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Dangote to spend $250m on rice, sugarcane production in Jigawa
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Chairman, Dangote Group of Companies, is to spend 250 million dollars on the production of rice…
Imprisonment not end of your life, Cleric tells inmates
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta An erudite scholar and the Chief Imam of Sa’adatul Adabiyya Society of Nigeria, Ustaz Ismael Abdul Lateef has…
IS claims responsibility for Tunisia massacre
Port el Kantaoui (Tunisia) (AFP) – The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a massacre in a Tunisian…
Argentina down Colombia to reach Copa America semis
Viña del Mar (Chile) (AFP) – Carlos Tevez fired Argentina into the semi-finals of the Copa America here Friday, scoring…
Women’s W.Cup: USA beat China 1-0, progress to semis
A second half goal from Carli Lloyd put the United States into the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup for…
JiJi.ng: Free marketplace board in Nigeria
SPONSORED A bulletin board – a universal platform, the content of which is a set of commercial ads and/or non-commercial…
Nigerians should ignore ‘Hate Messages’ from Radio Biafra, says NBC
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), on Friday, urged the public to ignore radio Biafra transmission. This was contained in a…
Supreme Court legalises ‘Gay Marriage” all over America
The United States Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the country’s Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry, handing…
Terrorism: Tunisia, France, Kuwait hit by deadly attacks
A 16-year-old British boy injured when a gunman stormed a tourist beach in Tunisia saw his mother and grandmother killed…
Return home and contribute your quota, Nigerian tells others in Diaspora
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nigerians in Diaspora have been called upon to return home and contribute their quota to the development and…
10 killed in suicide bomb attack on a Kuwait Mosque
Over 10 people were killed or wounded on Friday in a suicide bomb strike on a Shiite Muslim mosque, with…
Ambode, APC ask tribunal to dismiss Agbaje’s petition
Henry Ojelu Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) have asked the Lagos State…
NUJ to shut down ThisDay, Newswatch, AIT, National Mirror, others
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has lent its support for the ongoing industrial action, embarked upon by the workers…
Wike inaugurates committee to host international matches
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Friday in Port Harcourt inaugurated an organising committee for the city’s hosting of two…
Lawmaker condemns fracas in House of Representatives
Rep. Ajayi Adeyinka (Osun-APC), representing Odo Itin/Ifelodun/Boripe Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, on Friday described the quarrel over…
Freight forwarders set agenda for Buhari govt
Josephine Odum-John Freight forwarders’ under the aegis of Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) have come out with a…
Buhari attends first Juma’at service in Aso Villa
President Muhammadu Buhari participated in today’s Juma’at prayer at the Presidential Villa Mosque. President Buhari did so out of consideration…
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Buhari dissolves NNPC Board
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has dissolved the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. In a statement signed…
NDLEA celebrates UN Drug Free Day with success report
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano It was a record of success for this year’s United Nations’ International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit…
Covenant University striving to be among world’s top 10 – Oyedepo
Dr David Oyedepo, the Chancellor, Covenant University, Ota in Ogun said on Friday that the university was moving closer to…
Edo APC loses assembly seat to PDP
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Friday, lost Estako West II constituency to the…
Ghana opposition challenges appointment Electoral Commission head
The opposition party on Friday challenged Ghanaian President, John Mahama, for appointing Mrs Charlotte Osei, as the new Chairperson of…
Put your house in order, Archbishop tells APC, NASS members
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Adewale Martins, has advised the federal lawmakers and the All Progressives Congress (APC)…
Mandela, Zuma relatives to pay $140m compensation to mine shareholders
Relatives of Nelson Mandela and South African President, Jacob Zuma, acted in a reckless and fraudulent manner when they stripped…
Jigawa to recover govt property from Sule Lamido, others
Governor Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa has constituted an eight-man committee to recover government property allegedly appropriated by political appointees in…
Ganduje should slash own salary too, says APC chieftain
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abba Anas, has called on Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to cut his…
Why I appointed VCs as returning officers – Jega
Prof. Attahiru Jega, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said that university vice-chancellors were appointed returning officers during the last…
Kano govt approves N2bn to procure fertiliser
The Kano State Government said it has approved N2billion for the procurement of 50,000 metric tons of fertiliser for 2015…
Saraki moves to reduce NASS allowances, inaugurates committee
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has moved to reduce the allowances of National Assembly members by constituting a committee to draw…
We’re committed to fighting corruption, says Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday reiterated the present administration’s commitment to fighting corruption. Osinbajo said this in Lagos at…