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Okowa backs establishment of Modular Refineries
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has said the establishment of Modular Refineries will not only create…
2 weeks after employment: Househelp steals employer’s $70k property
Paul Iyoghojie The police at the Bar Beach division, Victoria Island, Lagos, western Nigeria, have arrested a 28-year old househelp,…
Cameroon soldiers kill 27 Boko Haram fighters
Cameroon soldiers killed at least 27 Boko Haram fighters after launching a cross-border operation in the Nigerian locality of Goshi…
Army hands over 6 serving Generals to EFCC for investigation
The ongoing probe into arms purchase scandal gathered momentum on Thursday as the Nigerian Army said it has handed over…
Jigawa canoe mishap: Death toll rises 8, 15 still missing -SEMA
Alhaji Yusuf Sani, the Executive Secretary, Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has said that the death toll from Wednesday…
IHVN to raise N5b to build headquarters
The Institute of Human Virology of Nigeria (IHVN) said it was set to raise N5 billion to build its headquarters…
Buhari hails Rev. Iloh at 86
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Reverend (Dr) Moses Iloh, General Overseer of Soul Winning Chapel, on the occasion of…
A Story Around Mama Dawes
By Reuben Abati Teachers are the most important persons in anyone’s life. Teachers teach us everything that we know. They…
Man attacked after catching lover with his mom
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 27-year old man, Fredrick Nicole has been confined to a hospital bed after he was attacked and…
The Pains of Buhari’s London Gaffe
By ‘Remi Oyeyemi During my days at the Great University of Ife (Great Ife), the Obafemi Awolowo Hall (popularly called…
African players begin race for ITTF World Cup slots in Sudan
The stage is set and the players have started arriving Khartoum in Sudan for the 2016 ITTF Africa Top 16…
Adeboye charges Ooni to promote unity, progress of Yoruba people
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, has tasked the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi,…
N/Delta: Chevron, IITA partner to train 40 youths in agriculture
Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL)and International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan, had concluded arrangement to train 40 youths from the…
Doping scandal: Nestle, IAAF part ways
Global food and beverage company Nestle has become the latest brand to end its sponsorship with the International Association of…
Customs intercept cannabis worth N150m
The Western Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday said it intercepted cannabis worth N150 million and…
Police, NSCDC to hold grounds in liberated areas – Minister of Defence
The Nigeria Police Force and Nigeria Security and civil Defence Corps will henceforth hold ground in the areas that have…
Man, 31, arraigned for fondling woman’s breast in Lagos
For allegedly fondling a woman’s breast, a 31-year-old man, Yusuf Akpata, was on Thursday brought before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court…
Buhari fighting “necessary war’’ against corruption — Sen. Lawan
Sen. Ahmed Lawan (APC- Yobe) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade as a “good’’ and “necessary war’’ worthy of…
Germany signals interest in Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas
Nigeria’s quest to expand its Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) market into Europe received a major boost on Thursday as a…
57 million Nigerians now have access to financial services-CBN
The Bankers Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday said 57 million Nigerians, which represents 66 per…
Senate urges Military to beef up security in IDPs camps
Senate President Bukola Saraki, on Thursday urged the Military to beef up security in the Internally displaced Persons(IDPs) camps in…
Amosun calls for better land border security
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has urged the nation’s Interior Ministry to ensure that it budgets more…
Dickson stops borrowing to pay salaries
Bayelsa State Government has asked its workforce to brace up for the global economic challenge, as the practice of augmenting…
Glo ends sponsorship of Nigeria Premier League
The partnership agreement between next generation network, Globacom, and the League Management Company, in which the telecommunication outfit sponsored the…
UNAIDS charges FG to increase local funding for HIV/AIDS
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has charged the Nigeria’s Federal Government scale-up local funding to close the…
Towards 2030 HIV-free Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government’s projection to end the reign of the dreaded HIV/AIDS pandemic by 2030 in Lagos…
Suspended lecturer sues KASU
Femi Adi/Kaduna Kaduna State University, KASU, lecturer, Dr. John Danfulani, who was suspended by the school authorities for an alleged…
Man docked for N300m land scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Victor Ochola before Justice A. R. Mohammed of the Federal High…
Money Laundering: Prosecution rejects ex-Gov Akwe Doma’s document
The trial of Aliyu Akwe Doma, a former Nasarawa State governor, and two others, continued on Wednesday before Justice A.…