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Corruption: Religious leaders have failed Nigerians – House of Reps member
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ehiozuwa Johnson Agbonanyima, has stated that religious leaders have failed…
Lagos govt moves to enforce guidelines for boat operators
…confirms 17 rescued, five dead in Ikorodu boat mishap The Lagos State Government has concluded plans to embark on an…
Expand Abuja-Keffi Federal Highway, Al-Makura urges Buhari
Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has appealed to the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari to expand the…
What I did in my first three months in office – Ambode
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has explained to the citizens what he achieved in his first three months in…
Breast milk to the rescue
Nothing is more important and beneficial to a newborn baby than breast milk, OLUREMILEKUN OSOBU-ASUBIOJO, writes The joy of every…
New Legal Year takes off in Lagos Monday
AKIN KUPONIYI The new legal year in Lagos State Judiciary will take off Monday. As as usual, the new legal…
Court urged to declare Murtala Muhammed’s son bankrupt
AKIN KUPONIYI Two Federal high courts sitting in Lagos, south west Nigeria, have adjourned two bankruptcy suits filed against Risqua…
China’s crude oil importation from Nigeria steady- envoy
China’s Ambassador Gu Kiaojie says his country’s crude oil importation from Nigeria has been steady in the last five years.…
Afreximbank says it remains profitable
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), says it has remained highly profitable since its establishment in 1993. It said its Return…
South Africa: Fast food giant to sponsor junior football in SA
The South African Football Association (SAFA) has confirmed a 2.5 million dollar sponsorship deal with fast food giant Burger King…
Blatter, Platini probed by FIFA ethics committee
FIFA president Joseph Blatter and European supremo Michel Platini are under investigation by the ruling body’s ethics committee over a…
6 die in boat accident in Sokoto
Six persons have been confirmed dead in a boat accident that occurred on Saturday in a river in Bengaji District…
Motorcycle operator burnt to death, 3 others injured
A commercial motorcycle operator was burnt to death in an accident on Saturday in Dutse Local Government Area of Jigawa,…
I’ll fulfil my electoral promises, Ambode tells Lagosians
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode at the weekend assured Lagosians that he would fulfill the electoral promises he made…
Kano pilgrims board says no indigene killed in Mina stampede
The Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board has described as untrue reports that 11 pilgrims from the state were among the…
House On The Rock, US Embassy to premiere “Captive” in Lagos
Funsho Arogundade To mark Nigeria’s 55th Independence anniversary, Africa’s fast-growing pentecostal church, House on the Rock, in partnership with the…
Nigeria’s Sadiq Daba emerges Africa’s Best at AMAA 2015
Funsho Arogundade Nigeria’s seasoned actor and broadcaster Sadiq Daba has been adjudged the Best Actor in a Leading Role for…
UBEC constructs N255m e-Library in 3 public schools in Plateau
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) is constructing E- libraries worth N255 million in three public schools in Plateau, an…
NGO trains 20 couples on marriage sustenance
Aqui Agora, A Non-Governmental Organisation, has trained 20 couples in Abuja on how to overcome challenges and sustain their marriage.…
Olulade commiserates with NUJ over death of Bilkisu Yusuf
Eromosele Ebhomele Former Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Information and Publicity, Segun Olulade, has commiserated…
Don’t celebrate corrupt leaders, Rabah tells Nigerians
Alhaji Ibrahim Rabah, a comunity leader in Rabah town of Rabah Local Government area in Sokoto State on Sunday appealed…
Boko Haram: APC urges military to step up intelligence gathering
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday urged the military to sustain its gallantry and patriotism and step up intelligence…
Fasehun is a bridge builder and peace maker – Al Mustapha
Major Hamzat Al-Mustapha (retd), former Chief Security of Officer (CSO) to late Nigerian head of state, General Sani Abacha, has…
OPC protects Yoruba nation more than Nigerian police – Mimiko
Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo state, western Nigeria, may have stirred a new controversy on the relevance of the Nigerian…
Oshiomhole’s driver arrested for burglary in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Eagle-eyed security operatives attached to the Edo State Government House Friday night foiled an attempt by one of…
OPC founder, Fasehun quits politics, activism
Dr Frederick Fasehun, founder of Oodua Peoples’ Congress announced today his retirement from partisan politics and civil rights activism. Fasehun…
Emir Sanusi secretly marries 18-year old Adamawa princess
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has finally tied the knot with his rumoured heartthrob, Sa’adatu Barkindo-Musdafa, the daughter…
Awujale tasks leaders on redeeming plegdes
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba (Dr.) Sikiru Kayode Adetona has called on the government at…
UN launches $25bn public-private strategy on maternal, infant mortality
The United Nations on Saturday launched an ambitious public-private strategy to end preventable death of women, children and adolescents, staking…
Don urges PMB to strengthen institutions
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Professor Owolabi Usman, Head, the Department of Management and Accounting, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, has counseled…