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LG Caretaker Committees: LASG appeals judgement
Akin Kuponiyi The legal battle over the appointment of Caretaker Committees to manage the affairs of Local Government Areas and…
Lassa fever confirmed in Delta State
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Delta state has joined the league of states currently battling the dreaded hemorrhagic disease, Lassa fever, following…
Glo League: Abia Warriors declare Obanor AWOL
Nigerian Premier League hopefuls, Abia Warriors football club of Umuahia said one of their dependable players, Erhun Obanor has disappeared…
Buhari tasks global community on climate change to avert disaster for human race
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abu Dhabi called for greater global cooperation against the devastating effects of climate change to…
Jimoh Ibrahim sacks MD on live TV over unpaid workers’ protest
Funsho Arogundade The Group Managing Director of Energy Group, Jimoh Ibrahim, did the unthinkable Monday when he sacked Bolu Afolayan,…
Principal officers of Skye bank face contempt proceeding
Akin Kuponiyi A federal high court sitting in Lagos, South west Nigeria will tomorrow decide whether to commence the hearing…
Unpaid workers storm Jimoh Ibrahim’s lecture
Some unpaid workers stormed the Abuja venue of the Energy Group 5th GMD Lecture Monday while the programme was being…
Four dead in suicide attack on Cameroon mosque
Four worshippers were killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque in northern Cameroon on Monday, a security source said,…
Lawyers’ son Arrested over N100k fraud
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 38-year-old son of a senior legal practitioner, Adeniyi Oriade, has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’…
APC wins all Chairman positions in Niger LG councils poll
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Niger has won all the 24 Local Government Areas Chairmanship positions in the election…
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…