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Nurses call for new salary scheme for quality service delivery
Mrs Olusola Agunloye of the national Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos on Friday urged the government to sign into law the…
Ghana foresees high cocoa purchases in 2015/16
Ghana projects cocoa purchases of 850,000-900,000 tonnes in the 2015/16 cocoa season that opened on Friday. The chief executive of…
Abuja Trade Fair: Exhibitors applaud organisers for extension of closing date
Exhibitors at the 10th Abuja International Trade Fair have applauded the organisers for the steps taken to extend the closing…
Player jailed 1 year for breaking opponent’s leg
A footballer in Britain’s Sunday League has been jailed for a year after he deliberately broke an opponent’s leg on…
Ondo to begin chocolate production April 2016
The Ondo State Government on Friday said that a modern chocolate factory to process premium quality cocoa beans produced in…
50 French coys to visit Nigeria, meet with Buhari
A delegation of 50 heads of French companies are expected to visit Nigeria next week to explore business opportunities and…
Ex-Petroleum Minister, Diezani arrested in London
The immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, was on Friday arrested in London. According to PREMIUM Times the…
Committee on establishment of national carrier submits report
The Ministerial Committee on Establishment of National Carrier has submitted its report to the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Aviation,…
My new song, “Somebody Great”, is a prophecy, says Korede Bello
Korede Bello, the rave of the moment in the music industry, has said that his new song entitled “Somebody Great’’,…
Terrorism: British boy, 15, jailed for life
(Reuters) – A 15-year-old boy, thought to be the youngest Briton to be convicted of a terrorism offence, was given…
Burkina Faso coup leader handed over to government
The leader of a short-lived coup in Burkina Faso, General Gilbert Diendere, was handed over to authorities on Thursday after…
Man arraigned in Ibadan for illegal possession of a gun
A 35-year old man, Waheed Akinsanmi, was on Friday arraigned in an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for illegal…
Obama suffers backlash for sending soldiers to Nigeria, other countries
By Jo Becker Advocacy/ Director Children’s Rights Division This week, President Barack Obama announced that four countries that use child…
No multiple thumb printing, ballot snatching in Rivers guber polls – Witnesses
Four more witnesses for Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers, on Thursday told the State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja…
Kebbi farmers lose crops worth N3bn to flood
The Secretary, Kebbi chapter of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Alhaji Muhammad Idris, said on Friday that 45,000…
300 Bakassi IDPs get free medical service
No fewer than 300 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Bakassi local government area of Cross River on Friday benefited from…
Crazy Billing: Between IKEDC And Abuja DISCO
Consumers under Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, IKEDC, are groaning under crazy bills slammed on them recently by the company. The…
DHL appoints new Sub-Saharan Africa CEO
DHL Global Forwarding, leading provider of air, sea and road freight services in Europe and Asia, has appointed Daniella de…
Lagos, Traffic Robbery And State Police
Tayo Ogunbiyi It was like a scene from a typical Nollywood movie. The setting was the ever busy Ojodu-Berger axis…
Be.Television excites Startimes subscribers
Subscribers of Pay TV provider, Startimes have expressed delight at the inclusion of Be.Television on its network. The TV station…
Ladipo Market finally demolished
Cyriacus Izuekwe Traders at Ladipo Main Market in Mushin, Lagos State, western Nigeria, were in shock and tears as bulldozer…
Martins, Drogba, Giovinco battle for MLS Player of the Month
Seattle Sounders striker Obafemi Martins is one of the contenders for the Etihad Airways MLS Player of the Month award…
Robbers force victims to serve them food during attack
Cyriacus Izuekwe Robbers early Thursday morning invaded streets in Ejigbo community in Lagos State, western Nigeria. During the three-hour attack,…
Series of explosions rock Maiduguri, 14 dead, 39 injured
AFP – A series of explosions rocked the city of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria on Thursday, with casualties feared, witnesses…
Monsignor to Youths: Shun nepotism, bigotry
Monsignor Cletus Gotan of the Catholic Archdiocese of Jos, Plateau state capital has urged youths and Nigerians generally to shun…
Go after the masterminds of Boko Haram, TMC urges Buhari
An Islamic group called The Muslim Congress (TMC) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use intelligence to engage captured Boko…
West African crude oil exports to China hit four-year low
Reuters – West African crude oil exports to China were set to fall to a four-year low in October, reflecting…
Support Buhari to eradicate corruption, Amosun tells Nigerians
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun has urged Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari in the crusade to eradicate corruption in…
Obama voices anger over Oregon shooting, urges gun control
Washington (AFP) – United States President Barack Obama voiced his anger and sadness after the country’s latest deadly shooting, this…
We shot down US C-130 plane, killed 11, Taliban says
AFP – The Taliban on Friday claimed to have shot down a C-130 military transport plane in eastern Afghanistan, with…