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FG assures of improved electricity supply
The Ministry of Power has said that it was working hard on its responsibility to improve electricity supply in the…
Clark, the father, Jonathan, the son By Reuben Abati
I have tried delaying the writing of this piece in the honest expectation that someone probably misquoted Chief E.K. Clark,…
Spain backs Buhari’s reforms
The Spanish Government on Friday said President Muhammadu Buhari’s policies, especially the anti-corruption campaign, were vital to attracting investment to…
Ministers: Buhari puts APC ahead of reforms
Reuters Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has chosen a cabinet dominated by political veterans, opting to strengthen his power base rather…
$181m Debt: Nigeria delays plan to cut gas supply to Ghana
Nigeria will delay a plan to drastically cut gas exports to Ghana from Friday while the two sides hold emergency…
Guber election: Women leader rallies Kogi for Audu, Faleke
The National Women Leader of Coalition of APC Support Groups, Hajia Amina Idris, has called on the people of Kogi…
Two new Ebola cases in Guinea – WHO
Reuters – Two people have fallen ill with Ebola in Guinea after two weeks with no new confirmed cases of…
Fresh blasts in Maiduguri kills at least 18
Four women suicide bombers blew themselves up early Friday when challenged by soldiers as they tried to enter Maiduguri, Nigeria,…
NBC boosts public education with ‘Back to School’ initiative
Daniels Ekugo In demonstration of its support for educational development in Nigeria with emphasis on supporting pupils’ enrolment and retention…
Coke Studio returns with excitement
Daniels Ekugo Following the popularity of Coke Studio Season 2, Africa’s much loved music platform returns with Season 3 which…
NDA Cadets to learn driving skills from FRSC
Daniels Ekugo As part of efforts to promote road safety ideals among Nigerians, the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road…
Ships’ manifests full of irregularites — Customs boss
Col. Hameed Ali (retd) Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has expressed concern that most of the manifests paraded by multinational…
Man, 53, stabs 75-year-old mom to death
A 53-year-old man, Bravok Indi, on Thursday at Jenta Mangoro in Jos North, stabbed and killed his 75-year-old mother, Wallong…
Boko Haram: Beko Ransome-Kuti’s son jailed
The Nigerian Army, on Thursday, sent Beko Ransome-Kuti’s son, Brigadier General Enitan Ransome-Kuti, to six months in prison. It was…
Chad police arrest 62 women for wearing full veils
Chad police arrested 62 women for wearing full veils in public as the country steps up security against extremism following…
Illogicality of Timi Frank’s attack on Babatunde Fowler
By Fred Femi Akinfala The call on the senate not to confirm Mr. Babatunde Fowler as chairman, Federal Inland Revenue…
Justice Okocha cries out over threats to judges’ lives
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Dispensation of Justice in Rivers state has become a highly perilous business and judges have become so…
Edwin Clark, Okonjo-Iweala, Oduah, Akpabio And The Wailing Wailers
Peter Claver Oparah For those who have sentenced themselves to inconsolable wailing since Presudent Muhammadu Buhari and APC defeated former…
RE-AMBODE, LAGOS IS ‘SPOILING’ AGAIN
Tayo Ogunbiyi In a democracy, the government is accountable to the people, to whom it owes its existence. It is…
Wife of slain activist, Fadipe testifies in court
Henry Ojelu Mrs Kemi Fadipe, wife of the late Lagos-based human rights crusader, Kunle Fadipe has narrated to a Lagos…
Expert appeals for action over upsurge in attacks against people with albinism
A UN Independent Expert on Albinism, on Thursday, issued an urgent appeal for coordinated action in Southern and Eastern Africa…
Senegal, Egypt, Ukraine, Japan win UN Security Council seats
Senegal, Japan and Egypt won seats at the UN Security Council on Thursday as world diplomacy is overshadowed by tensions…
APC’s Audu responds to N11 billion fraud allegation
In a tweetChat with his followers on Thursday, All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the November 21 Kogi state governorship…
Nigeria, Cameroon welcome US troops in Boko Haram fight
Nigeria and Cameroon on Thursday welcomed a US decision to send up to 300 military personnel to Cameroon to help…
CDS urges Nigerians to be conscious as Boko Haram aims at soft targets
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Abayomi Olonisakin has urged Nigerians to be security conscious towards averting suicide bombing…
FG tells Oshiomhole’s committee to probe foreign currency earning agencies
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria Federal government on Thursday asked the Governor Adams Oshiomhole led ad hoc committee on remittances by the…
FCT gets $170m from France to boost power supply
France says it has granted 170 million dollars aimed at increasing the power supply for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).…
NiMet predicts cloudy weather conditions on Friday
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy weather conditions over the central states of the country on Friday. The…
How Nigeria could become the greatest black nation – Amb. Carrington
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Former Unites States of America Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, has said if leaders of the country could…
Court remands alleged ‘Baby seller’
A Gudu Upper Area Court in the FCT, on Thursday remanded an alleged baby seller, Chukwuebuka Olasosimi, 27, for criminal…