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Lagos set for Access Bank Lagos City Marathon on Saturday
Taiwo Adelu All is now set as Lagos State Government set to host over 20,000 local and international marathoners in…
Hawkers make brisk business ahead of Lagos City Marathon
With less than 48 hours to the Access Lagos City Marathon, hawkers make brisk business in front of the Teslim…
Kogi govt., NLC in fresh row over salary arrears
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Kogi chapter, has said that the state workforce would not participate in the fresh screening…
Tell Edo people your deputy’s crime, former lawmaker tells Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has been urged by the former Minority Whip of the Federal House…
FAAN battles Arik Airline over unpaid N11.2bn debt
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal high court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, has adjourned till 10 February a N11.2 billion and…
Delta Scholarship Board scribe siphoned N169m – EFCC witness
The trial of the Executive Secretary of Delta State Scholarship Board, Peter Amromanoh and his accountant, Andrew Boji Nkwor continued…
Lagos demolishes Baba Ijebu’s 4-storey building
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has demolished a four storey-building belonging to the founder of the popular Premier Lotto…
Dasukigate: Metuh gave me N25m – witness
A witness in the ongoing trial of the National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, and…
FG to upgrade cancer control programme
The Federal Government on Thursday said it will upgrade the Cancer Control Programme to National Agency for the Control of…
Discrimination: Physically challenged student sues Rivers university
Eromosele Ebhomele Jane Ottah, a student with disability, has sued the management of the Rivers State University of Science and…
Role of law in mitigating HIV/AIDS burden in Nigeria —UNDP
Kazeem Ugbodaga The United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, says the Legal Environment Assessment, LEA, of a nation is key to…
Humanitarian crises: Buhari calls for greater global support
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in London called on the global community to give greater support to countries whose populace are…
N29bn Fraud: Court admits exhibits against Nyako, others
The trial of a former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, his son, Senator Abdul-Aziz Nyako, Abubakar Aliyu and Zulkifikk…
Viber Apps announces first public chats launch in Nigeria
Viber, one of the leading messaging and calling apps with more than 664 million unique users worldwide, has opened its…
Doyin Okupe blasts Oyegun over Supreme Court comments
Doyin Okupe, former special assistant to former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo on (Media & Publicity) has blasted the national chairman…
Rivers PDP slams Oyegun
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Chairman, Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Felix Obuah says there is nothing…
NDLEA arrests 25 drug addicts in Kaduna
Femi Adi/Kaduna National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Thursday in Kaduna raided a popular drug addicts’ hideout at Sabon-Tasha, Kaduna…
Lagos lawmaker counsels on cancer prevention
Eromosele Ebhomele The Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Health Services, Segun Olulade, has urged Nigerians to desist…
We have always regarded the media as partners – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says he has always regarded the media as partners, hence the…
Synagogue: Lagos objects to TB Joshua’s fresh application to quash coroner’s verdict
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Thursday urged a Lagos High Court in Ikeja to dismiss with substantial cost…
Reps member appoints 11 liaison officers
Eromosele Ebhomele In order to increase youth participation in governance, a member of the Federal House of Representatives, Jide Jimoh,…
Lassa fever hits Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State has recorded the first Lassa fever case. According to sources, the victim has been transferred to…
Task Force arrests suspects over oil pipe blasts in Niger Delta
The Joint Military Task Force a.k.a. Operation Pulo Shield, protecting oil facilities in Niger Delta, says it has arrested suspected…
Abuja at 40: Residents of satellite towns complain of poor infrastructure
As the city of Abuja marks 40 years of creation as Nigeria’s federal capital, some residents of the territory have…
Facebook helps West African SMEs connect with customers
Facebook hosted a roundtable with small and medium sized enterprises from Ghana and Nigeria on Tuesday as part of its…
Nigeria Needs education Reforms
By Oluwagbenga Oyebanji I have always believed education should be driven towards self discovery. I read two books that changed…
Lawyer arraigned over alleged N4.5m fraud
Paul Iyoghojie A Lagos-based legal practitioner, Barr. Chidi Udoije Amadi, 50, has been arrested by the operatives of the Force…
Nigeria’s Super Eagles gain 3 steps on FIFA rankings
Taiwo Adelu Despite early exit from the Rwanda 2016 African Nations Championship (CHAN), Nigeria gained three steps up the ladder…
Woman slaps female Inspector at police station
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 35-year-old housewife, Ugochi Eze, has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ court for allegedly slapping a…