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Ibadan mourns as Olubadan dies at 101
Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, slipped into mourning on Wednesday as the report of the death of the Olubadan of…
I never got along with Dasuki – Doyin Okupe
Doyin Okupe, former special assistant to former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo on (Media & Publicity) has stated categorically that he…
NSCDC, IPMAN seal six petrol stations in PH, arrest 30
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Joint TaskForce made up of Independent Marketers Association (IPMAN) and National Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has…
Doyin Okupe reacts to ‘hacking claims’, demands apology
Doyin Okupe, former senior special assistant to former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs has reacted to claims…
Jamie Foxx rescues car driver from burning vehicle
Jamie Foxx swapped Hollywood action for some real life stuff when he pulled a motorist from the wreckage of his…
Lagos Assembly to initiate bill on Health Trust Fund
The Lagos State House of Assembly has disclosed that plans are underway to initiate the Health Trust Fund Bill, which…
Corruption: It’s time to name and prosecute all suspects – CACOL
Eromosele Ebhomele acol The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, on Tuesday said Nigerians have had enough of revelations of how…
NIMASA: Nigeria lost N32bn to foreign investor, says Amaechi
Nigeria’s Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, has revealed that a foreign investor in the shipping sector got N32 billion for vessels,…
Sarah Palin endorses Donald Trump
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump received the endorsement Tuesday of conservative firebrand Sarah Palin, giving the billionaire businessman a potential…
Cameroon troops are killing civilians – Nigerian villagers
Cameroonian troops pursuing Boko Haram fired rocket-propelled grenades indiscriminately that killed a family of four, then shot and killed two…
Army acted appropriately in Shi’ite raids, Buratai insists
Nigeria’s army chief of staff told an inquiry on Tuesday that his soldiers had acted appropriately during a bloody raid…
More corrupt Nigerians to be exposed – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi said that more corrupt people in Nigeria will be exposed in his…
Wike assures army of Rivers support
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has assured the Army High Command that his administration will continue…
EFCC will not disobey court order – Chairman
Ibrahim Magu, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, has re-emphasised that the commission will not disobey any court…
Why I made changes to 2016 budget – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday explained why corrections had been made to the details of the 2016 budget as presented…
Imo workers defy Okorocha’s directive
Workers in 19 parastatal agencies and departments in Imo reported for duties, defying the directive by the state government that…
Fire guts NNPC Mega Station Dutse
Fire on Tuesday gutted the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mega Station in Dutse, NAN reports. A staff of the…
Nigeria loses N470m daily to attacks on pipelines – Fashola
Eromosele Ebhomele Minister of Works, Power and Housing, babatunde Fashola, late Tuesday revealed that the attack on the Nigeria Gas…
Handcuffing Metuh, a deliberate attempt to destroy him, others – PDP
Eromosele Ebhomele The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has condemned “the brazen display of authoritarianism demonstrated by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led…
N3.1bn Fraud: How ex-Gov Suswan siphoned state funds
An operative with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Junaid Sa’id, testifying in the ongoing trial of former Benue…
Olubadan of Ibadan is dead
The Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade 1, is dead. The monarch, who died at age 101 passed…
NUC approves 14 courses for IBB varsity
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved 14 academic programmes of the Niger State owned Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU)…
2016 Guber: Edo APC asks aspirants to caution their supporters
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC Tuesday issued a stern warning to all governorship aspirants…
Information about those who allegedly stole N1.34t in public domain – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said detailed information about the 55 people who allegedly stole…
EFCC arraigns health provider for pension scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today arraigned one Dr M.O Shona of Mos-Metro Hospital, Tudunwada, Sabon Gari, Kano…
Oil thieves, abductors less problematic, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has said that oil thieves and abductors are less problematic compared to Islamist sect, Boko…
Don’t put profit above Nigeria’s security, Buhari warns telcos
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi urged telecommunication companies operating in Nigeria not to place their desire for…
Nwaokobia to Igbos: Demand good governance, not Biafra
Eromosele Ebhomele Head of the Change Ambassadors of Nigeria, CAN, Chris Nwaokobia Jnr III, on Tuesday called on Igbos across…
NIMASA paid me N546million for nothing – Witness
Akin Kuponiyi A prosecution witness has told a stunned Federal High Court how his account was credited with N546.8million by…
Anti-Corruption War: Buhari doing what he was voted for – Kwande
Ambassador Yahaya Kwande, an elder statesman, on Tuesday commended the success so far recorded in the fight against corruption and…