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LASPOTECH To Expel 30 Exam Cheats
Harrison Iyoha At least 30 students of the Lagos State Polytechnic, LASPOTECH are on the institution’s expulsion list for examination…
30 civil servants arrested as robbers bombard Lagos Secretariat, steal N3m
Kazeem Ugbodaga Daredevil armed robbers at the early hours of Friday broke into the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Alausa,…
Lawmaker cautions colleagues against indiscriminate defection
A re-elected member of the House of Representatives, Mr Leo Ogor (Delta-PDP), has cautioned his colleagues against indiscriminate defection to…
Ex-Speaker urges newly inaugurated house to support Fayose
The immediate past Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Mr Dele Olugbemi, on Friday urged the newly inaugurated legislators…
Buhari rewards six ‘Environmental Friendly’ Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja conferred the Environmental Friendly awards on six Nigerians, assuring that his administration would…
Nigeria in serious cash crisis, says Okonjo-Iweala
Nigeria’s former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said her successor will face a “difficult” year because of plunging oil revenues and…
Diesel tanker explosion rocks Idimu
Cyriacus Izuekwe Fire broke out at Idimu this morning after a tanker conveying diesel fell close to a petroleum pipeline…
Yola blast death toll rises to 45
ase The death toll from a suicide bombing at a market in the northeastern Nigerian town of Yola rose to…
U-20 World Cup: Ghana, New Zealand advance, as Argentina crash out
Ghana, as well as Austria, Ukraine and hosts New Zealand, on Friday advanced to the second round at the ongoing…
History should be compulsory subject in schools, says Sultan
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has advocated making of history as a compulsory subject in schools to enable…
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…