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Nigerian military hunt for killers of its men in Bayelsa
The military has commenced a massive manhunt for the gunmen who killed four soldiers and a policeman at Nembe military…
Improving Patient-Doctor relationship
Oluremilekun Osobu-Asubiojo With the increasing emphasis on scientific basis and discoveries of medical technologies and practices globally, experts have emphasized…
Ooni’s last message to me was ‘touching’ – Aregbesola
Jamiu Yisa Osun state governor, Rauf Aregbesola has broken his silence on the death of the late Ooni of Ife,…
PDP leadership is selfish, greedy, self-centered, says Dokpesi
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Raymond Dokpesi, Chairman of Daar Communications has stated that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost the presidential election…
Final rites of Ooni’s passage continues, body arrives Ile Ife
Jamiu Yisa The final rites of passage for the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade, Olubuse II continued at…
Babatope accuse PDP leaders of impunity, bad leadership
…say impunity cost party of victory in last general election Jethro Ibileke/Benin Second Republic politician and member of the Board…
Courtois sees red as Swansea frustrate Chelsea
London (AFP) – Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was sent off as Chelsea began their Premier League title defence with an engrossing…
UNILAG teacher jailed for raping girl seeking post UTME shortlist
A lecturer in accounting at the University of Lagos is spending the weekend in Kirikiri Prison following a remand order…
GE, USADF, USAID announce $1.1 million awards for African energy entrepreneurs
General Electric Africa in conjunction with the United States African Development Foundation (USADF) and the United States Agency for International…
Man, 60, drowns in Lagos well
Kazeem Ugbodaga A 60-year old man has reportedly drowned in a 120 feet deep well in another tragedy at Imota,…
Drunken policeman arrested
The Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested a policeman who was found drunk. A statement by the Command’s…
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…