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Olokun festival will boost tourism development, cultural integration –Adams
The Coordinator of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams, has said that the celebration of Olokun Festival will promote…
Customs impound poultry products valued at N30.1m
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Ikeja, Lagos, has intercepted 5,020 cartons of smuggled frozen poultry products with…
Cashew farmers made good profit in 2015 season –Association
Some cashew farmers on Sunday said they recorded huge sales and made profits from cashew nuts during the 2015 cashew…
Manitoba agrees to payments in Naira
After months of insistence that its outstanding invoices be paid in U.S. Dollars, Manitoba Hydro International Nigeria Limited (MHINL) has…
Do not comment on Saraki’s trial — Group urges traditional rulers
A group, Kwara Freedom Movement (KFM), has advised traditional rulers in Kwara not to comment on the trial of Senate…
El-Rufai lied, Jonathan didn’t spend billions on Independence Day, say Ex-Minister
Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan spent N332.6 million for Nigeria’s independence anniversary celebrations in three years and not billions…
Buhari shows soft side, visits young girl, survivors of Abuja blasts
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday put aside his tern looking facade to visit survivors of Friday night bomb attacks on…
FG will state its position on Volkswagen scandal this week – Odumodu
The Federal Government will state its position on the Volkswagen (VW) emission scandal this week, Dr Joseph Odumodu, the Director…
Liverpool sacks Rodgers after poor start
AFP – Liverpool sacked manager Brendan Rodgers on Sunday (Oct 4) following a year of disappointing results that culminated in…
NNPC Retail sues CAC, NNPG over trademark infringement
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Retail Limited has dragged the Natural Network Petroleum and Gas Company Limited and two others to…
Arsenal thrash Man Utd to give Wenger succour
AFP – Arsenal produced a scintillating start to overwhelm in-form Manchester United 3-0 in the Premier League on Sunday and…
Ambode’s Lagos Global Initiative, Taxation And The Lagos Economy
Tayo Ogunbiyi Lagos is unique in many ways. It is, however, in the aspect of its economy that its uniqueness…
Warri Wolves hammer Sunshine Stars 3-0 in Warri
The Technical Adviser of Warri Wolves, Paul Aigbogun has expressed joy at the 3-0 defeat of Sunshine Stars of Akure…
Lawmaker cries out over snakes invasion
The massive flooding in Plateau have washed snakes from far distances into farms and residences in Pankshin/Kanke/Kannam Federal Constituency, according…
Strike: Aviation unions give NCAA 14-day ultimatum
Trade unions in the aviation sector have given the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) a 14-day ultimatum to promote their…
Adeboye to Nigerians: Praise God in spite of challenges
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, on Sunday urged Nigerians to always praise…
Civil servant disappears
An atmosphere of fear is pervading Oluseyi Area in Omu-Aran, Kwara, following alleged disappearance of a 30-year-old civil servant, Olaniyi…
Nigerian firm produces 12,000 shoes monthly in South Africa
Roland Ogboru, the Chief Executive Officer of Fred Foot Wear, a South Africa-based firm, says the company manufactures 12,000 pairs…
Police arrest 69 cattle rustlers, bandits in Kano
The Kano State Police Command on Sunday said that it had arrested 69 cattle rustlers and other notorious armed robbers…
Nigeria to ease foreign currency restrictions – Osinbajo
Nigeria’s vice president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has stated that Nigeria will keep foreign currency restrictions for now to preserve the…
Obiano optimistic Anambra judiciary workers will end strike
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra said that judiciary workers in the state would soon call off their ongoing strike, following…
Boko Haram will be no more by December, says Nigerian Army
The Nigerian Army said on Sunday that no amount of distractions would deter it from ending terrorism in Nigeria by…
Dick Advocaat quits as Sunderland manager
Dick Advocaat resigned as Sunderland manager on Sunday, the club confirmed. The Dutchman, who had masterminded Sunderland’s great escape last…
FG, States, LGs should invest in agriculture – CADA
Owali Ilem, former Chairman of Cross River Commercial Agriculture Development Association (CADA), on Sunday urged all tiers of government to…
Russia making ‘grave mistake’ in Syria, says Turkey President
AFP – Moscow’s bombing campaign in Syria is “unacceptable”, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday, warning that Russia was…
Police intensify effort against herdsmen, other crimes
Tambari Yabo Muhammad, an Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), says police have intensified community partnerships in efforts to track…
We’ve been monitoring Diezani since 2013 for money laundering, bribery – UK Crime Agency
United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency has provided more information on Friday’s arrest of Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, former petroleum minister, under Goodluck Jonathan,…
Don’t give in to terror, Dogara tells Nigerians
Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara has condemned Friday`s bomb attacks in Kuje and Nyanya areas of the…
Multiple explosions rip through Maiduguri
Maiduguri (Nigeria) (AFP) – Multiple explosions were heard Sunday on the outskirts of Maiduguri, a city in northeastern Nigeria that…
NSCDC boss urges personnel to be extra-vigilant
The Commandant-General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abdullahi Gana, has challenged the corps personnel to be extra…