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91 companies bid for NNPC’s coastal bunkering vessels service
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC) has began the public opening of technical bids submitted by 91 companies to secure…
I’m not on a mission to change football, says Klopp
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he was not on a mission to “change football” after a 1-1 Europa League draw…
Hillary Clinton grilled 11 hours over Benghazi attack
Hillary Clinton stood her ground through a grueling 11 hours of questioning over the 2012 Benghazi attacks, parrying Republican blows…
N50m Tax Evasion: LIRS shuts six companies
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) on Thursday sealed up six companies for non remittance of taxes due to…
Sunday Oliseh flown abroad for medical treatment
Nigeria’s Home-based Super Eagles will be travelling to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso tomorrow without Coach, Sunday Oliseh, for the second leg…
5 million users disconnect from MTN in Nigeria
Over 5 million subscribers of MTN, Africa’s largest mobile phone operator, have ditched their lines with the telco outfit in…
‘Fear of Buhari’: Nigeria’s rich lying low amid graft crackdown
Business is slow at the moment for Benedict Okafor, who sells luxury cars from a lot near the port in…
Ogun Govt. shuts illegal mortuary
M The Ogun Government on Thursday sealed a private morgue at Gbogbolowo community in Ifo Local Government Area of the…
Dangote refinery to begin operations in 2018
The Management of Dangote Petrochemicals and Fertiliser Plant on Thursday assured Nigerians that its 650,000 barrels Per Day (BPD) capacity…
Dogara constitutes 96 standing committees
Yakubu Dogara, Speaker, House of Representatives, on Thursday constituted 96 Standing Committees to oversee the country’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies…
Yoruba group supports Akure monarch on Eze Ndigbo title
Eromosele Ebhomele The Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, has expressed support for the stand of the Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo…
Man jumps over Obalende Bridge, dies on sighting taskforce officials
Paul Iyoghojie An unidentified Hausa Youth jumped over the Obalende Bridge, Lagos, western Nigeria on Thursday at about 6:30pm and…
Amaechi’s Screening: A sparkling performance, shame to Gov Wike —APC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The eventual appearance of former Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State for the Senate ministerial screening…
91-year old woman on wheelchair leads protest to Lagos Assembly
Eromosele Ebhomele With a wheel-chair, a 91-year old woman, Mrs. Roseline Ololo, on Thursday led some of her family members…
Obey Lagos traffic laws or be arrested, taskforce boss warns security officers
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Chairman, Lagos Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, Olubukola Abe has warned security officials engaging…
NYSC to support 9-year-old pupil on fight against terrorism
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Thursday pledged to support a nine-year-old pupil, Miss Splendour Joe-King, in her fight…
EFCC arraigns bizmen for failing to declare $5.4m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday October 22, 2015 arraigned two businessmen before Justice Ibrahim Buba of…
Boko Haram using iPads, laptops, phones for bombs – Arase
AP — Nigeria’s police chief is warning that Boko Haram extremists are building bombs in iPads and cellphones and leaving…
Tell Buhari to reverse gay law, Nigerian activist begs UK MPs
The first Nigerian to come out on national TV is appealing to British MPs in London to speak to Nigerian…
Insurgents kill 8 villagers in Cameroon
At least eight villagers in Cameroon’s far north region were killed and nine injured in a raid on Thursday by…
Fayose approves appointment of Bandele as new Ekiti Varsity V-C
Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has approved the appointment of Prof. Samuel Oye Bandele as the new Vice-Chancellor of…
GOtv Boxing Night: Fists set to fly on Sunday
On Sunday, 25 October, at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium in Lagos, another feast of boxing will…
Ambode inaugurates Tribunal of Enquiry into killing of Disu
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday inaugurated a five-man Tribunal of Enquiry to investigate the civil…
Lagos shuts 6 companies over N50m tax evasion
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) on Thursday shut six companies for non-remittance of taxes due to…
Amaechi, Lokpobiri, 3 others screened by Senate
echi Former Governor of Rivers State Rotimi Amaechi was Thursday screened by the Nigerian Senate as a ministerial nominee. He…
Tunde Oshofisan goes home Friday with unfulfilled dream
KAYODE APONMADE The remains of the late top musician and the late Roy Chicago’s ace vocalist, Tunde Oshofisan, will be…
THIS BIAFRA MATTER
By Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema I read of demonstrations in Port Harcourt, Delta and Anambra States calling for the release of…
Osun’s belt-tightening moves: Options before Nigerian states
By Alabi Olufemi Adekunle “Every adversity in life makes us bitter or better, every problem comes to break us or…
Woman cuts off neigbour’s ear with table knife
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 60-year-old single mother, Miss Kehinde Adeniyi has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ court for allegedly…
N139m debt: Receiver manager takes over Italian company
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal high court sitting in Lagos, western Nigeria, has granted leave to a Lagos lawyer, Barrister Temilolu…