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Apapa Customs Area 1 Command generates N23.4bn
By Falobi Moses The Customs Area One Command, Apapa under the leadership of Comptroller Egbudin Willy has told statkeholders at…
Lagos partners Finland on security, energy
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has struck a bilateral agreement to partner with Finland in key areas of security,…
Lagos commissions mobile courts
Henry Ojelu The Lagos State government Friday inaugurated five mobile court buses for road traffic offenders with a pledge to…
159 suspected hoodlums arrested, 8 cops injured
Kazeem Ugbodaga Suspected hoodlums have injured eight policemen in a raid on a criminal hideout at Iddo Terminus, while 159…
AGF urges NASS to join TSA for transparency
The Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris has called on the Leadership of the National Assembly to allow for Treasury…
Update: Dokpesi, Tinubu settle libel case out of court
Henry Ojelu The Chairman of DAAR Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi Friday tendered an unreserved apology to the National Leader of…
How Europe is trying to kill millions of Africans – Prof Alexia Thomas
Professor Alexia Thomas, Chairman, The Commonwealth Liberation Party, TCLP United Kingdom (UK), Chairman of Alliance Treaty Commission and President, Independent…
BoI disburses N700m loans to SMEs in Taraba
The Bank of Industry (BoI) has disbursed N700 million in loans under its Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises Development Fund to…
Dokpesi apologises to Tinubu over libellous documentary
Henry Ojelu Chairman emeritus of Daar Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has officially apologised to the National Leader of All…
Lagos charges pilgrims to imbibe Godly virtues
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has charged pilgrims who returned from pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Israel to imbibe the godly…
16m people visit Facebook in Nigeria monthly
Facebook has announced 16 million people in Nigeria visit it every month with 100% of them coming on mobile. Each…
Pastor dupes Sokoto bizman over spiritual solution
Cyriacus Izuekwe A Sokoto State-based businessman, Ogochukwu Raphael, is now stranded after he came to Lagos, western Nigeria, to visit…
DStv heats up TV screens with two new Telemundo series
Funsho Arogundade In this month of February, it’s going to be all about love, intrigue, suspense and drama as DStv…
Supreme Court dismisses Saraki’s suit, okays CCT to try him
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki by the Code of Conduct Tribunal will go on after the…
Breaking: Tinubu, Dokpesi settle libel suit out of court
Henry Ojelu National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has agreed to accept an unreserved apology…
20-year-old letter reveals doping scandal among Chinese athletes
Wang Junxia, the 3,000 and 10,000 metres women’s world record holder, has seemingly admitted to doping in a letter which…
Pinnick bemoans N1.2bn approved for 2016
Taiwo Adelu The National Assembly has further compounded the cash crunch crisis of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, by reducing drastically…
NPAN To Minister: We’ll join fight against corruption
The Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Thursday reiterated its commitment to the fight against corruption in the country, insisting…
False Asset Declaration: Supreme Court decides Saraki’s fate today
Nigeria’s Supreme Court will give its verdict today in the appeal filed by Senate President Bukola Saraki, challenging his trial…
Mbaka: Priest, Politician Or Renegade? By Reuben Abati
Catholic priests in Nigeria have always captured the public imagination, some of them have served in government positions, some were…
Man, 60, faces N700k fraud charge in Lagos
A 60-year-old landlord, Olasina Giwa, on Monday appeared before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos charged with fraud…
Police shoot doctor during peaceful protest in Owerri
A member of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Imo State branch, participating in a peaceful demonstration against the concession of…
Nigeria’s economy to grow by 3.78%
Nigeria’s economy, reeling from the drop in oil prices, is expected to grow by 3.78 percent this year, up from…
Gary Neville should apologise and resign, says Canizares
Gary Neville should have apologised and resigned as Valencia coach after their humiliating Copa del Rey defeat, says former goalkeeper…
200 million girls and women living with Female Genital Mutilation – UNICEF
At least 200 million girls and women worldwide have been subjected to female genital mutilation with half of those living…
Five remanded for murder, rape, armed robbery
Dedeigbo Ayodeji The High Court Ikorodu, Lagos State, presided over by Honorable Justice M. A. Savage has remanded five suspects,…
Nigerian elites trying to slow down anti-corruption war – Osinbajo
Pressure from some Nigerian elites to slow down the ongoing fight against graft would not deter the Buhari presidency from…
TUC blasts Fashola over increase in electricity tariff
Eromosele Ebhomele The Nigerian Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has incurred the wrath of the country’s…
NSE moves 2.64bn shares worth N3.74bn in bear trading
Investors’ at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday staked N3.74 billion on 2.64 billion shares exchanged in 3,057 deals.…
Ai’sha Buhari launches maternal, child healthcare week in Kebbi
The wife of the President Hajiya Aisha Buhari, on Thursday flagged-off the Maternal and New- Born Child Health(MNCH) week in…