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Customs expects N10bn from detained textiles in Kano
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Nigeria Customs Service has commenced assessment of Customs duty and other charges on textile materials currently in…
Devise other means of paying salaries, Buhari tells governors
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday challenged governors of the 36 states of Nigeria to devise ways of clearing…
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Petr Cech is a Gunner
Petr Cech has agreed to join Arsenal from Chelsea on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee. The 33-year-old goalkeeper…
Boko Haram: Buhari to forward cost implication of damage to G7
Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari has stated that he will forward the cost implication of the damage caused by Islamist sect,…
Buhari inaugurates NEC, assures fair distribution of federal allocation
Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari has formally inaugurated the National Economic Council (NEC) assuring the governors of the 36 states of…
El Rufai appoints Chief of Staff, other aides
Femi Adi/Kaduna Kaduna state governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has appointed a new Chief of Staff, Special Assistant New Media, and…
Grenade attacks as Burundi holds controversial polls
Bujumbura (Burundi) (AFP) – Voting in Burundi’s controversial elections opened Monday despite a string of grenade attacks on polling stations,…
Chadian Police kill 11 in operation against Boko Haram
N’Djamena (AFP) – Eleven people died early Monday after Chadian police launched an operation against Boko Haram militants in the…
Court orders sale of seized vessel MV “REGINA”
Akin Kuponiyi A federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, southwest, Nigeria, has ordered the Admiralty Marshall to Commission the valuation…
N287bn: Buhari should investigate Wike, says APC
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria to investigate…
Rivers APC backs Buhari to recover stolen funds, calls for Wike’s probe
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has thrown its weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari in his…
Read what Olisa Metuh said that got the Presidency mad
Nigerians feared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) might not produce a vibrant opposition that would breathe down the neck…
Diddy tumbles as Janet Jackson gets emotional at BET tribute, awards
Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs took a tumble, Janet Jackson made an emotional appearance, and the BET TV network paid tribute…
Peace in Delta will bring investments, Okowa tells youths, leaders
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has urged youths and leaders in the state to maintain the peace to attract investors…
Calabar Garment Factory to generate 1000 jobs – Gov. Ayade
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River says the Calabar Garment Factory will generate over 1000 jobs when completed in August.…
AU will not act as observer in Burundi’s elections
The African Union announced it would not act as an observer in Monday’s parliamentary polls in Burundi, saying the conditions…
Hungarian grandmother, 87, sets chess world record
Budapest (AFP) – After decades spent playing simultaneous chess, an 87-year-old Hungarian pensioner clinched a world record Sunday, by finally…
Buhari condemns latest Boko Haram attacks in Borno, Yobe
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned, in the strongest language, the latest terrorist attacks on Borno and Yobe communities by the…
Suicide bombings: Police urge Maiduguri residents to be vigilant
The Police in Borno on Sunday cautioned residents of Maiduguri to be vigilant, following increased suicide bombing in the capital…
Chad arrests 60 militants after suicide bomb attack
N’DJAMENA, (Reuters) – Security forces in Chad have arrested 60 suspected militants and dismantled a cell responsible for two suicide…
Boko Haram: Mubi Poly reopens, begins lectures on Monday
The Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Adamawa, closed in October, 2014, in the wake of Boko Haram invasion of the town, has…
Femi Adesina replies Metuh, says PDP has long road of regrets to travel
Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has blasted the national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after…
No Boko Haram Suspect Sent to Anambra
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Victor Afam Ogene, has called on the people of Anambra…
Shettima dissolves boards of agencies
The Borno Government on Sunday announced the dissolution of all boards of agencies in the state. Alhaji Jidda Shuwa, the…
Let’s sacrifice for change, APC lawmaker urges colleagues
A Lagos lawmaker, Bisi Yusuff, on Sunday urged lawmakers in the country to make sacrifice in the interest of the…
2,200 Chinese officials investigated for corruption
Chinese authorities have investigated more than 2,200 government officials for involvement in major fiscal fraud, the country’s top auditor said…
Go tough on divisive elements, group urges APC
Eromosele Ebhomele The Youths For Change Nigeria, a group of Nigerian youths with sympathy for the ruling All Progressives Congress,…
God’s wrath is near, cleric warns Nigerians
Eromosele Ebhomele The Chief Imam of Offa in Kwara state, Western Nigeria, Sheikh Muhydeen Huassain Salman Al-Adabiyy, has warned that…
CCC Leadership Tussle: Oshoffa’s family denounces Olatoso as Unification Leader
Kazeem Ugbodaga The leadership crisis rocking the Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) took another twist, as Oshoffa’s family has denounced…
Regular salaries: Labour hails Gov Dickson
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt At a time when some many states and companies are owing backlog of salaries causing industrial action,…