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El Rufai to provide one meal per day to 1.5m pupils in Kaduna
Malam Nasir El Rufai, governor of Kaduna state has launched the School Feeding Programme at the Aliyu Makama Primary School,…
Ex-CBN chief calls for less dependence on oil trade
A retired Director of the CBN, Chris Nemedia, on Monday urged the Federal Government to be less-dependent on trading in…
Akwa Ibom govt to engage Canadian consultants on cocoa production
The Akwa Ibom Government has announced plans to engage consultants from Canada and Switzerland to educate farmers in the state…
Female banker, accomplice face trial over N67.9m fraud
Paul Iyoghojie Operatives of the police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Minverton Street, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Nigeria have arrested two members…
Richest 62 people as wealthy as half of world’s population, says Oxfam
The gross financial inequality between the rich and the poor has created a world where 62 people own as much…
Redeemed Pastor sent to prison over N100m Lekki land fraud
Cyriacus Izuekwe The last may not have been heard about the lingering N100m land fraud that rocked Lekki Re-setlement Schemes…
Buhari requests withdrawal of 2016 budget to make changes
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has written to parliament requesting the withdrawal of the 2016 budget in order to make changes,…
Nigeria vs Niger: Three points non negotiable, Eagles assures
Taiwo Adelu Nigeria’s Super Eagles Team B have assured that their first match in the ongoing Rwanda 2016 African Nations…
Okowa condemns attack on oil&gas facilities, reads riot act to perpetrators
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Ifeanyi Okowa, Delta state governor has condemned in strongest terms, the recent attacks on the oil and…
EU earmarks £26.8m for Nigeria but afraid it will be siphoned by corrupt officials
A report has warned that half the money the European Union spends on aid is wasted, stolen or held up…
Taiwan; A Memory Of A Trip by Wale Okediran
By Wale Okediran Taipei. Midnight. I am in the middle of the Shihlin Night Market, one of the most famous…
APC slams Wike for abandoning all construction activities
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress APC in Rivers State has accused Governor Nyesom Wike of abandoning all construction…
Netflix: Behind The Hype
Julius Fadehan Understandable. That was what I thought of the huge excitement provoked last week by the announcement that Netflix,…
Falana to Buhari: Grant presidential pardon to convicted soldiers
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has written an open letter to Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari asking for presidential pardon for…
Congo DR defeat Ethiopia
Congo Democratic Republic on Sunday defeated Ethiopia 3-0 in the Group B encounter in the ongoing African Nations Championship, CHAN,…
Lassa Fever: Lagos Speaker allays fears
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa has appealed to Lagosians not to panic but…
Community leaders will be held liable for attacks on oil, gas facilities – JTF
The Joint Taskforce (JTF), Operation Pulo Shield (OPS) has warned that community leaders would henceforth be held responsible for any…
NNPC to build new fuel stations in all senatorial districts
…kick starts retail outlets expansion project In a deft move designed to ensure efficient distribution and country-wide penetration of petroleum…
FG to inaugurate National Lassa Fever Action committee – Minister
The Federal Government is to inaugurate a National Lassa Fever Action Committee in view of the outbreak of Lassa fever…
FAAN asks public to disregard recruitment rumour
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Sunday said that recent reports in some sections of the media that…
Nigeria allows foreign currency transfers as FX restrictions ease
Nigerian commercial banks told customers on Sunday they would allow deposits of foreign currency to be transferred abroad from their…
Fasting promotes fertility, says medical expert
A medical expert, Christian Omojefe, has revealed that fasting can promote fertility, enhance weight loss and also boost brain cells…
NHRC chief decries neglect of 4,000 IDPs in Taraba
Prof. Bem Angwe, the Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission, (NHRC), has decried the neglect of at least 4,723 Internally…
Road accidents reduces by 70% during yuletide in C/River – FRSC Official
Mr Ikechukwu Igwe, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Cross River, said on Sunday that…
Police kill 2 suspected kidnappers, arrest 11 others
The police in Akwa Ibom say they have killed two of a three-man suspected kidnap gang in a gun battle…
Fire sacks 80 students from hostel in Anambra
At least 80 students have been displaced from their boarding house accommodation at the Don Bosco Secondary School and Youth…
Onaiyekan cautions politicians against vengeful politics
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, on Sunday cautioned politicians in the country against vengeful politics. Onaiyekan gave…
I rob to get money for medication— suspect
Kazeem Ugbodaga A member of a 3-man robbery gang arrested at the weekend by the operatives of the Rapid Response…
Bayelsa Speaker in fresh trouble
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Certainly these are not the best of times for the Rt. Hon Kombowei Benson, Speaker of the…
Lassa Fever: Lagos distributes 6,750 PPEs to health workers
Kazeem Ugbodaga Following the outbreak of Lassa fever in Lagos, the state government has distributed 6,750 Personal Protective Equipment, PPEs,…