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Police circulate help-lines to improve service delivery
The Police in Lagos said on Friday they had circulated some help-lines to improve service delivery to Nigerians and to…
Kogi polls: APC, DPP chieftains laud INEC, security agencies for smooth accreditation
Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Democratic People’s Party (DPP) have commended the Independent National Electoral Commission…
Domestic violence a real tragedy, says Ambode
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State says domestic violence continues to be a real tragedy faced by many citizens in…
Kogi Election: Elderly, pregnant women, others receive priority accreditation
Elderly persons, pregnant women as well as Persons with Disabilities are being given special priority to facilitate their accreditation for…
Petrol sells for N200 per litre in Umuahia
Some independent petroleum marketers in Umuahia are selling petrol for between N170 and N200 per litre even as the seeming…
Kogi Election: Elderly, pregnant women, others receive priority accreditation
Elderly persons, pregnant women as well as Persons with Disabilities are being given special priority to facilitate their accreditation for…
Something funny is going on here,” Wada blurted out as wife can’t find name on register
Ayorinde Oluokun/Kogi “Something funny is going on here,” angry Kogi State Governor, Idris Wada, blurted out as his wife, Halimat…
I’m APC, but I want Wada to win— Senator Kadiri
Ayorinde Oluokun/Kogi An APC gubernatorial aspirant, Senator Alex Kadiri has expressed support for the second term ambition of Governor Idris…
Kogi polls: High turnout at Wada’s ward
Ayorinde Oluokun/Kogi There was high turnout of voters as accreditation for the Kogi gubernatorial elections began across the state on…
Owambe Diplomacy: Nigeria must change its steps on the foreign relations dance floor
Adewunmi Emoruwa Time Magazine, October 20, 1961, carried an opinion titled ‘The Pride of Africa.’ The piece chronicled the 1st…
Watford’s Troy Deeney invites ex-prison mates to watch Man Utd clash
Watford captain Troy Deeney has fulfilled a promise made in prison by inviting six former inmates to watch him play…
A word of advice for the critics of pro-Biafra protesters
Onyiorah Paschal Chiduluemije It is a common saying that before you blame the hawk for its wickedness (of preying on the…
Jack Warner contract was an ‘aid package’, says Beckenbauer
Franz Beckenbauer says a contract he signed with ex-Fifa vice-president Jack Warner before the vote on hosting the 2006 World…
Seven dead as helicopter crashes in New Zealand
Six tourists and their pilot were killed when their helicopter crashed into a heavily crevassed glacier in New Zealand during…
Two men stopped from boarding US plane after speaking Arabic
Two men were kept from boarding a flight from Chicago to Philadelphia this week because they were speaking Arabic, one…
N800m Fraud: Suspects’ arraignment moved to November 30
The arraignment of suspected fraudster, Idowu Olarenwaju, alias Capt Anthony Abel Saramoh, has been adjourned to November 30, 2015. Olarenwaju…
Mali declares 10-day state of emergency following hotel attack
Mali’s government declared a 10-day nationwide state of emergency Friday evening after a jihadist attack on a hotel in the…
2nd Nigerian Lubricants Summit starts Tuesday
All is set for the 2015 edition of the Nigerian Lubricants Summit scheduled for Tuesday, 24 November to Thursday, 26…
Lagos Police release phone help lines
In line with the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase’s resolve to improve on the Force internal accountability mechanisms, enhance…
Kogi polls: Audu’ll win in Central senatorial district — campaign spokesperson
Ayorinde Oluokun/Kogi Dr. Tom Ohikere, the spokesperson for Prince Audu Abubakar Campaign Organisation has predicted that the All Progressives Congress…
Lawmaker urges govt to reduce expenses
y Rep. Olusegun Odebunmi (Oyo-PDP), Chairman of House of Representatives Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values, on Friday,…
Rivers Govt suspends services of RSSDA
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Three days after workers of Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency, RSSDA, protested over the nonpayment of seven…
Wike Sacks 14 Permanent Secretaries
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has fired 14 Permanent Secretaries, many of them appointed by former…
Kogi Election: Female guber candidate steps down, supports Audu
Eromosele Ebhomele Candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the Saturday governorship election in Kogi State, Nigeria, Zainab Usman,…
Nwadike to represent Nigeria at Exquisite Face of the Universe 2015 grand finale
Funsho Arogundade It would be an intense showdown of beauty as Nigeria’s Beauty and Tourism ambassador, Queen Collete Nwadike and…
Man, 23, goes berserk, slaughters grandma, injures aunt over rent collection
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Benin City, capital of Edo state was again thrown into another tragic mood on Friday when a 23-year-old…
1,320 recovered livestock returned to owners in Kaduna
Kaduna State Government said it returned 1,320 livestocks stolen by rustlers to their owners in Kaduna on Friday. This is…
FG donates N40m to victims of Kano bomb blast
The Presidential Victims Support Fund on Friday donated N40 million to the victims of the bomb attack that occurred on…
If I contest 10 times, I will win – Taraba Governor tells Alhassan
Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba has stated that if he contests 10 times as governor of Taraba he is confident…
Saraki v AGF: Court adjourns till Dec. 2
A Federal High Court, Abuja, will hear the Attorney General of the Federation counter motion on Senator Bukola Saraki’s Code…