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Remove fuel subsidy to end fuel scarcity, Senator urges FG
The Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (upstream), Senator Kabir Marafa, has called for the removal of oil susbsidy to…
Barber arraigned for peeping at female neighbour in bathroom
A 36-year old barber, Azeez Adewale, charged with peeping at his female neighbour while bathing in the bathroom, was arraigned…
Netanyahu suspends plan to separate Palestinians, Israelis on same buses
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Wednesday ordered the suspension of a plan to separate Palestinian and Israeli passengers on…
International summit tells Nkurunziza to postpone Burundi polls
An international summit for Africa’s Great Lakes Region, has called on President Pierre Nkurunziza to postpone legislative, local government and…
PDP NWC members destroyed party’s fortune, worked for APC – Fani-Kayode
Femi Fani-Kayode has dismissed claims that hate campaign by some members of PDP Presidential Campaign Orgnaisation caused its loss at…
Ebola cases rise in Guinea, Sierra Leone, says WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO), confirmed on Tuesday that Ebola has spread further in Guinea and Sierra Leone. Bruce Aylward,…
Lagos Assembly seat: Eshilokun-Sanni, Masha’s battle gets messier
Jamiu Yisa and Eromosele Ebhomele The battle between former Lagos Island council chairman, Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni, and a member of the…
Two arrested with 2.7kg cocaine at Kano airport
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Two Nigerians from the eastern part of the country have been nabbed by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency,…
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Court Stops Jonathan From Signing Oil and Gas Bill
Akin Kuponiyi A Lagos Federal High Court, on Tuesday, restrained President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, from assenting to the bill for…
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Amaechi got part of missing $20bn, Okonjo-Iweala fires back
Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has suggested that Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi got a piece of the missing…
Abuja begins online tracking of buildings
The Department of Development Control of Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has began online tracking all ongoing building developments in…
Wike to be sworn in by Bayelsa Chief Judge, Adoke orders
Ayorinde Oluokun\Abuja The Federal Government has directed the Chief Justice of Bayelsa State to swear in Barr. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike,…
Totally strange to say $20bn missing from account – Okonjo-Iweala
The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi okonjo-Iweala, said it was strange for the Governors Forum to allege that 20 billion…
Cultism: 14 JSS Students Arrested In Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The renewed war against cultism in Edo state has led to the arrest of 14 Junior Secondary School…
NAFDAC moves against illegal satchet water producers
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration (NAFDAC) has shut down two illegal sachet water production companies in Kano.…
17th Milo Basketball Tourney: Lagos, Oyo win tickets for national finals
Taiwo Adelu Ilupeju Grammar School, Lagos and Yejide Grammar School Ibadan, Oyo State have emerged champions in the boys and…
FG denies dissolution of FEC
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Senator Patricia Akwashiki, the Minister of Information has denied a report that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) will…
Lawlessness: Ekiti gets new police commissioner
The new Police Commissioner for Ekiti State, Etop John James, on Tuesday pledged to restore peace in the state. James…
FG seeks secret trial of Biafra activists
The Federal Government has applied for closed-door trial in the treason charge against Benjamin Onwuka, a lawyer and 11 others,…
PENGASSAN to shut down oil well
Nigerian oil workers will go on strike to halt a small field if the government does not meet with them…
40 Nigerian youths for Mandela Washington Fellowship
The US Embassy has selected 40 Nigerians to participate in the Mandela Washington Fellowship Program for Young African Leaders in…
Chibok schoolgirls possibly hidden in bunkers: Borno elder
Four hundred days after Boko haram gunmen kidnapped 219 schoolgirls from Chibok in Borno state, a theory is being suggested…
Emir of Kano, Sanusi promises to assist radio station
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, has expressed his readiness to assist the Pyramid Radio station, Kano, to…
Yale rewarded me for doing ‘right thing’ – Okonjo Iweala
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister of Finance, has attributed the Honorary Doctorate Degree given to her by American Yale University…
Jonathan bows out at ECOWAS Summit, lists achievement
President Goodluck Jonathan has bowed out of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) by recounting the achievement of…
Stop Gov. Yero from looting, Kaduna APC begs EFCC
Femi Adi/Kaduna Kaduna All Progressives Congress, APC Transition Committee has sent a pre-emptive petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Globacom out with Mobile Rhapsody
Nigeria’s national carrier, Globacom, has said that the newly launched Rhapsody of Realities, a daily devotional mobile service on its…
Gas Project: EFCC narrates how suspect squandered N2bn
Afanda Bashir Emmanuel, the first prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Chidi David Adabanya and 11 others by the…
Job seeker who forged Okonjo-Iweala’s signature sent to prison
A desperate Nigerian job seeker who forged the signature of Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, purportedly recommending him for a job,…
I believe in PDP, Jonathan, will never join APC – Orubebe
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Godsday Orubebe, Nigeria’s former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs has rubbished reports that he was defecting to…