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Drug Abuse: NDLEA advocates re-introduction of civic education in schools
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has advocated re-introduction of civic education in all schools in the country. Commander…
Harrison Ford passes Samuel L. Jackson as highest grossing US actor
With Star Wars: The Force Awakens becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time at the domestic box office, Harrison Ford…
AIB elects TVC Director as exco
Daniels Ekugo International Broadcasting (AIB) have elected the Director of Radio Services, TVC/CBS Nigeria, Richmond Dayo Johnson as a member…
Manager faces trial over diversion of company’s N317m
Cyriacus Izuekwe A warehouse manager, Okunuga Rasheed Olamide, has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ court for allegedly defrauding…
Bayelsa supplementary poll records impressive voter turnout
Saturday’s governorship supplementary election in Bayelsa recorded impressive turnout of voters in most units in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area…
African football agents to launch own association
African football agents will launch their own industry association at the second edition of the Football Player Agent Forum, which…
Boroffice pledges senate support for Buhari on STI
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Science and Technology, Prof. Ajayi Boroffice has assured Nigerians that the Nigerian Senate will give…
Ex-PDP chairman, senator defect to APC in Akwa Ibom
Former Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State, Chief Otu Ita Otoyo has defected to the All…
NSCDC job scammer arrested with fake appointment letter in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nemesis caught up with one Inusa Ali, 36, native of Borno, northeastern part of Nigeria, as he was…
Yaya Toure blasts CAF, Africa over award snub
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has reacted angrily after failing to win the Confederation of African Football’s player of the…
Wike to Muslims: Work with me to promote peace
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has called on Muslims in the state to work with his administration…
Why I chose Wolfsburg over other clubs – Osimhen
Victor Osimhen, the most outstanding player of the victorious 2015 Golden Eaglets squad, has explained shy he has decided to…
Nigerian-born poet wins international human rights poetry award
Nigerian-born Irish poet, Lind Grant-Oyeye, has won the human rights poetry award from the Universal Human Rights Student Network (UHRSN).…
Melaye dines with 1,000 IDPs in Abuja, pleads for release of Chibok girls
The Chairman, Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Otunba Dino Melaye, on Thursday spent his entire day with…
Ex-Bayelsa Speaker, LG boss escape death as terror gang besieges Ekeremor
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Hours to the supplementary governorship election in certain constituencies in Bayelsa state, all hell was let loose…
Ex-commissioner drags Rivers Chief Judge to Supreme Court
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A former Commissioner for Land and Survey in Rivers State, Ezemonye Ezekiel Amadi, has dragged the Chief…
Glo-CAF Awards: Hayatou hails Globacom
Taiwo Adelu President of Confederation of African Football (CAF), Dr. Issa Hayatou has described the relationship between CAF and the…
Semenitari promises to reposition NDDC for better service delivery
Acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mrs Ibim Semenitari, said on Friday that the agency would be…
Anambra Central Senatorial Re-run: PDP’s Ekwunife defects to APC
Senator Uche Ekwunife, the erstwhile senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, announced on Friday that she had defected to the…
Fake dancing promoter lands in prison over theft of 7 phones from 6 Women
– Paul Iyoghojie The Police at Lion Building Division, Lagos Island, western Nigeria have arrested a 23-year-old suspected fake dancing…
Four sent to prison over malicious damage
Paul Iyoghojie Operatives of the X-Squad of the Federal Criminal Investigation Department, FCID, Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Nigeria, have…
Avoid night trips, FRSC zonal boss warns motorists
Jeff Ezemadu The Zonal Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun and Lagos States, Nseobong Akpabio, has warned motorists,…
FG to introduce death insurance for soldiers fighting insurgency
The Minister of Defence, retired Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, said on Friday that the Federal Government would introduce insurance package for…
Pray for troops in battlefield, Officer urges Nigerians
The Nigerian Army on Friday advised Nigerians to always keep members of the Armed Forces combating the Boko-Haram insurgency in…
Sugar intake increases risk of breast cancer —report
Eromosele Ebhomele A scary health study has warned that diets high in sugar are a major risk factor for certain…
Naira strengthens against the dollar
The Naira on Friday hedged up slightly against the dollar at the parallel market amid calls for the apex bank…
Needless Bickering Over Buhari’s Media Chat
By Buki Ponle For a long time to come, the forthright explanation offered by President Muhammadu Buhari during his inaugural…
Lawmakers back Ambode over Oshodi demolition
Some lawmakers on Friday defended the demolition of Owonifari Market within the notorious loop of Oshodi by the State Government,…
Glo-CAF Awards: Okocha, Ladipo leave Abuja gala sad
Taiwo Adelu . Former captain of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha and President General of Nigerian Football and…
Man rapes unconscious teenage girl at boutique
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 33-year-old man has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ court for allegedly raping an 18-year-old girl…