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Senate summons Okonjo-Iweala, Diezani as fuel scarcity worsens
The Senate Committees on Petroleum Resources (Upstream and Downstream) have summoned Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Petroleum Minister, Diezani…
Bode Edun Foundation launches light-up Oshodi project
The Bode Edun Foundation this week launched its Light-Up Oshodi project. The foundation with support from its sponsors and partners,…
Customs Command Seme generates N712m in April
The Seme Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Friday said it generated N712.2 million as revenue in the month…
Nigerian Army Retires 34 Generals
A total of 34 infantry generals were pulled out of service on Friday at the Jaji Military Cantonment in Kaduna…
11 Reasons Why Nyesom Wike Should Not Be Sworn In As Governor On May 29
By Joe Igbokwe Because we have not sufficiently punished political criminals in Nigeria for 16 years now, the hearts of…
Etisalat Takes 8 Nigerians To Watch Barcelona’s La Liga Final Match
Eight lucky Etisalat GEM customers have been rewarded with an all-expense-paid trip to Barcelona to watch this year’s La-Liga final…
Tension in Rivers over council polls
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Tension has enveloped Rivers State over the plan by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, to…
Arsonists Set Biggest Ekiti Market Ablaze
Arsonists have set ablaze popular Oja Oba, the biggest market in Ekiti State, hours after the state Governor, Ayodele Fayose…
Lagos Speaker: I Have No Anointed Candidate, says Tinubu
Jamiu Yisa & Eromosele Ebhomele As the race over who succeeds Sabit Adeyemi Ikuforiji as the next Speaker of the…
India lands jet fighter on highway as part of trial
India Air Force (IAF) on Thursday landed a jet fighter on a highway close to New Delhi, the first of…
Boko Haram: Rescued 275 persons undergo psycho social therapy
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Nigerian military has confirmed the movement of 275 Women and Children from an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP)…
N19.2bn: Sylva’s money laundering case adjourned till May 27
The case involving a former governor of Bayelsa State , Timipre Sylva, being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Minister charges press council on professionalism, productivity
Senator Patricia Akwashiki, the Minister of Information, on Thursday urged management of Nigerian Press Council (NPC), to reposition it for…
Transition committee not to indict Jonathan, ministers – Buhari
Nigeria’s president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday said his transition committee was not formed to indict the Federal Government led by…
Jonathan mourns Robinson, ‘The Village Headmaster’
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday commiserated with the family of the veteran actor and broadcaster, Femi Robinson, who died at…
Fayose imposes curfew on Ado-Ekiti
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti on Thursday imposed a dusk to dawn curfew on the State due to the clash…
I’ll work with Aisha Buhari, says Patience Jonathan
Wife of Nigeria’s president, Patience Jonathan has stated that she will work with the wife of the president-elect, Aisha Buhari…
Mu’azu, Anenih not forced to resign- Secondus
Uche Secondus acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has dismissed insinuations that Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu and Chief…
Okonjo-Iweala urges staff to support incoming administration
The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Thursday urged members of staff of the ministry to support the incoming…
Ayobo-Ipaja Road should be priority, residents urge Ambode
Some Lagos residents on Thursday urged the state governor-elect, Akinwunmi Ambode, to complete the Ayobo/Ipaja Road project in Alimosho very…
Best candidate will emerge Senate President – Tinubu
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says merit will not be compromised while choosing the Senate…
Buhari receives interim report of Transition Committee
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday 21 May received the interim report of the Transition Committee set up…
Ejigbo market torture victim demands justice
Mrs Ajoke Agomo, who was tortured alongside two of her wards for allegedly stealing pepper, on Thursday appealed to an…
Senate calls for immediate probe of lingering fuel scarcity
The Senate on Thursday in Abuja mandated its Committee on Petroleum (Downstream, Upstream) to investigate the lingering fuel scarcity in…
Again, Buhari lauds Jonathan’s statesmanship
Nigeria’s president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has again commended, President Goodluck Jonathan, for conceding defeat at the March 28 polls. Buhari, who…
Luis Figo pulls out of FIFA presidential election
Former Portugal forward Luis Figo withdrew from the FIFA presidential election race on Thursday, hours after Dutchman Michael van Praag…
Malawi sex workers to get damages over forced HIV tests
A Malawi court has ruled that 11 prostitutes who were forced to take HIV tests by police six years ago…
LASPOTECH Students Rush To Pay Fees
Harrison Iyoha Four days into their first semester exams, students of the Lagos State Polytechnic, (LASPOTECH) Schools of Part-Time Studies…
IG curbs powers of Special Anti-Robbery Squad
The powers of the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) are to be subsumed under Assistant Commissioners of Police in-charge of Criminal…
CBN grants FBN Holdings Plc merchant banking licence
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved a merchant banking licence for First Bank Nigeria Holdings Plc, through its…