implementation of 2016 budget
The Federal Government on Wednesday assured of effective implementation of the 2016 budget in order to achieve accelerated development in…
NERC, Senate And Politics Of Tariff
By Obinna Okowa The recent directive by the Nigerian Senate to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to stop the announced…
EFCC alerts public against fraudsters
It has become necessary to alert the general public to the activities of fraudsters who have been impersonating the acting…
How Saraki acquired property worth hundred of millions – Witness
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Prosecution Witness being led in evidence by Rotimi Jacobs, the Defence Counsel noted that Saraki had declared…