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Lagos lawmakers demand for flyover around Pen-Cinema
Eromosele Ebhomele If the Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, agrees to implement a resolution of the state House of…
Boko Haram: Alex Badeh’s confession vindicates Nigerian soldiers
Eromosele Ebhomele Many Nigerian soldiers, most of whom have been condemned to death, have been vindicated by the confession of…
APC To PDP: Produce membership card of DSS DG or keep quiet!
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has insisted that the DG of DSS, Mr. Lawal Daura, is not a card-carrying member…
Lasun Yusuf: Between Logic And Common Sense
By Eleshin Lawal For having the gut to offer himself for service and balance the power equation in the House…
Oil price won’t rise even with reduced production quota – OPEC
Organisation for Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has said that prices for oil would not significantly rise even if the cartel’s…
Of Bola Tinubu And The Yoruba Race In Nation Building
By Segun Olulade I see Nigeria’s political space getting clearer by the day. In anger and frustration over misrule by…
2Face kickstarts 2015 Star Music Trek Phase 2 in Makurdi
Funsho Arogundade The IBB Square, Makurdi, Benue State, is set to host concert goers and fun seekers as second leg…
DPR set to sanction depot owners, major marketers who sell above depot price
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Thursday said that it would not hesitate to sanction depot owners and major…
US, Germany, France, others hold anti-Islamic State Conference In Canada
Officials from 20 countries involved in the United States-led coalition against Islamic State (IS) gathered in Canada’s Quebec City on…
Many killed as suicide bomber attack Maiduguri market
There was no exact death toll from the explosion early Friday at Gamboru wholesale vegetable market, where rescuers are still…
Tribunal: Amosun, APC lose bid to stop GNI application
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Efforts by Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State and the All Progressives Congress, APC to stop the application…
Parents Of Successful Kids Have These 9 Things In Common
Any good parent wants their kids to stay out of trouble, do well in school, and go on to do…
Africa gets $830m infrastructure fund
The new infrastructure investment platform in Africa, Africa50, backed by the African Development Bank (AfDB), has raised 830 million dollars…
Globacom celebrates Wole Soyinka, young literary stars
Information and Communications Technology solutions provider and leading supporter of African Literature, Globacom, has concluded plans to celebrate African playwright,…
US officer pleads not guilty in black man’s fatal shooting
Chicago (AFP) – A white Ohio policeman who shot a black man during a routine traffic stop pleaded not guilty…
Labour leaders ask Osun workers to resume work immediately
Jamiu Yisa Osun state workers who had been going back and forth on the industrial action over non-payment of their…
FG declares August 24, 25 Diaspora days
The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja declared August 24 and 25 as Diaspora Days to recognise Nigerians in Diaspora…
Senate passes resolution, tells FG to revoke waivers on rice, others
The Senate on Thursday passed a resolution urging the Federal Government to revoke all import waivers on rice and other…
Olukolade announces retirement from the army
Major General Chris Olukolade, the man who has been the spokesman of Nigeria’s military high command for several years, is…
Ndume cautions senators against embarrassing publicity
The Senate Majority Leader, Ali Ndume, has cautioned senators against embarrassing publications on senate matters on the pages of newspapers.…
“I was waiting for death”, says woman rescued from Boko Haram
Nigerian soldiers rescued 71 people, almost all girls and women, in firefights that killed many Boko Haram militants in villages…
Crossover actress, Liz Anjorin storms Dubai with ‘Orombo’
Jamiu Yisa Crossover Nollywood star, Liz Anjorin who recently dropped the video of her debut single, Orombo, is currently in…
Nigerian scouts in Japan for World Jamboree
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Chief Commissioner of Scout in Nigeria, Chief Soga Sofolahan has described Nigeria participation at this year World…
World Bank Endorsement Vindicates Aregbesola
By Bisi Yusuff Looking at the events unfolding in the State of Osun, “Ipinle Omoluwabi,” especially in the past few…
Dangote refinery gets $1b grant from USTDA
The United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Thursday in Lagos announced a grant of $997.4 million dollars as training…
Dangote Cement, Ecobank post higher profits
Presco Plc has released to the market its unaudited half year financial results. Despite commodity price challenges, the company reported…
APC has no anointed candidate for Kogi guber race
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday in Abuja declared that the party has no preferred candidate for the forthcoming…
Chadian troops kill 117 Boko Haram fighters
Chad said on Thursday its forces had killed 117 Boko Haram insurgents during a two-week military campaign aimed at clearing…
Mosquito: The deadly companion
Deadly yet so easily contracted, malaria parasites are transmitted through the bite of female anopheles mosquitoes that cause grave impact…
We are not working against Buhari – Dino Melaye, others say
Some Northern senators on Thursday denied media report that they were working against President Muhammadu Buhari’s interest in the Senate.…