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CRPP condemns Edo PDP Chairman, senators for opposing N14.7bn World Bank loan
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The chairman of Edo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Orbih, has been thoroughly…
Woman, 53, jumps into well, dies
Kazeem Ugbodaga A woman committed suicide by jumping into a deep well and was brought out dead at Idimu area…
IG orders investigation of bus driver killed by policeman after protest
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Commercial buses drivers in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital went on protest following the killing of one…
Change the face of journalism, Ambode tells NUJ
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Friday received the newly elected President of the Nigerian Union of Journalist (NUJ), Mr.…
Lagos ready for Indian investors, says Ambode
…Receives Country’s High Commissioner Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, at the weekend received the High Commissioner of India, Mr.…
Premium Times goofed on renovation, sack of workers, says Kano Govt
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Commissioner for Information in Kano state, northwest Nigeria, Malam Muhammad Garba has conveyed the State Government’s dismay over…
32,000 candidates for Unilag’s post-UTME, says official
More than 32,000 candidates will write the 2015 post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) into the University of Lagos, according to…
Police foil kidnap of Indian national in Lagos, nab suspect
The Police said in Lagos on Saturday that they have foiled an attempt to kidnap an Indian national in Ikorodu.…
Walker own goal hand Man Utd win against Tottenham
Manchester United have won their first three points in the Barclays Premier League, not with a Wayne Rooney goal, but…
Nigeria receives 12,000 refugees deported from Cameroon
Government officials on Saturday visited camps in Mubi, Adamawa, where over 12,000 Nigerian refuges repatriated by the Cameroonian authorities are…
Pirates kill soldiers, policeman in Bayelsa
The Bayelsa Police Command said on Saturday that four soldiers and a policeman were killed in an attack on Nembe…
PDP hails clean-up of Ogoniland by Buhari
…Urges Him To Match Words With Action Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rivers State Chapter has joined…
Nigerians should go back to farming, Buhari says
President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigerians must stop paying mere lip service to agriculture, as crude oil and gas exports…
Amnesty Office commences payment of ex-agitators’ stipends
The Presidential Amnesty Office in Abuja on Friday commenced the payment of outstanding stipends to ex-agitators in the Niger Delta…
15 persons die in Delta auto crash – FRSC
No fewer than 15 persons died in Thursday auto crashed, that occurred at Ubulu Okiti junction in Aniocha South Local…
UI can only admit 3,000 prospective students, says DVC
Prof. Gbemisola Oke, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics), University of Ibadan, said that the institution could only admit 3,000 out of…
Domkat Bali denies owing Fidelity Bank
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Former Minister of Defence, Domkat Bali, has denied being indebted to any bank, saying he never took any…
Brig-Gen. Yahaya appointed Commander of 4 Brigade
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Following a general redeployment of officers to fill gaps created by the exit of. Some senior military officers…
Bayelsa cracks down on kidnappers, registers 200-horsepower engine boats
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt As part of efforts geared towards tackling kidnapping, sea piracy and other criminal activities in Bayelsa, the…
Mourinho signs new four-year deal as Chelsea manager
Jose Mourinho has signed a new four-year contract with Chelsea. The Blues announced Mourinho’s new deal on the eve of…
$2.1m seized cash: Ex-NHIS boss appears before EFCC
Former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Dr. Olufemi Thomas has voluntarily submitted himself to the Economic…
New Auditorium: Adeboye begs members to donate to RCCG
Olufemi Anjorin oye Paster E.A. Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has urged members of…
Cynthia Morgan denies kissing Banky W
Funsho Arogundade Dancehall diva, Cynthia Morgan has denied kissing R&B star and EME boss, Banky W. The 23-year-old singer, while…
Olonisakin, Nigeria’s CDS, says “My level has changed”
Olufemi Anjorin Nigeria’s new chief of defence staff, Major General Gabriel Olonisakin has given some testimony at the convention of…
Ogoni Clean-Up: Buhari a better son of Niger Delta than Jonathan, Wike – APC
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for fast-tracking the clean-up…
Prostitute slumps, dies after drinking local gin
Paul Iyoghojie Tragedy occurred at Obalende road, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Nigeria, on Thursday evening when a suspected prostitute simply identified…
Pregnant woman, 14 others injured as policemen, soldiers clash in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin No fewer than 15 persons, including a pregnant woman, sustained various degree of injuries on Friday evening during…
Wike signs bill renaming state Polytechnic after Ken Saro-Wiwa
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike today signed three amended bills into law. The assent was done today in the…
Court restrains NUPENG from picketing CBN
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) on Friday restrained the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG)…
Corporate bodies donate N1b to Lagos Security Trust Fund
Kazeem Ugbodaga Corporate bodies donated over N1 billion to the Lagos State Security Trust Fund, STF, at a dinner held…