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BRT: Lagos govt terminates agreement with operator
The Lagos State Government has terminated operations of the first BRT cooperative run by the National Union of Road Transport…
Arms deal: EFCC arrest of ex-military administrator
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it had arrested a former Military Administrator of Kaduna State, retired Brig.-Gen.…
Lassa Fever: Over 60 persons placed under observation in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Government has placed placed under close medical observation 60 persons who had direct contact with…
Robbers cart away N9m from Lagos filling station
Cyriacus Izuekwe Dare devil robbers on motorcycle struck at a filling station in Ejigbo area and carted away N9 million…
SuperSport, AIT, others to broadcast Glo-CAF Awards live
Football lovers across the world will watch the glamorous 2015 Glo-CAF Awards live on their television sets. The award gala…
Ogoniland clean-up to commence soon – FG
The Federal Government says the clean-up of Ogoniland impacted by oil spill would commence in the first quarter of 2016.…
A Review of Nigerian Stock Exchange in 2015
Many investors on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) will always remember 2015 as a year of dashed hopes and unmet…
Otti’s supporters celebrate Appeal Court judgment
Thousands of supporters of Dr. Alex Otti, the governorship candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia, have staged…
NSCDC ordered to sell seized vessel
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has secured an interim order from the law court to sell the…
FIFA Ranking: Super Eagles retain 66th position
Nigeria’s Super Eagles begin 2016 still as world’s 66th, as FIFA’s latest ranking of nations remains what it was in…
Lagarde to Nigeria: Act with Resolve, Build Resilience, and Exercise Restraint
On Wednesday, 6 January, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director addressed the national assembly, speaking on ‘Global economic transitions and…
Lagarde to National Assembly: I do not support forex restriction
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde told Nigerian lawmakers on Wednesday the IMF does not support foreign exchange restrictions, a…
Messi, Neymar, Hazard most valuable players in Europe
On Wednesday, the CIES Football Observatory published its bi-annual list of the 100 players with the highest transfer values across…
For A Peoples’ Armed Forces
Shenge Rahman Akanbi & Femi Odedeyi Egbe Omo Oduduwa endorses the recent call by the hunters in Borno on Nigeria’s…
We’ll win Bayelsa polls, says Sylva
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Ahead of the Saturday, January 9 supplementary election in Bayelsa state, the governorship candidate of the All…
Group hails Buhari over Ojudu’s appointment
The Action Group caucus of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing…
Ogun orders revalidation of private health facilities
Ogun State Government, western Nigeria, has directed that all owners of private health facilities operating within the State must revalidate…
Data, piracy could be problem for Netflix in Nigeria
By Seun Bisuga Nigerians have offered Netflix Inc. free consultancy by advising the movie streaming company of possible hitches it…
Netflix in Nigeria, most countries except China, Syria, N.Korea
Netflix Inc’s video-streaming service went live in more than 130 countries including Nigeria on Wednesday, covering almost the entire globe…
NRC crash DMU fare following low patronage
Following low patronage, the management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has reduced the fare for its Ogun/Lagos Diesel Multiple…
No petitions against APC leaders yet – EFCC chairman
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has defended what is perceived to be…
Lukaku hand Everton advantage against Man City
Everton hold the advantage in the Capital One Cup semi-final against Manchester City after Romelu Lukaku’s 19th goal of the…
Buhari has consolidated democracy with Ojudu’s appointment – Boroffice
The appointment of Senator Babafemi Ojudu as Special Adviser on Political Matters to the Presidency by President Muhammadu Buhari represents…
Man Utd recall Januzaj from Borussia Dortmund
Manchester United have recalled Adnan Januzaj from his season-long loan at Borussia Dortmund. United have requested the 20-year-old Belgium international…
FG moves to rake in more revenue, block leakages
Nigeria’s cabinet, the Federal Executive Council first meeting for 2016 held on Wednesday was devoted to discussions on how rake…
Didier Drogba retirement report premature despite links to Chelsea
A report that Didier Drogba has retired from playing to rejoin Chelsea as assistant to Guus Hiddink is premature, it…
NAF appoints new spokesperson
The Nigerian Air Force has appointed a new spokesman to manage its public affairs activities. The new Director of Public…
Buhari not influencing EFCC’s anti-graft war – Lai Mohammed
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s minister of information and culture has described as false allegations by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that…
N82m Dinner: Prof Soyinka replies Wike
Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has replied Governor Nyesom Wike and the Rivers Government following revelations that the former…
Army kills 101, arrests 21 Boko Haram members
Femi Adi/Kaduna The General Officer Commanding I Mechanised Division, Army Headquarters, Kaduna, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade on Wednesday confirmed that…