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Fashola dismisses fake Twitter account
Kazeem Ugbodaga Minister-designate and immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, at the weekend disclaimed a twitter account purportedly…
CHAN Qualifier: My team lost concentration – Burkina Faso coach
Burkina Faso National team coach, Traore Drissa, said on Saturday that his team lost to Nigeria over a lack of…
Para-table tennis coach tasks councils
Pius Asaba, a Para-table tennis coach on Saturday, urged states Sports Councils to embark on sensitization campaign aimed at encouraging…
NSCDC trains 10,000 personnel on counter terrorism – CG
The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr Abdullahi Gana, said more than 10,000 personnel have been…
Southwest records lowest road accidents in Nigeria – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said on Saturday that the Southwest geo-political zone of the country has recorded lowest…
Nigeria is in safe hands with President Buhari, says SGF
Mr Babachir Lawal, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), has assured Nigerians that the country was in safe…
Pension thieves must return stolen funds, El-Rufai vows
Femi Adi/Kaduna Kaduna Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has vowed to recover all monies stolen from the coffers of the state…
Pope Francis shuns Nigeria set to visit Kenya, Uganda
Pope Francis will not visit Nigeria, the west African country hit by the incessant attack of Islamist sect, Boko Haram,…
Ebola: FG says deceased student free from pathogenic viruses
The Federal Ministry of Health has said that the student, who died of suspected fresh case of Ebola Virus Disease…
Akpabio’s Arrest: CACOL hails EFCC
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has hailed the effort of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…
Ambode tasks varsity graduates on entrepreneurship
The Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode, on Saturday advised university graduates to be self-employed to reduce unemployment rate in the…
NDLEA arrests man with 108 ATM cards
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Saturday said it had arrested a 34-year-old man, (name withheld) suspected to…
Tinubu hails appointment of Lawal as SGF
Kazeem Ugbodaga National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday described the appointment of…
N108.1bn Fraud: Akpabio back in EFCC custody
Former governor of Akwa Ibom state, Godswill Akpabio, has returned to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for more…
LASEMA decries increasing fire outbreaks in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has decried increasing rate of fire outbreaks in Lagos, western Nigeria.…
Ebola: FG says deceased student free from pathogenic viruses
The Federal Ministry of Health has said that the student who died of suspected fresh case of Ebola Virus Disease…
Tanker driver dies in auto crash
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Ota, Ogun, said one person died, while six others sustained various degrees of…
LASEMA decries increasing fire outbreaks in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has decried increasing rate of fire outbreak in Lagos. The agency…
Ambode lures Brazilian investors to Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has assured Brazilian and other foreign investors of his administration’s commitment to…
Senate: Drama of Ministerial Screening
Buhari’s ministerial nominees give perspectives on national issues and development at Senate Screening and these are a precursor to what…
Lagos proposes special roads for articulated trucks
Kazeem Ugbodaga Dedicated routes will soon be provided for articulated vehicles and trucks plying Lagos roads with a view to…
Athletics: IAAF boss steps up fight against doping
International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has revealed he is in the process of creating a new…
Kano govt releases 15 prisoners
The Kano State Government has released 15 prisoners of the Central Prison, Kano as part of efforts to decongest the…
Indian girls aged 2 and 5 ‘gang-raped’ – Police
Two Indian girls aged two-and-a-half and five years old were raped in separate incidents in New Delhi overnight, with at…
Nigeria overnight rate, bond yields fall on excess liquidity
Reuters Nigeria’s overnight lending rates and bond yields continued to fall on Friday as excess liquidity injected into the banking…
JTF nabs 10 suspected suppliers of fuel to Boko Haram
The Joint Task Force (Operation Salama) in Jigawa, has arrested 10 suspected suppliers of fuel to Boko Haram members in…
Crude: Angola to load more cargoes, Nigeria down
Nigerian crude oil differentials remained under downward pressure on Friday, while early indications pointed to a larger number of Angolan…
Financial industry, corporate Nigerians eulogise Onosode
Members of financial industry and corporate Nigeria on Friday described the late Dr Gamaliel Onosode as a great man of…
EFCC quizzed Akpabio over N108.1bn theft
A citizen’s petition, not an investigation by the EFCC was the reason the agency invited Senate minority leader and former…
Eagles set for Burkina Faso clash —Coach
Super Eagles assistant coach Salisu Yusuf said on Friday that the Super Eagles B are fully prepared for the Etalons…