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INEC gives verdict on Kogi polls, says no to fresh polls
The Independence National Electoral Commission has stated that there will be no fresh polls in Kogi state after the death…
Lagos Assembly condoles Kogi over Audu’s death
Eromosele Ebhomele @selemele2 Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly spent time on Tuesday discussing the death of Prince…
FIFA ethics committee seeks life ban for Platini
The ethics committee of world football governing body FIFA has recommended UEFA president Michel Platini be banned for life, a…
Stella Oduah: Court fixes Dec.1 for hearing of suit
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday fixed December 1 for hearing of a suit filed by a former…
LMC director rates recently concluded Glo League season high
SUNDAY AKINTOYE Isaac Ayodele, one of the directors of League Management Company, LMC, that administers the Nigeria professional football league,…
Oshiomhole commissions eight projects in State Varsity
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state Governor, Adams Oshiomhole Monday commissioned a 500-capacity lecture theatre, a Moot-Court Building abandoned since 1991 and…
Sabotage, theft undermining power supply, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the sabotage and theft of gas were undermining the efforts of the government to…
How Ambode saved me from death – 76-yr old journalist
Kazeem Ugbodaga Veteran journalist, 76-years old Alfred Ilenre says he may have died if Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode did…
Nigerians blast Buhari as fuel scarcity bites harder
Nigerians have taken to social media to blast President Muhammadu Buhari over the worsening fuel scarcity across the country. Most…
ISIL, Boko Haram, al-Qaeda planning more attacks, US alerts citizens
The United States has alerted its citizens across the world that terrorist groups, Islamic State, Boko Haram and al-Qaeda are…
6 arrested for living in uncompleted building
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at Shasha division have arrested six suspects, four women and two men for allegedly constituting a…
Group warns against plan to increase LASU fee
•FILE PHOTO: Cross section of jubilant students of Lagos State University shortly after Governor Babatunde Fashola announced a return to…
It cannot be business as usual in Nigeria – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has stressed the need for Nigerians to positively change their attitudes…
Okowa mourns Audu, condoles family, Kogi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, Governor of Delta State, has commiserated with the family, the Igala Nation, government and…
Petrol now sold for N180 per litre in P/Harcourt, N300 at black market
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Despite the threats by the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, to dispense petroleum products of any marketer…
Russian pilot captured by Syrian rebels after Turkey downs Russian war plane
Two pilots have been ejected from downed plane and one captured by Syria rebels, AFP has reported. NATO member Turkey…
Obadara opens new radio station
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A non serving Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Gbenga Obadara, who represented Ogun Central Senatorial District…
Audu an irreplaceable politician – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday said in late Prince Abubakar Audu, its candidate in Saturday’s governorship election in…
Nine arrested with N11.1m fake Dettol soap – Police
The police in Kano have arrested nine persons for allegedly selling fake and substandard dettol soap and liquid disinfectants. The…
HUNGER SCALE
By Sharon Jane Akinyemi \\ Our words are extremely powerful. Have you ever had someone raise his voice in anger…
Ogun shuts schools, markets for HID Awolowo’s burial
The Ogun government has directed that all markets and public schools in the Remo Zone of the state be closed…
Nigeria to explore 600trn gas potential, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria was taking appropriate steps to turn its abundant gas resources into veritable catalyst…
In Iran, Kachikwu analyses challenges facing global gas industry
The Minster of State for Petroleum Resources Dr Ibe Kachikwu has identified market volatility, increasing competition and price war as…
PICTURES: Ambode repairs roads across Lagos
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos has begun fixing roads across Lagos with the Ikotun-Ejigbo road the major standout. The road…
It’s a shame FG can’t account for Chibok Girls – Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has described the inability of the federal government to give account of the over 200…
FG seeks to revoke Dasuki’s bail
Nigeria’s Federal Government on Monday urged a Federal High Court in Abuja to revoke a bail earlier granted to former…
Aregbesola commissions N750m school, names it after Soyinka
The first in the series of mega-schools built by the Rauf Aregbesola administration in Osun state has been formally opened…
New Ooni of Ife presented with traditional “Ade-Are” crown
The new Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, was on Monday presented with the traditional “Ade-Are” crown as the 51st…
Audu’s death, a great loss to Kogi people – Abatemi-Usman
A chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman, has described the…