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Monarch wants govt to promote fishing festival
Oba Rafiu Salami, the Onibeju of Ibejuland, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos on Sunday urged government at all levels to invest in fishing…
NGO calls for probe of Nigeria’s oil sales
An NGO, Natural Resources Governance Institute (NRGI), on Sunday urged the Federal Government to critically look into the nation’s oil…
Ambode approves single account for all govt transactions
In an effort to efficiently improve on the processes of revenue generation and collection in the state and also to…
No N2bn contract to renovate Plateau Govt. House – Spokesperson
Emmanuel Nanle, the Director of Press and Public Affairs to Plateau Governor Simon Lalong, has said that the governor is…
Agip pipeline eruption: Bayelsa Govt. seeks FG’s intervention
The Bayelsa Government has called for Federal Government’s intervention, to check frequent oil pipeline explosions in the Niger Delta. Bayelsa’s…
Pakistan provincial minister among 10 killed in suicide attack
A suicide bomber on Sunday killed a Pakistani provincial minister and at least nine other people at a building where…
South Sudan president to attend peace talks
Juba (AFP) – South Sudanese President Salva Kiir will attend peace talks aimed at brokering an end to civil war,…
70 dead in Syria regime raids near Damascus
At least 70 people were killed Sunday in a string of Syrian government air strikes on a marketplace in Douma,…
Samsung loses appeals against Apple over patent row
A US appeals court will not reconsider an earlier decision finding that Samsung violated Apple patents. Samsung has been in…
NASS Largesse: Senators receive N23.4m, Reps N17m each
The 8th National Assembly is yet to pass a bill but has spent N12, 967, 600,000 in two months to…
‘Why Buhari can’t forgive corrupt Nigerians’ – APC
Eromosele Ebhomele The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Sunday described as spine-chilling and mind-boggling the massive looting of the nation’s…
‘Offensive exam question’: SERAP drags Amosun to UN
A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to two UN special rapporteurs…
Part-time legislature the solution to NASS allowances, says Lateef Raji
Lateef Raji, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to Lagos State…
“Keep Off Nigeria!”- Workers Tell Walmart
The Federation of Informal Workers’ Organizations of Nigeria (FIWON), representing millions of working people in the informal sectors of the…
Somali lawmakers seek to remove president over corruption claims
Mogadishu (Reuters) – Somali lawmakers have a filed a motion to parliament to dismiss President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, accusing him…
Southern African leaders meet as region faces food crisis
Johannesburg (AFP) – Leaders of 15 southern African countries will gather for an annual summit on Monday as the region…
Why official release of manifest is delayed – Bristow official
The delay in the official release of the names contained in the manifest of the ill-fated helicopter that crashed into…
Emenike bags brace in Al Ain debut
(Reuters) – Nigerian striker Emmanuel Emenike helped Al Ain fans quickly forget the loss of talisman Asamoah Gyan by scoring…
Female suicide bomber kills 3 in Borno attack
Maiduguri, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device strapped on her body near a market in the northeastern…
Arase promotes three policemen who died in suicide attack, nine others
Ayorinde Oluokun It was promotion galore as nine members of the police rank and file got promoted to their next…
Nigeria Air force commences air strike over Sambisa forest
The Nigerian Military in its resolution to incapacitate and further degrade the fighting spirit of Boko Haram Terrorist Group (BHT),…
Customs destroy N5.8m frozen poultry products in Edo
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operation Unit Zone C, on Saturday destroyed 600 cartons of smuggled frozen turkey and…
Kingmakers flout court order, crown new Ikorodu king
Despite a subsisting court order, kingmakers in Ikorodu, Lagos State, western Nigeria, on Saturday, enthroned Oba Kabiru Shotobi, as the…
Kebbi Govt. to establish dry port on Nigeria, Benin Rep. border
Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi and officials of the Republic of Benin have commenced discussion on the establishment of a…
APC harvests defectors from PDP as Alaibe, others decamp
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt All Progressive Congress, APC, had a big harvest in Bayelsa state today as the Peoples Democratic Party,…
Town Union to construct N250m cultural centre in Anambra
The National President, Anambra State Association of Town Unions, Dr Jude Okolo, on Saturday said the body would spend N250…
El-Rufa’i saves over N221m from Hajj stoppage
The Kaduna State Government said it has appointed the Emir of Birnin Gwari, Alhaji Zubairu Jibril, as the 2015 Amirul-Hajj…
Alaibe, Lokpobiri, 1,500 others dump PDP for APC
The All Progressive Congress (APC) on Saturday received 1,150 new members in Bayelsa ahead of the governorship election in the…
Nigerian Man, Freeman Osonuga Shortlisted To Fly To Space
Funsho Arogundade Nigerian Man, Freeman Osonuga Shortlisted To Fly To Space A Nigerian man Freeman Osonuga has been shortlisted as…
Helicopter Crash: Why release of manifest is delayed – Airline official
The delay in the official release of the names contained in the manifest of the ill-fated helicopter that crashed into…