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Buhari will address infrastructure deficit – NSA President
Dr Mohammed Tumala, President, Nigerian Statistical Association, has expressed optimism that the 2016 budget of N6.08 trillion will address infrastructure…
Fashola gets N433.4bn for Power, Works and Housing
fashola The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja earmarked N433.4 billion in the 2016 budget for its services in the…
Yuletide: FG declares Dec. 24, 25, 28 public holidays
ambazau The Federal Government has declared December 24, Dec.25 and Dec. 28 public holidays to mark Maulud Nabiy, Christmas Day…
2016: Fayose turns prophet, predicts doom for Nigeria
Eromosele Ebhomele Ahead of 2016 and at a time when various prophets are still looking at their crystal balls to…
Saraki promises quick passage of 2016 budget
Eromosele Ebhomele President of the Nigerian Senate and chairman of the National Assembly, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday promised a…
DPO clears illegal street traders off Lion Building area
Paul Iyoghojie The female Divisional Police officer, DPO, in charge of Lion Building Division, Lagos Island, western Nigeria, CSP Anthonia…
A Gloomy Christmas And Hope For A Brighter 2016
The month of December every year can never be taken for granted. It is the month of Christmas which is…
FULL TEXT OF PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI’S 2016 BUDGET ADDRESS
I am honoured and privileged to present the 2016 Budget proposal. This is my first address before this joint session…
Onigbinde’s damming verdict: Nigerian football not growing
Taiwo Adelu FIFA and CAF Technical Instructor, Chief Adegboye Onigbinde, has assessed Nigerian football and come up with a damming…
Female ticketing officer sent to prison for theft
Paul Iyoghojie A female ticketing officer with Main One Cable Company in Lagos, western Nigeria, Joy Nakpodia, 38, has been…
Buhari presents N6.08 trillion budget proposal for 2016
President Muhammadu Buhari has presented 6.08 trillion Naira budget proposal for 2016 to a joint session of the National Assembly.…
Manager faces trial over theft of employer’s SUV
Paul Iyoghojie Edeh Joshua, 41, a marketing manager with Gladys Felix Service Nigeria Limited, a car sales firm at Agbor,…
Of Gbadegesin’s Sense of Duty
By Kunle Ajibade William Faulkner, the winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature, wrote in one of his novels,…
Buhari apologises to Nigerians for fuel scarcity
President Muhammadu Buhari has apologised to Nigerians over the fuel scarcity that has persisted across the country since October. He…
Olympics: I’ve not invited Musa, Mikel, says Siasia
Taiwo Adelu Chief Coach of Nigeria’s U-23 Dream Team VI, Samson Siasia has come out to deny the rumours that…
Buhari, Amaechi named ‘Men of the Year’
•Demands immediate sack of Gesila Khan INEC Rivers REC Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives…
LIFE TO THE FULLEST
By Sharon Jane Akinyemi Let me ask you a question: Are you one of the 27 million otherwise healthy Nigerians…
N4.5bn Compensation: Stanbic IBTC heads to Appeal Court
stanbic Stanbic IBTC has headed to the Court of Appeal to challenge the verdict by a Lagos High Court ordering…
Ighalo will not leave in January – Watford manager
Top scorer Odion Ighalo, whose goals have caught the attention of bigger Premier League clubs, will stay at Watford at…
Britain deploy military personnel to fight Boko Haram in Nigeria
The British Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Fallon, has said his country will deploy additional military advisers and trainers…
Diezani ties suspended indefinitely by Caribbean country
The Prime Minister of Dominican Republic, Roosevelt Skerrit, has suspended his country’s ties with Diezani Alison-Madueke following are arrest in…
Brunei bans Christmas celebration, Christians kick
The small oil-rich nation of Brunei, in Asia, that prohibits propagation of any other religion apart from Islam, has banned…
FEC approves review of tax laws to address inadequacies
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Monday in Abuja approved the review of extant taxation laws to address the inadequacies…
Accident leaves 8 injured at NNPC Mega station
Two vehicles were on Monday involved in a head on collision near the NNPC Mega Station in Central Business District…
Nigerians set to have ‘single identification numbers’
The Federal Government has directed all agencies capturing the biometrics of Nigerians to urgently aggregate their records so as to…
Ozil stars as Arsenal beat Man City
Arsenal moved to within two points of surprise Premier League leaders Leicester City with victory over Manchester City at Emirates…
Boko Haram forces one million children out of school – UN
Violence in northeast Nigeria and neighbouring countries targeted by Boko Haram has forced more than one million children out of…
Former NLC Secretary set to be buried
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Former Rivers state secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Sir Joseph Osaro Ejire Awala, who died…
Wounded Shiite members dying in detention – Spokesman
Nigerian Shiites wounded in military raids are dying in military and police detention because they are being denied medical care,…
Buhari to present 2016 budget to National Assembly today
All is set for presentation of the 2016 national budget to the National Assembly on Tuesday, Lai Mohammed, Nigeria minister…