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Jang leaving only N18bn debt – commissioner
Plateau State Government on Friday said its current debt profile was N18 billion and not N200 billion as being speculated.…
Okagbare was right on the neglect of grassroots development – Gora
Elias Gora, former Vice President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), on Friday said that Blessing Okagabre recent outburst…
Supreme Court sets aside Appeal Court’s verdict on Okoye brothers
The Supreme Court on Friday set aside the Court of Appeal decision which overruled an interlocutory application by five brothers.…
Jonathan fecilitates with Shonekan, Nwobodo on their birthdays
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has felicitated with Chief Ernest Shonekan on the occasion of his 79th birthday anniversary, saying that…
Group tasks police IG on missing suspect at SARS
Eromosele Ebhomele The Network Of Police Reform In Nigeria, NOPRIN, a coalition of civil rights groups based inn Nigeria, has…
Mu’azu should resign like Labour, Lib Dem leaders did – Fayose
Eromosele Ebhomele Despite pleas from Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan to members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to stop their…
Pacquiao is a sore loser and a coward – Mayweather
Floyd Mayweather may have been gracious in the lead-up and in the immediate aftermath of his unanimous decision welterweight title…
Gov. Orji inaugurates handover committee
Sam Obinna Ibe/Umuahia Abia state governor, Theodore Orji, Eastern Nigeria on Friday afternoon inaugurated a 10-man transition committee members that…
I never had any fight with Fashola, says Tinubu
National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has stated that he has never had any fight…
Police foil bomb attack in Potiskum
Nigerian Police Force has foiled a bomb attack on a secondary school in Potiskum, Yobe state. The police said that…
Toure certain to leave Man City – agent
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure is “90 percent certain” to leave the Premier League club at the end of this…
Sturridge to return for Liverpool in September
Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge is expected to return to training in September after undergoing hip surgery in the United States,…
Gunman opens fire in Potiskum, injures 6 students
BAUCHI, (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire on students after walking into a high school in Potiskum in northeast Nigeria,…
Samsung inaugurates first digital village in Cross River
The first “Digital Village” in Nigeria was inaugurated on Thursday by Samsung Electronics West Africa in collaboration with UNESCO in…
How 4 Nigerians influenced UK election
By Seun Bisuga As the United Kingdom elections went down, four Nigerians wrote their name in gold as they helped…
Teachers, students laud MultiChoice for investing in education
MultiChoice Nigeria has received praises from teachers and students for its heavy investment in the public secondary school system through…
2900 Days: Fashola rolls out achievement, begs for forgiveness
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Thursday asked those he might have offended in the course of duty in…
Produce talents that can compete internationally, Atiku tells Kano Sports Institute
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday in Kano called on the Kano Institute of Sport to produce sports men and…
NDLEA official arrested for importing cocaine
An official of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Adeogun Olajide, and a civilian, Adams Michael, were on Thursday…
Don’t scrap amnesty, Yoruba youths beg Buhari
The National Committee of Yoruba Youths on Thursday urged the President-elect, retired Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, to continue with the amnesty…
Power sharing not threatening APC, says Ngige
Senator Chris Ngige on Thursday in Abuja denied reports that issues of power sharing was threatening the stability of the…
PDP lost to lack of internal democracy – Ex-Security Adviser
Chief Anabs Sara-Igbe, the Special Adviser on Security to a former governor of Rivers, on Thursday said the PDP lost…
PEF saves N360bn through e-loading – Kasali
Mrs Adefunke Kasali, the outgoing Executive Secretary, Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF), said the agency saved more than two billion dollars…
Aregbesola, Omisore to know fate on May 27 – Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday fixed May 27 for judgment on the appeal filed by Sen. Iyiola Omisore, challenging the…
We have 1.2bn litres of petrol in stock, NNPC boasts
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its downstream subsidiary, the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), said they had…
Team Jonathan yet to deliver handover notes – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday said it was yet to receive handover notes from the Federal Government. Alhaji…
Tackling corruption is my priority, says Buhari
Nigeria’s President–elect, Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, says his administration will kill corruption before it kills Nigeria. Buhari said this when…
Police recover ‘huge’ money in Abuja house
The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), of the Police has recovered a large sum of money in a bag hidden in…
APC leader Olu Adebanjo dies
Chief Olu Adebanjo, one of the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State and former Minister of…
The Obamas not attending Buhari’s inauguration
Neither President Barack Obama nor his wife Michelle will attend the inauguration of Nigeria’s president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari on 29 May,…