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Lagos begins evacuation of Yuletide waste
The government of Lagos State has begun the evacuation of all refuse generated across the State during the Christmas and…
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N2.5b Fraud: Buhari sacks Babachir Lawal as chairman of presidential boards committee
President Muhammadu Buhari has removed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Babachir David Lawal as chairman of the…
Oil price hits 18-month highs of $58.37
Oil prices hit 18-month highs on Tuesday, the first trading day of 2017, buoyed by hopes that a deal between…
Historian dupes girlfriend of car, land
A 47-year-old historian, Nicholas Ajayi, who allegedly defrauded his girlfriend of a car and landed property valued at N1.3 million,…
NCS implements vehicle importation ban
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has kicked off the implementation of the policy banning importation of vehicles through the land…
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Several vehicles trapped at borders as ban on imports takes off
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has kicked off the implementation of the policy banning importation of vehicles through the land…
Malnutrition kills 2,300 Nigerian children daily- NGO
Mr Ubah Nnaemeka, the Project Officer, Civil Society Scaling-up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), on Tuesday said malnutrition accounts for the…
FG to implement economic policies with human face
Some experts in the oil and gas sector on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to pursue economic policies with human…
Archbishop implores FG to grant amnesty to Nnamdi Kanu
The Archbishop of Anglican Diocese of Enugu, Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, has implored the Federal Government to release the detained…
I was impeached for uprightness -Abia Ex-Speaker
Six day after being ousted from office, Chief Martins Azubuike, the former Speaker, Abia House of Assembly, says his uprightness…
Legal practitioner advises men to respect their wives
A Legal Practitioner, Mr Dele Joshua, on Tuesday said that women deserved some respect from their husbands for their role…
Oil prices rise as markets eye production cuts
Oil prices rose on Tuesday, the first trading day of 2017, buoyed by hopes that a deal between OPEC and…
Nobody comes to Abuja to read
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Pius Adesanmi’s “A Nigerian, Library and Lawmakers” (Sahara Reporters, December 24). I will like to add…
Most Americans think Trump can’t handle presidency – Poll
Americans have little confidence in President-elect Donald Trump’s abilities to handle his presidential duties, with less than half of them…
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60 killed, many beheaded, in Brazil prison riot
A prison riot in the Brazilian Amazon has left at least 60 people dead with some bodies decapitated and burned.…
My coaching career about to end – Guardiola
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he is “arriving at the end’’ of his career and will not be coaching…
Trump: I knew I would win big
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said he knew that he would win the November 8, 2016 presidential election against media analysis…
NDLEA discovers cocaine inside soles of new shoes
The officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja have discovered…
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Hurray! FG begins payment of N5,000 monthly stipends to poor Nigerians
As part of its determined efforts to touch the lives of Nigerians positively the Buhari administration has started the payment…
Don accuses Fayose of humiliating Ekiti University pro-chancellor
An Associate Professor, Eniola Sikiru Olugbenga has accused Governor Ayo Fayose of humiliating the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing…
United win sixth consecutive game after 2-1 win over West Ham
Manchester United moved level on points with fifth-placed Tottenham after victory at West Ham, who played for 75 minutes with…
Yoruba actress, Toyin Majekodunmi, is dead
The Yoruba movie industry has recorded its first death of 2017 as one of its own, Toyin Majekodunmi, died today.…
10-man City defeat Burnley 2-1 at Etihad
Ten-man Manchester City moved up to third as they withstood a spirited Burnley fightback in front of a relieved Etihad…
Traders at war over Iyaloja of Ibadanland
Market traders in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, are currently at war over the removal of Iyaloja of Ibadanland, Chief…
Forex crisis: Expert seeks CBN review of ban on 41 items
A financial expert on Monday called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to review the foreign exchange restriction placed…
Accident claims 3 lives on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Monday confirmed the death of three persons in a road accident involving a…
Costa says he wanted to leave Chelsea in summer
Chelsea FC striker Diego Costa says he had wanted to leave the English Premier League club last summer. Costa had…
Sunderland score 2 penalty kicks to hold visiting Liverpool
Two Jermain Defoe penalty kicks meant hosts Sunderland twice came from behind on Monday to earn a point against second-placed…
Minimum Wage: Nigerian workers in disarray
With the formation of a new labour union in Abuja, many labour leaders are of the opinion that the Nigerian…
Patronise plantain flour – Association
Nigerians have been advised to patronise bread and other pastries made of plantain flour to enjoy maximum nutrition for a…