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Promoters unveil plans for kids at Boxing Day’s GOtv show
Flykite Productions, promoters of GOtv Boxing Night, have announced plans to make the fifth edition, holding on 26 December, a…
Omoigui-Okauru, former FIRS boss, advocates for personal change
Funsho Arogundade Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru, former Executive Chairperson of Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has called on Nigerians to embrace…
High calibre expired explosives to be destroyed in Ogoniland
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Police Command has announced that approval has been granted to Halliburton Oil Services Company in…
Police rescue woman, daughter from kidnappers
BY YUSUF MUHAMMED The police at Alakuko Division have rescued a woman Mrs. Oluyemi Ogunmuyiwa and her daughter Miss Oreoluwa…
Nigeria Olympic Committee hails Dream Team’s qualification for Rio 2016 Games
Taiwo Adelu Secretary General of Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Tunde Popoola, has said that the Dream Team VI’s qualification for…
5 suspected impersonators of Buhari’s first son denied bail
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Five persons who allegedly impersonated Salisu Buhari, the first son of President Muhammadu Buhari, to dupe a…
Fashola dismisses fake Facebook accounts opened in his name
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing and former Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has disclaimed several Facebook…
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FG to peg fuel price at N97 per litre
Petrol price in Nigeria will go up in the new year going by official disclosure that over N1 trillion had…
Nigerian troops kill Boko Haram terrorist, rescue 31 in Aulari
Troops operating in Bama axis has cleared Boko Haram terrorists out of Aulari area located within the Sambisa forest. The…
FG inaugurates FISH to address civil servants housing needs
Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, Acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federal (HOS), says Federal Government is poised to address…
Biafra: Court to rule on Kanu’s bail application Dec. 17
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday fixed Dec.17 to rule on a bail application for the detained leader…
Saudi Arabia forms Islamic counterterrorism coalition
Saudi Arabia said Tuesday that 34 nations have agreed to form a new “Islamic military alliance” to fight terrorism with…
Nigeria army raids Shi’ite sect; hospital says 60 killed
At least 60 people were killed this weekend when the Nigerian army raided a minority Shi’ite sect and arrested its…
I have no issues with Buhari, says Sylva
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, has dissociated himself from…
Senate pledges support for anti-corruption war
The senate on Monday, December 14 pledged its support for the ongoing fight against corruption in Nigeria. Chairman Senate Committee…
Vardy, Mahrez show, as Leicester dump Chelsea
Leicester City returned to the top of the Premier League and increased the pressure on Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho with…
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: Court sets aside infrastructure/motorways concession agreement
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos south west Nigeria has set aside a new Concession Agreement on…
Alhassan’s governorship ruling true symbol of change
Tarabans in Diaspora has called on the judiciary to save Taraba State and it’s people from what it called bad…
Wike hails Dream Team VI, says journey began in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, Rivers State Governor, has congratulated the Dream Team VI for winning the African U-23…
Construction of 114 roads in Lagos LGs begin Janaury – Ambode
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode says he will flag off the construction of 114 roads in the 20…
Amuneke, Etebo, 4 other Nigerians nominated for 2015 Glo-CAF Awards
Six Nigerians were on Monday in Abuja, Nigeria shortlisted for 2015 Glo-CAF Awards by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).…
Segun Osoba Donates Media Book to 25 Higher Institutions
Veteran journalist and former governor of Ogun State, Chief Segun Osoba, has donated two volumes of a major media book,…
Oshiomhole budgets N111.5bn for 2016 fiscal year
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole on Monday presented the state’s 2016 budget of N111.5 billion to the state…
Court jails Ex-DPO over 2012 subsidy protest killing
Henry Ojelu A Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere on Monday sentenced a former Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Mr.…
Court dissolves 43-yr-old marriage in Ibadan
A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Monday dissolved the 43- year-old marriage between one Disu Onifade and his wife,…
Siasia optimistic of winning Rio Olympics football
Coach of the National U-23 Team, Dream Team VI, Samson Siasia, says he is optimistic that Nigeria will win the…
Adamawa assembly speaker dismisses alleged plan to remove governor
Alhaji Kabiru Mijinyawa, the Speaker, Adamawa House of Assembly, has dismissed alleged plans to impeach Gov. Muhammadu Jibrilla. Mijinyawa, during…
Port Harcourt-Aba Mass Transit Train Service set to begin operation
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Monday said that the Minister of Transportation, Mr Chibuike Amaechi , has approved the…
Gov. Okowa flays huge debt profile of Delta Transport Company
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, has expressed dismay at the huge debt burden amounting to about N400 million owed by…
SEC begins e-Dividend registration
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has advised all shareholders and investors in the Nigerian Capital Market to visit their…