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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…
FG spends N373bn on ex-PHCN workers’ settlements
The Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr Benjamin Dikki, said the Federal Government spent over N373 billion to settle…
2015 Elections: INEC achievements proved doomsday predictions wrong – Jega
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has said that some predictions, especially in…
Edo workers issue 3-Day warning strike
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Civil Servants in Edo State have issued a three-day warning strike to the State government over an alleged…
EFCC arraigns man for job scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday May 20, 2015 arraigned Chidi Alozie before Justice U.N Agomoh of…
Key lawmakers meet over Lagos Speakership tussle
Eromosele Ebhomele The current impasse faced by members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria over who should…
APC to hold two-day retreat for senators-elect
The All Progressives Congress (APC) will hold a two-day retreat for all its senators-elect in Abuja on May 22nd-23rd 2015.…
PDP plans to disrupt May 23 council polls – Rivers APC alleges
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers state has been accused of plotting to use violent means…
SMEs driving innovation in Nigeria – GE Report
Innovation is one of key ingredient needed to excel in business and stay ahead of competition. In Nigeria, Small and…
Traders in Onitsha protest, demand tax receipts from Anambra govt
Traders at Ose-Okwodu Market in Onitsha on Wednesday appealed to Gov. Willie Obiano to prevail on his aides to issue…
Constitution amendment: Reps move to override President’s veto
The House of Representatives on Wednesday introduced new clauses in its Standing Order XIII Rule 98 which sought to override…
Group wants Buhari to appoint women in key positions
Ms Ayisha Osori, the Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Women Trust Fund (NWTF), has urged the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to appoint…
PDP NWC cannot intimidate me, says Fani-Kayode
Femi Fani-Kayode says he cannot be intimidated by threat of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party…
Impeachment: Gov Aliyu pays assembly members N17m each
Niger State Governor, Aliyu Babangida, has reportedly paid members of the Niger state House of Assembly outstanding allowances to stave…
Nigeria bedeviled by poverty, debt – Osinbajo
Nigeria’s Vice President-elect, Prof. Yomi Osinbajo, has painted a dispiriting picture of the national economy, by releasing mind-boggling statistics and…
Buhari’s victory rubbished disintegration fears, says Tony Blair
Former British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair on Wednesday said the victory of General Muhammadu Buhari in the March 28…
US releases documents recovered in Osama bin Laden raid
US government on Wednesday in Washington released a list of now declassified documents recovered during the 2011 raid on al-Qaeda…
Nigeria loses over N540.3bn to smuggling of poultry products
The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) says Nigeria is losing about 2.75 billion dollars (N540.38 billion equivalent) through smuggling of…
Nigerian Air Force disowns Facebook account
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), says the NIGERIA AIRFORCE GROUP Facebook account on the internet is fake. It added that…
579 officers, soldiers for court martial – Army
The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that 579 of its officers and men had been court martialed for sundry offences.…
APC governors adopt strategies for improved governance
Outgoing and incoming governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have resolved to replicate positive governance strategies…