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Customs boss says corrupt personnel will get 10-year maximum sentence
The Comptroller General of Customs (CGC) , retired Col. Hameed Ali, on Tuesday warned that any customs officer caught involved…
Taraba governorship verdict, victory for all women, says Tinubu
Former Lagos state governor and a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described the…
Thailand begins trial of 88 human trafficking suspects
A Thai Court on Tuesday began examining witnesses and evidence in the trial of 88 defendants charged over the trafficking…
Trade fair: food vendors lament lack of water, electricity
Some food vendors at the ongoing Lagos international trade fair on Tuesday complained of frequent power outage and lack of…
Pro-Biafra protest grounds Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Thousands of members of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, stormed the streets of Port Harcourt Tuesday on…
20th Anniversary: Vigils held in honour of Ken Saro-Wiwa
Vigils are being held in Nigeria to mark the 20th anniversary of the execution of the human rights activist and…
Three dead, scores injured in CAR clashes
No fewer than three people were killed in clashes between fighters in the Central African Republic , a UN official…
Tanzania’s new president restricts foreign travel for officials, cuts tax exemptions
President John Magufuli of Tanzania on Tuesday ordered restrictions on foreign travel by government officials and cuts in tax exemptions,…
2nd batch of Nigerian contingent to Africa Union Standby Force training returns
The second batch of the Nigerian military contingent that participated in the special training for the African Union standby force…
Tanzania’s new president restricts foreign travel for officials, cuts tax exemptions
Tanzania’s new President John Magufuli, on Tuesday ordered restrictions on foreign travel by government officials and cuts in tax exemptions,…
The Economist verdict on Lagos traffic, Ambode
In what could described as a damning piece, The Economist takes a critical look at Lagos traffic and the new…
Amsoun commends Nigeria Navy over Tongeji Island
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, Southwest, Nigeria has commended the men and officers of the Nigerian Navy…
The Coming of Buhari’s Change Agents By Garba Shehu
Before a skyscraper rises out of the ground and becomes a towering edifice, the foundation must go deep into the…
Lamorde’s sack, end of a decadent era in EFCC, says COHRD
The Coalition of Human Rights Defenders (COHRD) has described the removal of Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde as the Chairman of the…
INEC urged to start preparing for 2019 elections
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has been urged to start preparations for 2019 electoral process to avoid recurrence of challenges…
Court orders Police Affairs Ministry to regularise teachers salaries
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, has ordered the Ministry of Police Affairs to regularise the salaries of teachers in…
Oil, gas sector facing sharp low revenues, says Kachikwu
The Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Dr Ibe Kachikwu on Monday said the industry was facing…
LASG calls for creation of data bank for churches, mosques
The Lagos State Government on Monday called for the creation of a data bank for churches and mosques in the…
7,436 Nigerians crossed European borders illegally in 2015 – EU
The European Union on Monday said 7,436 Nigerians crossed into Europe from Nigeria illegally in the second quarter of 2015.…
We did not approve franchise for Stanbic IBTC – NOTAP
The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) on Monday said it didn’t grant any management or maintenance franchise…
We will hold you by the oath, Buhari tells INEC chairman, commissioners
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday told the newly inaugurated INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and five national commissioners of the…
EX-NSA Dasuki sues FG over threat to his life
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Former National Security Adviser (NSA) Colonel Sambo Mohammed Dasuki (rtd) has dragged the Federal Government to a Federal…
Suspected Boko Haram terrorist arrested – Army
The Nigerian Army says it has arrested one Ishaku Wardifen, a suspected Boko Haram terrorist it recently declared wanted. In…
U.S. envoy urges unfettered access to information to grow Nigeria’s democracy
The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr James Entwistle on Monday called for open and unfettered access to information to promote…
Ugwuanyi promises to provide facilities for accreditation of College of Education
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, has promised to provide necessary facilities for the accreditation of Enugu State Colleges of…
Gbajabiamila’s loyalists boycott inauguration of House of Reps committees
Some loyalists of the Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila on Monday boycotted the inauguration of Standing Committees…
Kosovo fails in UNESCO membership bid
Kosovo on Monday failed to secure enough support to join UN culture agency UNESCO, in a victory for Serbia. A…
Be committed to Buhari’s anti-corruption campaign, Dogara tells Reps
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Monday urged members of the house’s standing committees to be committed…
Rivers Assembly confirms 22 LG caretaker chairmen-nominees
The Rivers State House of Assembly has screened and confirmed the 22 nominees as Chairmen of Caretaker Committees of the…
Protest as Lagos Speaker names committee chairmen
Eromosele Ebhomele There were protests on Monday afternoon at the Lagos State House of Assembly as a ranking member of…