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Harmonise biometric data, Buhari charges INEC, FRSC, NPC, others
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja charged government agencies to harmonize the collection and usage of biometric data in the…
3-year old, two others murdered over bitter leaf in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three persons, including a three year old boy, were on Sunday evening murdered at Ibillo, Akoko Edo local…
Nigerian Army vows to punish soldiers for maltreating robber
The Nigerian Army said on Monday that it will punish soldiers involved in maltreatment of an armed robbery suspect in…
Buhari queries diversion of $1billion railway loan
President Muhammed Buhari Monday in Abuja called for an explanation from the Ministry of Finance on the foreign loans obtained…
Sagay heads advisory committee on War Against Corruption
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a Presidential advisory committee against Corruption headed by Professor Itse Sagay, a prominent professor of…
Buhari and the enthronement of meritocracy
By Ade Fayosokanmi If there was any doubt that the inauguration as Nigeria’s fifth democratically elected president, Muhammadu Buhari, a…
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Buhari congratulates Nigeria’s special athletes
President Muhammadu Buhari extends hearty congratulations to Nigeria’s team at the just concluded Special Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.…
Wike fires Accountant-General of Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has fired the state Accountant-General Ngozi Y.Abu with immediate effect. In…
Bayelsa: Mass defection hits PDP as Alaibe, ex-deputy governors defect
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa state appears to be in deep trouble following the planned…
Mike Adenuga donates N500m to Bayelsa flood victims
The chairman of Globacom, Nigeria’s leading telecommunication outfit, Mike Adenuga Jr is not a man who likes to blow his…
2012 flood: We got N535 million, not N15 billion – Bayelsa State
Ayorinde Oluokun The Bayelsa State Post Management Committee, has described as lies the allegation by the All Progressives Congress (APC),…
OAU Post-UTME: Onyenachi Nze bags highest score as 10,293 fail
Onyenachi Nze bagged the highest score in the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted by the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun…
Ogun police arrest nurse for stealing baby
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nemesis caught up with a nurse, Titilayo Adebola on Friday when she was arrested at Arogun village by…
Fake ‘Assistant Editor’ of The News arrested in Abeokuta
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A man, identified as Segun Odofin, who has been parading himself as the Assistant Editor of The News…
Slain Soldiers: JTF nabs 6 pirates in Bayelsa – Spokesman
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, has arrested six suspected pirates who attacked and killed four of…
Jonathan pays secret visit to Buhari at Aso Villa
President Muhammadu Buhari and his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, met secretly last Thursday, a day before Buhari also met with former…
I do not influence who EFCC, others probe, Buhari tells PDP Senators
The Presidency has debunked the allegation by members of the PDP Senate Caucus that the present administration is being selective…
Wike spent N5bn to slander Buhari, says APC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday launched a blistering attack on…
S.African medical technician invents device to punish rapists
“If only I had teeth down there,” was how a rape victim narrated her ordeal to a South African medical…
Properties worth millions destroyed as fire guts popular Osun market
Jamiu Yisa Goods and property worth millions of naira went up in flames as the popular Atakunmosa market in Ilesa,…
Now there’s hope for Nigerians with bald head
There is hope for people who have bald heads as Vinci Hair Clinic, one of the world’s largest hair restoration…
DPR seals 12 filling stations in Abuja
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed 12 filling stations in Abuja for profiteering and selling above government approved…
Diamond Bank sued for breach of contract
Akin Kuponiyi An aggrieved customer of Diamond Bank Plc, News Engineering Nigeria Limited, has dragged the bank before a Federal…
APC chieftain sponsors weddings of 7 female IDPs
Seven female Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Bama, in Borno, were on Sunday married to their suitors at an elaborate…
Open university students complain over non-participation in NYSC
The National Open University Students Association of Nigeria has has expressed the dissatisfaction with the non-participation of its members in…
Arsenal performance not convincing, says Wenger
Arsène Wenger assesses Arsenal performance after the 0-2 thrashing by West Ham at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday. Here is…
Alade market traders get 60-day ultimatum to vacate
Kazeem Ugbodaga Over 1,000 traders at the popular Alade Market, Ikeja area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria have been given 60-day…
PH Refinery: Nigeria’s fuel importation to drop by 40%
Emeka Offor, Executive Chairman, Chrome Oil Services, says importation of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) would drop by about 40 per…
APC candidate wins bye-election into Katsina Central Federal Constituency
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared Sani Danlami of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of the bye-election…
Ex-Kogi governor Audu formally joins guber race
Abubakar Audu, the former governor of Kogi, has formally declared his intention to contest the forthcoming governorship election in the…