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Buhari must prosecute crimes by Boko Haram, military – UN
GENEVA, (Reuters) – The United Nations’ top human rights official called on Nigeria’s new President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday to…
Oil marketers pledge to end queues nationwide, deploy trucks of fuel
Oil marketers on Friday said they have dispatched 700 trucks of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), to Abuja as part of…
Ambode approves group life insurance compensation for police
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, on Friday approved an upward review of group life insurance compensation for officers and…
Nigerian troops kill 2 suicide bomber commanders in Borno
The Defence Headquarters on Friday said two suicide bombers leading a band of terrorists died as troops repelled the insurgents’…
Oyo workers suspend 11-day old strike
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Oyo State chapter, on Friday suspended its 11-day-old strike and directed the workers to resume…
IG tasks new ADCs, CSOs on professionalism
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has charged newly appointed Aides-De-Camp (ADC) and Chief Security Officers (CSOs) attached to…
Oil prices rise after OPEC keeps low output target
Oil prices rose on Friday, breaking a two-day losing streak, after OPEC ministers kept their existing oil production target for…
Ogun 7th legislature passes 44 bills 60 resolutions
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The outgone seventh legislature in the Ogun State House of Assembly under the speakership of Rt. Hon. Surajudeen…
Court remands 3 men for robbery, rape
An Akure Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded three men- Femi Ojo, 25; Taiwo Osadare, 24, and Emmanuel Abah, 22, over…
Scarcity: DPR investigates petroleum products depots in Lagos
The Department of Petroleum Department (DPR) might have commenced investigation on erring petroleum products marketers following the subsisting national energy…
Etisalat sells 85% stake in Tanzania’s Zantel
United Arab Emirates telecom operator, Etisalat has agreed to sell its 85 per cent stake in Zanzibar Telecom Limited (Zantel)…
Yola blast: Hospital urges public to donate blood
The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yola, has called on members of the Public to donate blood to victims of Thursday’s…
Wike appoints SSG, Chief of Staff, others
Rivers State Governor, Chief Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, CON, has approved the appointment of Kenneth Kobani the immediate past Minister…
Court grants accused N300,000 bail for N1.5m fraud
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has granted a N300, 000 bail to 26-year-old Ikechukwu Umeh over alleged…
Nigeria-French Language Village best in Africa, says DG
Prof. Raufu Adebisi, the Director-General, (DG), Nigeria-French Language Village (NFLV),Badagry, Lagos state, on Friday said the institution was alive to…
Nestle pulls Maggi noodles after safety scare
Nestle said on Friday it was withdrawing its Maggi instant noodles from sale in India after a scare over excess…
Death toll rises to 97 as capsized ship sighted
Ministry of Transport on Friday said the death toll from a Chinese cruise ship that capsized on the Yangtze River…
32 persons dead in Yola bomb blast – NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency ( NEMA) said 32 persons were killed in the Thursday night explosion near Jimeta Mordern…
U-20 players can make Super Eagles, says Keshi
Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, says players of the national Under-20 team, the Flying Eagles, can make the senior…
Venezuelan authorities raid local FA amid FIFA scandal
Secret Service Agents on Thursday raided the headquarters of the Venezuelan Football Federation (FVF) in Caracas, in the wake of…
Death toll in Ghana gas station blast now 150
An explosion at a petrol station in Ghana’s capital and flooding caused by torrential rains killed around 150 people, President…
Buhari to unveil national youth empowerment programme
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said his administration would soon unveil a comprehensive national youth empowerment programme to address youth…
3 dead as herdsmen, villagers clash in Kwara
The police command in Kwara on Thursday confirmed that three villagers were killed in Matokun village, Patigi Local Government in…
El-Rufa’i to establish Peace and Reconciliation Commission
Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State, on Thursday, said plans were underway to establish a peace and reconciliation commission in…
FG threatens to revoke N9.2bn clean cook stoves contract
The Federal Government on Thursday threatened to revoke the clean cookstoves contract, if the contractor fails to meet up with…
Reps. pass 14 bills, step down oil and gas Act
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed 14 of the Bills earlier passed by the Senate but stepped down Oil…
UNICEF gives scholarship to 300 girl children in Gombe
The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Gombe state coordinating unit, has given scholarship to 300 girl children to…
FG to focus on agriculture, not oil, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said the Federal Government would give Agriculture the needed attention as part of effort to…
EFCC charges CBN, Zenith Bank staff for currency fraud
Three central bank officials and two staffers at Nigeria’s Zenith Bank appeared in court on Thursday to face criminal charges…
US send team to Nigeria to renew cooperation over Boko Haram
WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) – The United States will send a team to Nigeria in the next few weeks to…