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Lagos Police Command gets new PRO
YUSUF MUHAMMED Dolapo Opeyemi Badmus a Superintendent of Police (SP) has been appointed as the new Police Public Relations Officer…
FIFA poll: Hayatou delegates CAF power to subordinates
Taiwo Adelu In view of his duty as acting President of the world football governing body, FIFA, Dr. Issa Hayatou…
Nigeria Diaspora security experts applaud improved security infrastructure
Nigeria Diaspora security experts have applauded the improved security infrastructure in Nigeria. This was made known by the Chairman of…
9-year-old girl raped to death
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt An atmosphere of gloom has enveloped Elele Community of Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State after…
Transfer: Ranieri back to Chelsea, Shane Long to Liverpool
Chelsea are considering making a summer move to bring former manager and current Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri back to Stamford…
PICTURES: Free Ashraf Fayadh Readings in Lagos
On Thursday, 13 January 2016, Professor Wole Soyinka and other literary personalities held Free Ashraf Fayadh Readings at Freedom Park,…
The mother who was also my muse by Niyi Osundare
(A grateful son remembers…..) by Niyi Osundare A Looming Poetic Presence The Word Is an Egg, my 11th book of…
Ministries, agencies, military yet to pay N45b electricity bill
Funsho Balogun As at the end of 2015, government Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs as well as military establishments were…
Ecobank begs court over contempt proceedings
West Africa’s leading bank, Ecobank, on Friday, 15 January failed in its bid to stop the contempt proceeding instituted against…
Lawmaker advises farmers, herdsmen to sheathe sword
Alhaji Mohammed Udege-Ukpoku (APC-Udege/Loko) Nasarawa state constituency, on Friday charged farmers and herdsmen in the area to sheathe their swords…
Buhari will not know peace, if Niger Delta knows no peace – Tompolo
Government Ekpemupolo popularly known as Tompolo as said that Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari will not know peace if the Niger…
20 dead in Ouagadougou as Al-Qaeda affiliate claims attack
At least 20 people have been killed and another 15 wounded in an ongoing assault on a hotel in the…
Pro-Biafra Protest: Wike orders arrest of agitators
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike has directed security agencies in the state to alert and arrest Biafran agitators who…
Several dead in Ouagadougou attack – Restaurant employee
Attackers have killed “several people” at a restaurant in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou opposite a four-star hotel where the assailants…
Tompolo distances self from bombing of pipelines
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo has dissociated himself from the wanton attacks on oil installations in the Warri…
Vandalism: NSCDC boss commends Nigerian Navy
The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) , Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu has commended the Chief of Naval…
Tompolo dissociates self from bombing of pipelines
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Tompolo has dissociated himself from the wanton attacks on oil installations in the Warri area of Delta…
NRC deploys 93 refurbished coaches to Lagos-Kano intercity passenger service
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Friday said it had completed the refurbishment of three air-conditioned coaches, 90-seater standard class…
INEC urges eligible female voters in FCT to register
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed to eligible female voters in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to register…
Gov. Bello of Niger calls for peaceful LG polls
Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger has enjoined people of the state to ensure peaceful conduct during the Saturday local government…
National Hospital designates isolation wards for Lassa fever management
The National Hospital, Abuja (NHA) says the hospital has designated isolation wards for the management of suspected Lassa fever outbreak…
Customs CG orders officers to declare assets within 14 days
Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hammed Ibrahim Ali (rtd), has directed officers of the Nigeria Customs Service to make full disclosure…
Pastor Adeboye bags OAU honorary doctorate degree
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, has been conferred with an honorary doctorate…
Lassa Fever hits Lagos, patient quarantined in LUTH
Kazeem Ugbodaga The dreaded Lassa Fever that has killed over 40 people in the country has hit Lagos, with the…
CHAN 2016: Eagles arrive Kigali, begin training immediately
Taiwo Adelu Nigeria’s home-based Super Eagles arrive Kigali, Rwanda Friday just in time to begin their campaign in this year’s…
How Samuel Ladoke Akintola was killed – son
The scion of the family of the late Premier of the defunct Western Region, Ambassador Abayomi Akintola, has given graphic…
Ezekwesili identifies causes of public education collapse
The former Minister of Education, Dr.Oby Ezekwesili, yesterday said that the inconsistent economic policies of federal government is responsible for…
Amodu, Eguavoen, others pay tributes as Stephen Keshi buries wife
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Benin City, the capital of Edo state literally stood still Friday as the ancient city turned the…
Anglicans penalise US church over gay marriage
The Anglican Church has slapped sanctions on its liberal U.S. branch for supporting same-sex marriage, a move that averted a…
Pump Price: DPR to fine violators N1m, shut stations
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has said that henceforth, any oil marketer caught manipulating the pump price of fuel…