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OPEC says cheap oil taking longer to subdue rival suppliers
LONDON, (Reuters) – OPEC on Tuesday raised its forecast of oil supplies from non-member countries in 2015, a sign that…
Mourinho to ban Eva Carneiro from Chelsea bench
Chelsea club doctor Eva Carneiro is reporedly to be banned from sitting on the Blues bench during matches. The Premier…
25,700 candidates jostle for 6,500 slots in UniJos pos-UTME
A total of N25,700 candidates are jostling for 6,500 slots in the 2015 post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) screening of…
ATM Withdrawals: CBN’s limit may stifle cash flow – Experts
Some financial experts and businessmen on Tuesday said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) limit on cash withdrawal via the…
Boko Haram: FG, states committed to liberating Nigeria – Tambuwal
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Tuesday said federal and state governments were fully committed to liberating Nigeria from…
Buhari has given hope to long-suffering people of Ogoni, says APC
President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval, on August 5th 2015, of actions to fast-track the environmental clean-up of Ogoniland is undoubtedly one…
FG to spend N15bn to achieve 8,000 mw by 2016, says Atiku
Dr Atiku Abubakar, Deputy Managing Director, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), on Tuesday said about N15 billion was required for…
Man divorces wife of 25 years for lateness in preparing meals
An Ikorodu Customary Court, Lagos, on Tuesday dissolved a 25-year-old marriage, between one Olufade Adekoya and his wife, Olusola, over…
Senate refers Edo’s $75m World Bank loan to committee
The Senate on Tuesday referred the request of President Muhammadu Buhari for approval of 75 million dollar World Bank loan…
Probe Jonathan’s $200 million Nollywood fund, Lari Williams tells Buhari
A veteran thespian, Lari Williams, on Tuesday urged the government to inquire into the current state of the grant the…
Emir laments lack of qualified teachers in Katsina
The Emir of Daura in Katsina state, Alhaji Umar Faruk, has deplored the dearth of qualified teachers in primary schools…
Two dead as trailer, train collide in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Two persons have died after a trailer collided with a train on Monday night in Agege area of…
DIGITAL TV TALK: The ABC Of Digital Migration (2)
Digital broadcasting, as explained in the first installment of this article, is a more efficient way of transmitting sound and…
Lagos restates commitment to tackling sexual, domestic violence
The Lagos State Government has reiterated its commitment to ensuring total eradication of sexual and gender based violence in the…
The rich, powerful must do more to help Nigeria, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja called on the rich and powerful citizens of Nigeria to be prepared to contribute…
Bus Driver’s Death: Ogoni gives police 14-day ultimatum
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has condemned in strong terms the unjustified,…
Terrorism: 23,472 citizens stopped from leaving Nigeria – NIS
In its efforts to prevent young Nigerians from being lured into terrorism, prostitution, slavery and other untoward activities abroad by…
8 dead in Ogun auto crash
No fewer than eight persons died on Monday in a multiple accident at the Onipepeye end of the Sagamu-Abeokuta expressway…
Dogara has integrity, leadership quality, says Tambuwal
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, has described Yakubu Dogara, Speaker, House of Representatives, as “a detribalised and committed Nigerian”.…
Aisha Buhari: Stop Looking At Wrong Things By Omolola Martins
Less than 3 months into the new administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, the much anticipated wind of change can be…
Tribunal begins in Abia after burning down of INEC office
The governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Umuahia on Monday, commenced hearing of the petition against the declaration of Dr.…
Military played neutral role during elections – Maj. Gen Yusuf
The out-going General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Enugu, Major General Suleiman Yusuf, has said that the military…
Three David Mark witnesses quit at tribunal
Three of eight witnesses called by David Mark in defense of the petition filed against him by Daniel Onjeh of…
I’ll identify with only positive people, Obasanjo says
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday stated that he will only identify with positive people, while reiterating that his decision…
Boko Haram: Seven new born babies at Nigerian refugee camps
Seven new births were recorded at the Mubi transit camp of the Nigerian returnees from the Republic of Cameroun as…
Place Nasarawa under security surveillance, Maku tells Buhari
Former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to place Nasarawa under special security surveillance to…
Ugbo, only Yoruba town with huge crude oil deposits
The Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom, Oba Fredrick Akinruntan, says his community remains the only Yoruba town blessed with huge deposits…
Ooni of Ife to be formally announced dead on Wednesday
The Obawara of Iwara-Ife, Oba Layi Adereti ,on Monday said the official proclamation of the demise of Ooni of Ife,…
Collect bribe, face wrath of the law – Taskforce Boss
Kazeem Ugbodaga The new Chairman, Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, Olubukola Abe has vowed to…
Nigeria to conduct census in 2016, spend N273 billion
Nigeria has concluded plans to conduct a national population census in 2016, the National Population Commission chairman, Eze Duru Iheoma…