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7.2m Nigerians enroll to NHIS
Over 7.2 million Nigerians have enrolled and benefitted from the National Health Insurance Scheme, (NHIS) since its inception in 2005,…
Eid el-Kabir: IG orders tight security nationwide
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, on Thursday ordered all commanding officers nationwide to provide water-tight security before, during…
2015: INEC lifts ban on political campaigns in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Ogun state on Thursday disclosed that it has lifted the embargo…
Oshiomhole abolishes 35-year retirement policy for workers
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has abolished the 35-year retirement policy for workers in Edo state as…
Rivers Poly students riot over death of colleague
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Authorities of Rivers State Polytechnic, Bori, were forced to close the institution today after the students went…
Dimeji Bankole loses daughter to sickle cell disease
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Tragedy struck on Wednesday at the home of the former Speaker of the Federal House of Representative, Rt.…
Mimiko finally dumps LP for PDP
Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo on Thursday in Abuja formally announced his defection from Labour Party (LP) to the ruling…
DHQ ‘studying’ new Shekau video
The Defence Headquarters said on Thursday it was studying the claims made in a video purportedly released by terrorists showing…
FG to privatise airports
The Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprise, Mr Benjamin Dikki, on Thursday in Abuja said the privatization of federal airports in…
2015: Katsina APC to buy form for Buhari – Chairman
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Katsina state says it will purchase the party’s expression of interest and nomination forms…
El-Rufai declares to contest Kaduna governorship
Former FCT Minister Nasiru El-Rufai on Thursday declared his intention to contest the Kaduna State governorship on the platform of…
AMCON seeks injunction to restrain Babalakin
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) on Thursday filed an application for injunction to restrain Dr Wale Babalakin from…
Army inaugurates another court martial to try 97 soldiers
The Nigerian Army on Thursday inaugurated a General Court Martial at the Mogadishu Cantonment at Asokoro in Abuja, to try…
Remi was exemplary, inspiring trail-blazer, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday described the immediate past Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), late Mrs…
I won’t drop my senatorial ambiton for Yarima – Takori
A Zamfara senatorial aspirant, Mr Sani Takori, said on Thursday he would not drop his ambition to contest Zamfara-West senatorial…
Borno orders private schools to re-open
The Borno Government on Thursday directed operators of private schools to re-open for the new session in compliance with the…
Dalai Lama accuses South Africa of ‘bullying’
The Dalai Lama on Thursday accused South Africa of “bullying a simple person” after authorities there failed to give him…
Unhappy Podolski eager to quit Arsenal
Germany midfielder Lukas Podolski wants to leave Arsenal because of a lack of playing opportunities and may move in January’s…
INEC urges politicians to observe rules of electoral process
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Sokoto State has called on politicians to abide by the rules and regulations…
FCT court discharges and acquits Ogbulafor of all charges
A Federal Capital Territory High Court on Thursday discharged and acquitted former chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Vincent…
Ogun lawmaker’s mother abducted
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Mrs Racheal Hazzan, 65, mother of the lawmaker representing Odogbolu State constituency in the Ogun state House of…
I prophesied the Synagogue building collapse – TB Joshua
Embattled Nigeria clergyman and general overseer of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua has claimed that…
15 feared dead in Bulgaria explosives blast
Fifteen people were feared dead Thursday after a blast flattened a Bulgarian explosives plant that decommissioned landmines, with the government…
French campaign funding scandal snares Sarkozy ally
A judicial enquiry into Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2012 presidential campaign Thursday snared a close ally of the former French president, who…
Army court martials 60 for refusing to fight Boko Haram
Nigeria’s army says it will on Thursday begin court martials of soldiers balking at taking part in a stepped-up campaign…
Bayelsa gets own security outfit to monitor pipeline vandalism
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A commercial security outfit, the Izon-Ibe Security Company Limited has been incorporated by the Bayelsa State Government.…
Mexico catches drug lord in tourist haunt
Soldiers captured one of Mexico’s most-wanted drug barons in a restaurant Wednesday in a colonial town popular with American tourists…
SEC set to launch 10-year capital market master plan
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it had concluded plan to inaugurate a 10-year capital market master plan aimed…
Jonathan hates Rivers people and we know it – Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers state has explained that his frosty relationship with President Goodluck Jonathan is…
Italy probes $533mn bribe to Nigerian officials, politicians
On a day that Nigeria marked its 54th independence anniversary, Italian prosecutors were busy combing the books of state-backed firm…