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WAEC to release withheld WASSCE results Thursday
Relieve came the way of anxious parents, guardians and students across the country on Wednesday as the West African Examination…
Fill vacancies in INEC, Reps tell Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari was asked to fill the vacant seats of national commissioners in the Independent National Electoral Commission by…
Oba Sijuwade’s place in history is assured, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says he has received with sadness the news of the transition of one of Nigeria’s foremost traditional…
Taskforce vows to ensure sanity returns to Oshodi, environs
Kazeem Ugbodaga Worried by the resurgence of hoodlums and nefarious activities in Oshodi area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, the new…
UPDATE: Helicopter plunges into Lagos Lagoon, four dead
Tragedy hit the aviation industry on Wednesday as an helicopter belonging to Bristow Airline, plunged into the ocean of the…
Boko Haram in disarray, will soon be defeated – DHQ
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja In spite of recent bombings which have resulted in death of scores of people across the country attributed…
Father of Ejigbo torture victim narrates how daughter died
Henry Ojelu The father of two of the victims of the Ejigbo pepper sodomy torture, Mr Freeman Agomo, on Wednesday…
Gov. Masari seeks FG’s Support for Health Care Delivery
The Governor of Katsina State, Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari, has solicited Federal Government’s support to advance the progress of…
Helicopter crashes into Lagos lagoon
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has reported that an unidentified helicopter has crashed into the Lagoon at the Oworonshoki…
Beware of fraudsters, Adeboye warns members, others
For the umpteenth time, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has warned…
Buhari lauds Oyegun at 76
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Chief John Odigie Oyegun as he celebrates…
Police arrest 10 kidnappers in Onitsha
Police in Anambra on Tuesday said no fewer than 10 suspected kidnappers were apprehended by officers and men of the…
TRAIN drops new single, Rumba
Barrister turned rapper, TRAIN has dropped a smashing hot single, titled Rumba. It is his fifth single this year, with…
Photo: The Love Of Palm Wine
Photo Idowu Ogunleye Lagos state have placed restriction on commercial motorcycles and tricycles but certainly not on bicycles; and particularly…
States’ inability to pay WAEC, a national embarrassment
Stakeholders in the education sector have described the non-release of West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) of 13 debtor…
ICPC orders Police Commission to refund N145m, clears Okiro
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has ordered the Police Service Commission (PSC), to refund N145.16…
El-Rufa’i retires 3 Perm Secs. appoints Accountant-General
Governor Nasir El-rufa’i of Kaduna State on Tuesday appointed new Accountant-General for the state and announced the retirement of three…
Jonah Jang left Plateau State in N222.3bn debt
The Transition Committee set up by Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau says the immediate past administration of former governor Jonah…
Jonathan did not lobby us to stop Buhari’s probe – Bishop Kukah
The National Peace Committee on Tuesday dismissed reports that it was lobbied by former President Goodluck Jonathan to stop President…
Gunmen injure six in Plateau
A member of the Special Task Force (STF), and five other persons, were attacked by gunmen in Barkin Ladi Local…
Reps. summon CBN Governor over ban on foreign currency deposits
The House of Representatives on Tuesday summoned the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to explain the…
Wike, security expert disagree over deteriorating security in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A security expert and former officer of the Department of State Security, DSS, Chief Anabs Sara-Igbe and…
Wike unveils renovation plan for govt. schools
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has hinted of plans by his administration to commence renovation work on…
Boko Haram: Buhari wants members of displaced families reunited
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja directed the Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs to intensify efforts to…
Airtel bars unregistered lines
Henry Ojelu Following the directive by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to telecoms firms that all unregistered lines should be…
Abdusalami Committee: We are concerned about the ‘process’ of Buhari’s anti graft war
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The National Peace Committee for the 2015 General Elections headed by former Head of State, Lt. Gen. Abdusalami…
My relationship with Kwankwaso remains intact,’ says Ganduje
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state, northwest Nigeria, on Tuesday dismissed insinuations that he and his former boss,…
Ambode to Buhari: Disband federal taskforce now
Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to disband the Presidential Taskforce Implementation Committee…
26 years after, NFF hails Samuel Okwaraji as a patriot
President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Amaju Pinnick has praised the patriotism and professionalism of Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji, who died…
NNPC’s Kachikwu fires 38 top management staff, appoints 4 Executive Directors
The purge and enhancement of top echelon of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC with new appointments, retirements and deployments of…