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Secret behind improved power supply in Nigeria
If you have been wondering what magic wand President Muhammadu Buhari has deployed in the Nigerian power sector that has…
$700m taken from Second Niger Bridge project, says Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The verbal war spearheaded by Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state against the immediate past administration of former…
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Durban to host 2022 Commonwealth Games
South African city of Durban will host the 2022 Commonwealth Games, becoming the first African city to be awarded the…
Multichoice Africa kicks off content showcase in Africa
It was a night of glamour and elegance filled with #OnlyTheBest in African entertainment when MultiChoice Africa kicked off its…
Is 2015 the beginning of the end for Africa’s China-led boom?
Reuters – Disappointing growth in Africa’s two biggest economies has highlighted the role of China in the expansion of recent…
Digital TV Talk: Cable TV Is Not Satellite TV
Only a few people, notably those familiar with the broadcast industry, understand that there is a difference between cable and…
Two container-load of substandard Chinese tyres seized
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in Enugu on Tuesday displayed two 40-foot containers loaded with tyres suspected to be…
Billionaire mogul, Deinde Fernandez dies at 79
Funsho Arogundade Billionaire businessman, Chief Antonio Deinde Fernandez, has passed away at the age of 79. The news of the…
Francis relaxes forgiveness rules for abortion
Pope Francis is making it easier for women and doctors to seek forgiveness for abortion, by allowing all priests to…
Odegbami joins race for Fifa presidency
Former Nigeria international Segun Odegbami has announced his intention to become the next Fifa president. The 63-year-old, who won the…
Anambra Lawmakers want Akunyili immortalized
The Anambra Assembly on Tuesday urged the State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, to immortalise former Minister of Information and Communications…
Anti-Corruption War: ICAN establishes N50m Whistle Blowing Fund
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has set up N50 million-Whistle- Blowing Fund in support of President Muhammadu…
Ejiofor, Oyelowo bag Hollywood honours for outstanding philanthropy
Funsho Arogundade Nigerian-born British award-winning actors Chiwetel Ejiofor and David Oyelowo are to be honoured for their philanthropic support of…
MOSOP demands unconditional release of Dornu Kogbara
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has condemned in strong terms the abduction…
Install CCTV at bus park, RTEAN tells Buhari
The Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) on Tuesday urged the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari to…
Africans must think to bring growth to continent, says Osinbajo
Vice President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has said that time has come for Africans to re-think some of the…
Bayelsa reduces wage bill by N2bn
The Bayelsa Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Dan Esueme Kikile, said on Tuesday that the state government had reduced…
APC-led FG will not micromanage judiciary – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the PDP to stop denigrating the judiciary by suggesting that Tribunal judges handling…
Court dissolves 8-year-old marriage over adultery
An Ikole Customary Court in Ekiti on Tuesday dissolved an eight-year-old marriage between Mr Olawale Daramola and his wife, Folakemi…
EU supports FG on budgeting, strategic planning
The European Union (EU), has organised a training workshop on strategic planning, budgeting and medium term expenditure framework (MTEF), and…
Its either we manage our resources or face economic decline, Buhari says
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerian accountants to support his administration’s efforts to restore greater probity, prudence, transparency and respect…
Develop new tactics to defeat Boko Haram, Oshiomhole tells Buratai
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has challenged the leadership of the Nigerian Armed Forces to come up…
Ogun Tribunal: APC,PDP supporters clash averted again in court
Abiodun Onafuy/Abeokuta What could have resulted in a serious violence was Tuesday averted by the police when supporters of the…
NNPC to use drones to monitor movement of oil bearing vessels
…”We Must eradicate oil theft in eight months” Kachikwu says …as oil theft, pipeline vandalism claims 350 lives in three…
PMB’s 100 Days: NANS hails Buhari
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta As President Muhammadu Buhari marks his 100 days in office, the administration has been given above average performance…
Oyinlola’s desperation becoming international embarrassment – Soyinka
Eromosele Ebhomele Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, on Tuesday took a swipe at former governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye…
Appointments: Yorubas are not cannon fodder, Afenifere warns Buhari, APC
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari for failing to make a strong ‘first impression’…
2 landlords land in prison over alleged theft
Paul Iyoghojie Two landlords and community leaders at Ajah, Eti Osa LGA of Lagos State, western Nigeria, Samodu Jimoh Abudu,…
Abuja lawyer drags Buhari to court over ‘lopsided’ appointments
Ayorinde Olukoun/Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has been dragged to court over the 25 appointments he made so far which excluded…
Nigerian troops recapture Gamboru Ngala
The Nigerian Army said its troops has retaken the economic and strategic town of Gamboru Ngala, Borno State, from the…