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Buhari resumes from 6-day vacation
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday resumed work at the State House in Abuja after a 6-day vacation. In compliance with Section…
Pumping machine thief dies inside well
Yusuf Muhammed It was a sad end for a man who allegedly tried to steal a pumping machine in a…
Mama Taraba loses at Supreme Court
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The hope of Nigeria having the first female elected governor was finally dashed by the Supreme Court on…
African Basketball League to partner with TRACE
The African Basketball League, ABL, has secured a ground breaking partnership deal with TRACE as the official TV and digital…
UNAIDS charges FG to scale-up funding for HIV/AIDS
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has charged Nigeria’s Federal Government to scale-up local funding to…
Partnership with EFCC essential to curb oil theft – Army
Brig Gen S. O. Olabanji, Commander, 2 Brigade Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has said that the Economic and…
Enyimba eye winning start in Champions League campaign
Taiwo Adelu Nigeria’s representatives in the CAF Champions League, Enyimba Football Club of Aba have vowed to begin their campaign…
Dambazau praises Lagos over N4.8bn security equipment for police
Kazeem Ugbodaga Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Lt. General Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.) on Wednesday described the security equipment purchased by the…
LAGBUS driver bags 10 hours community service for reckless driving
A LAGBUS driver, Idowu Oladipopu, was on Thursday sentenced to 10 hours of community service by Magistrate Bola Olagbegi-Adelabu for…
Court of Appeal nullifies impeachment of former Gov Nyako
The Yola Division of Federal Court of Appeal on Thursday declared the impeachment of former Gov. Murtala Nyako of Adamawa…
Nigerians laud Astymin as more winners emerge in promo
As more winners emerge every day in the Astymin Get Alert Promo, ceaseless accolades have begun to trail the brand…
Bakers to raise price of bread in Kogi
Kogi Union of Bakers says it will increase the price of bread in the State in line with current cost…
100,000 Nigerians live outside Nigeria as refugees – U.S
Ms Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, on Thursday said that about 100,000 Nigerians were currently living…
Artefacts Rescuers Association kicks against Digital Museum
The Artefacts Rescuers Association of Nigeria (ARAN) says the proposed digital museum to be inaugurated later in the year may…
Police boss, NOA, NDE agree to collaborate in Lagos
Cyriacus Izuekwe The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, has assured two Federal Government agencies, National Orientation Agency, NOA,…
N24bn Police Pension Scam: No vouchers for N9.7bn withdrawals- witness
The trial of the seven persons accused of complicity in the over N24 billion scam in the police pension office…
Anti-terror campaign: Minister seeks special funding for public media
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has advocated a special funding arrangement for public media organizations to…
Pregnant hair dresser dies during squabble with neighbour
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police have arrested a hair dresser, Mrs Tawa Biodun, in connection with the death of a pregnant…
About 200 Shiite Muslims arraigned in Kaduna
Nigerian prosecutors on Wednesday charged nearly 200 members of a pro-Iranian Shiite group with illegal possession of firearms following December…
How to unlock billions of naira for healthcare in Nigeria – Soyinka
Healthcare and the struggling economy In these days of economic gloom it may appear wildly optimistic to say that there…
Online application commences for NDA 68th regular course
The coast is now clear for interested indigenes of Lagos State who are desirous of a career in the Armed…
Okorocha gives in, recalls suspended workers
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has finally agreed with the leadership of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), to immediately recall all…
2016 Budget Proposal: Don’t change our plans, Fashola begs Senate
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN on Wednesday led the management team of his Ministry…
PDP BoT appoints Sen. Jubrin as acting National Chairman
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed its acting Secretary, Senator Walid Jubrin as…
Airforce commissions runway, tower, cadets hostel
Femi Adi/Kaduna The Nigeria Air Force, NAF, on Wednesday commissioned an extended military air field runway, control tower, water reservoir,…
PICTURES: 10th Beko memorial anniversary lecture
Photos By Idowu Ogunleye Elsewhere, Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CDHR) held a rally in honour of Beko…
AGF declares over 97% compliance in TSA enrollment
The Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris has said that the implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) is highly…
Police Pension Scam: No vouchers for N9.7bn withdrawals- Witness
The trial of the seven persons accused of complicity in the over N24 billion scam in the police pension office…
Don’t allow corruption kill Nigeria, Magu tells NBA
The acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has charged members of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA,…
Osinbajo condoles victims of suicide bombing in Borno
Nigeria’s acting president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has expressed his profound condolences to the families of the victims of yesterday’s suicide…