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Delta Justice Commissioner frowns at illegal detention of suspects
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba The Delta State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Peter Mrakpor, has assured Deltans that the Ministry is…
TUC wants investigation of N2.7b jumbo pay for NERC board
Eromosele Ebhomele The Trade Union Congress, TUC, of Nigeria on Monday called on the two anti-graft agencies in the country,…
BVN: CBN extends enrollment for Diaspora bank customers
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the timeline for Nigerian bank customers in the Diaspora to enroll for…
KDSG to privatise abattoirs, send 7 butchers to Saudi Arabia on study tour
The Kaduna State Government on Monday said it was preparing the state abattoirs for privatisation and would send seven butchers…
LAHA urges Ambode to repair Lekki-Epe Expressway
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday passed a resolution urging Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode to direct relevant agencies to…
Malpractice: DPR seals 6 filling stations in Minna
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Monday sealed six petrol filling stations owned by some independent marketers in Minna,…
Telecoms: IT expert says rain does not affect quality of service
An Information Technology (IT) expert, Mr Lanre Ajayi, on Monday asserted that rainy weather does not affect the Quality of…
Police confirm 5 deaths in secret cult clashes in Ebonyi
The Police Command in Ebonyi on Monday confirmed the death of about five persons during clashes among two rival secret…
Foreign portfolio investors’ withdraw N40.07bn from stock market in Sept.
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), said that foreign investors withdrew the sum of N40.07 billion from the equities market in…
Naira slides further at parallel market
The Naira on Monday further slided at the parallel market as it exchanged for N227 to the dollar, as against…
Police confirm militants’ attack in A/Ibom
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom on Monday confirmed the attack by militants at T-junction in Itu Local Government Area…
GLO-CAF Award: Enyeama, Musa out, Toure, Ayew make 10-man list
Confederation of African Football (CAF) Monday made public a 10-man short-list for the African Player of the Year Award with…
Anxiety as Lagos Assembly reels out 32 committees
Eromosele Ebhomele @selemele2 There was palpable anxiety at the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday over which lawmaker would…
Naira slides further at parallel market
The Naira on Monday further slided at the parallel market as it exchanged for N227 to the dollar, as against…
Syndicate defrauds FG N1.2bn, Youth Corper gets N23m
The trial of Ibrahim Ahmed Mazangari, Muhammed Sani Sulaiman, Hajia Fatima Mazangari and Saleh Yerima Tsojon, who allegedly ran a…
Lagos seals 33 illegal pharmacies, patent stores
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Task Force on Counterfeit and Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods has shut no fewer…
Goje forged Assembly’s Resolution to collect N5bn loan – Witness
A witness in the ongoing trial of a former governor of Gombe State and serving senator, Danjuma Goje, Shehu Mohammed…
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PICTURES: Jonathan visits Buhari in Aso Villa, his former abode
Goodluck Jonathan visited President Muhammadu Buhari in Aso Villa on Monday, 2 November. The immediate past president of Nigeria, who…
Ambode, a worker, not a talker
By Ikechukwu Orji I first met Akinwunmi Ambode at the Onikan Stadium when he declared his candidacy for the office…
Ambode sacks Arebamen, appoints ex-AIG new LASTMA CEO
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has sacked Young Arebamen as the Chief Executive Officer, CEO of the Lagos…
NBC supports women with trade asset financing
In furtherance of its commitment to women empowerment in its value chain, the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Limited has identified…
Quacks destroying your profession, Obasa tells journalists
Eromosele Ebhomele @selemele2 Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, on Monday challenged media professionals to come…
Man jailed 10 years with hard labour for stealing 5-year-old baby
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 42-year-old man, Obasuyi Williams, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail with hard labour, by an…
Ambode charges newly constituted boards, commissions on performance
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday charged the newly constituted Chairmen, Executive Secretaries and Members of…
Adepoju, Nwosu, others hail Golden Eaglets 3-0 win against Brazil
Some football stakeholders on Monday commended the Golden Eaglets on their 3-0 victory against Brazil in the ongoing 2015 FIFA…
Man arrested for mounting illegal toll gate for extortion
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police have arrested a man who allegedly erected a toll gate and was using it to extort…
ITF set registration deadlines for Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis
Taiwo Adelu Players willing to play in Futures 3 of the 15th Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship have been told…
GT Bank to continue BVN registration after deadline
Taiwo Adelu There are strong indications that depositors in Nigerian banks will still have the opportunity of having access to…
Bomb found at airport disrupts flights
The discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb at Dusseldorf Airport led to the cancellation of seven flights on…