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FIRS proposes N4.96trn revenue for 2016
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has proposed a revenue target of N4.957 trillion for 2016. Its Executive Chairman, Mr…
2 community leaders arraigned over alleged damage to N100m property
Paul Iyoghojie Two Community leaders at Ibeju Lekki area of Lagos State, western Nigeria, Mojeed Babtunde, 70, and Tajudeen Ajenifuja,…
3 Ecobank employees docked for stealing N2.8m from customers’ accounts
Three Ecobank employees were arraigned in Lagos on Tuesday for allegedly stealing N2.8 million from customers’ accounts. The accused persons…
Funding constrains MNJTF in fight against Boko Haram
Funding for a multinational force to combat Boko Haram’s deadly Islamist insurgency in West and Central Africa remains well short…
Aguero fires Man City to victory
Manchester City responded to the news of manager Manuel Pellegrini’s summer departure with a hard-earned win over Sunderland at the…
Vardy scores twice as Leicester down Liverpool
Jamie Vardy got back to his best against Liverpool at the King Power Stadium when he scored twice in a…
NIMASA paid me N905m for unexecuted jobs – Witness
A prosecution witness, Uche Obilor in the ongoing trial of former Director-General of NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi and six others today…
Apologize now, Okowa tells APC, LP guber candidate
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Following his victory at the Supreme Court which declared him winner of the 11 April, 2015 governorship election…
ICC considering Falana’s petition against Okonjo-Iweala
The International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague has confirmed that it is considering the petition submitted to it by…
Anxiety, tension grip Benin as multiple explosions rip 4 buildings apart
Jethro Ibileke/Benin There was palpable fear, anxiety and tension in Benin City, capital of Edo state on Tuesday afternoon, as…
FG to save $1bn as NNPC ends crude oil swap
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu,…
UTME candidates in South West protest non-availability of centres
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Over 100 students in the South-West who intend to write the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, that would…
NAF drone destroys Boko Haram base
The Nigerian Air Force Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has destroyed a logistics base used by members of the Boko…
NDDC seeks EFCC’s collaboration
The acting managing director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mrs Ibim Semenitari has called for the support and collaboration…
Organisers give reasons for GOtv Boxing NextGen search
The organisers of GOtv Boxing Night have explained why they are holding GOtv Boxing NextGen Search, slated to take place…
FG’s $25b infrastructural fund receiving positive interests – Osinbajo
The plan of the federal government to raise a $25 billion Infrastructural Fund from the global community and establish long…
Supreme court verdict brilliant, straightforward – Delta Speaker
The Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Monday Igbuya, on Tuesday described the Supreme Court judgement affirming the…
How Dariye shared N1.2bn Ecological Fund
The trial of a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial…
Don’t kill businesses with burdensome tax regime, Boroffice tells Mimiko
The senator representing Ondo North, Prof. Ajayi Boroffice has advised the Ondo State Government to embark on systemic widening of…
CBN agrees 5% lending rate to farmers – Ogbeh
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had agreed to…
Oshiomhole gives succour to 2012 accident victims
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has given relief to seven of the journalists who were seriously injured…
Oil Price Crash: ICT as cost cutting measure for oil, gas firms
The management of MainOne’s Tier III Data Center, MDX-i is lending its voice to the call by the Office for…
Banker withdraws N13m from customer’s account
Paul Iyoghojie The police at Ikoyi Division, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Nigeria, have arrested a 33-year-old staff of an old generation…
Driver jailed for stealing bus
Jethro Ibileke/Benin An Egor magistrates’ court in Benin, on Tuesday sentenced a 29-year-old commuter bus driver, Oghenero Magaji, to…
Edo hospital better than many in Europe, Asia – Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said that the newly constructed state’s 200-bed Central Hospital in Benin,…
INEC reverses self, shifts Rivers rerun elections to 19 March
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has shifted the Rivers State National and State Assemblies rerun elections…
Pregnant woman stabbed to death over N1k
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A woman nursing a six-month pregnancy simply identified as Mrs. Ikhuoria, has been allegedly stabbed to death…
Ezeugo rules out Nigeria from AFCON 2017
Taiwo Adelu Former Nigerian international, Emeka Ezeugo, has declared that the Super Eagles should forget their qualification for Gabon 2017…
Ambode’s focus on youths to stem social vices —group
Eromosele Ebhomele The Ambode Youth Initiative (AYI), a youth group working for projection of the work and policies of the…
23 nations converge on Rome to discuss anti-Islamic State push, Libya
Nearly two dozen nations gathered on Tuesday to plot their fight against the Islamic State militant group in Syria and…