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Pakistan orders Save the Children to leave
Pakistani Government on Friday in Islamabad, sealed the offices of international non-profit “Save the Children” and gave its foreign employees…
Tambuwal dissolves governing boards
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has approved the dissolution of the Governing Boards of all government departments and parastatal…
AU Summit: Nigeria, others consider single currency, passport
Anthony Maruping, AU Commissioner for Economic Affairs, said the Union was mooting the idea to adopt a single currency, as…
Ebonyi assembly withdraws 2015 budget proposal
The Ebonyi House of Assembly has granted the request of Governor Dave Umahi to withdraw the 2015 budget proposal submitted…
June 12 challenges us to protect democracy, says Bola Tinubu
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress has stated that the historic June 12 general elections…
Don’t comment, identify with June 12, Afenifere tells Kingibe
Eromosele Ebhomele The Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, a pan-Yoruba socio-political group, has described the ‘June 12 struggle’ as an albatross…
Twitter CEO Costolo steps down
San Francisco (AFP) – Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo is stepping down and will be replaced on an interim basis…
NASS: APC lawmakers seek solutions, re-strategising
Honourable Sani Zorro, on Thursday in Abuja said the solution to recent happenings in the National Assembly was for the…
Nigeria spends N1.9trn on infrastructure annually
Nigeria currently spends 10 billion dollars (N1.9 trillion) per annum on infrastructure, according to the National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan…
Nigeria inflation rises to 2-year high on food prices
LAGOS, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s consumer inflation rose to 9.0 per cent year-on-year in May, the upper end of a central…
Boko Haram kills 43 in Borno raid
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) – Boko Haram gunmen killed at least 43 people and burnt down three villages in northeast Nigeria,…
N18.3bn Pension Scam: EFCC re-arraigns Teidi, ex-Pension Director, others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 re-arraigned Dr. Sani Shuaibu Teidi, former director of…
June 12, mother of democracy in Nigeria – Lagos Speaker
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudasiru Ajayi Obasa, has described the June 12, 1993…
Buhari extends G7 requests on Boko Haram to LCBC
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday that he had extended the invitation to submit requests of the needs of the…
Ganduje appoints chief executives for 9 agencies
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has approved the appointment of chief executive officers of nine government agencies in the…
Minimah visits troops fighting Boko Haram in Borno, Adamawa
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.- Gen. Kenneth Minimah, had paid an operational and morale boosting visit to troops…
Gbajabiamila pledges loyalty to Speaker Dogara
The former House of Representatives Minority Leader, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Thursday promised to work with the new Speaker, Yakubu…
Ogun, Oyo declares June 12 as public holiday
The Ogun government on Thursday declared Friday work-free day to mark the 22nd anniversary of the annulled June 12, 1993…
Man trekking in honour of Buhari declared missing
The police in Bauchi on Thursday declared missing, a middle-aged man who left on foot to Abuja, to attend the…
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Port Harcourt refinery to produce 5m litres of petrol daily – NNPC
The Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Joseph Dawha, on Thursday said the Port Harcourt Refinery…
CBN N8bn scam: Court reserves ruling till June 19
Justice Adeyinka Faji of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan on Thursday fixed June 19 to rule on bail…
Buhari to review UBE funding mechanism
Bolaji Abdullahi, the Deputy Director, Policy and Strategy, Buhari Campaign Organisation, has said that the present administration will review the…
NECO to introduce CBT in subsequent exams
The National Examination Council (NECO) will introduce Computer-Based Test (CBT) in objective papers of its subsequent examinations, says Dr Paddy…
Lawyer slams EFCC for filing frivolous charges against Sylva, others
A legal practitioner, Abang Odok-Ogar has advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to undertake thorough investigation in order…
NDLEA destroys 24 hectares of cannabis in Oyo
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in a combined six hours joint operation on Thursday raided and destroyed 24…
Nobel laureate resigns over ‘girls’ comment
A top British scientist has resigned from his post at University College London after he was accused of sexism for…
Buhari commits $100m to Lake Chad Basin fight against Boko Haram
Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari has committed $100 million to Lake Chad Basin fight against Islamist sect, Boko Haram today during…
Hand new Oyingbo Market to us, traders tell Ambode
Alhaja Basira Balogun, the women leader in Oyingbo market, on Thursday appealed to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to hand over the…
Hammer House of Horror star, Christopher Lee dies at 93
Christopher Lee, British Actor who portrayed villains and became best known for his role as Count Dracula in the famous…
Cholera kills 500 Nigeria – UNICEF
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has said that more than 500 people had died as a result of cholera…