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Bureau de Change operators go underground
Foreign currencies transaction at the Bureau de Change (BDC) segment of the foreign exchange market has been stifled since the…
Late Ibrahim Dasuki buried in Sokoto
The late 18th Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, who died on Monday night in Abuja, was laid to rest…
Russian minister charged with $2m bribe
Russia’s Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev has been accused of taking a bribe to endorse a state takeover. Russia’s main anti-corruption…
Senate rejects Buhari’s ambassadorial nominees
The Senate, on Tuesday, rejected the entire list of 46 non-career ambassador-nominees forwarded to it for confirmation in October by…
Fire consumes N16bn property in Abuja – FFS
The Federal Fire Service (FFS) on Tuesday said property worth over N16 billion was lost in 809 fire incidents in…
Senate moves to avert ASUU strike
The Senate on Tuesday pledged to engage relevant stakeholders to avert the warning strike being planned by the Academic Staff…
Customs arrest bullion van with smuggled rice
The Oyo/Osun Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service on Tuesday said it had arrested a Bullion Van concealed with imported…
Insecurity: Lagos embarks on aggressive community policing
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says it is dedicating this year’s Community Day to aggressively sensitise communities across the…
Number of Nigerian students increase in US
The 2016 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange (IEE) has revealed that 10,674 Nigerians are studying in the U.S.…
Another Nigerian soldier ambushed, killed by Boko Haram
A senior Nigerian soldier was on Tuesday killed by the Boko Haram, army. B.U. Umar, a lieutenant colonel and commanding…
Ambode appoints DIG Ajao to head Neigbourhood Safety Corps
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday constituted the Board of the Neighbourhood Safety Agency, in line with his…
3 killed in Ebonyi communal clash
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has confirmed the death of three persons in a land dispute involving Onweonweya and…
Charly Boy leads protesters to block National Assembly entrance
Charles Oputa popularly known as Charly Boy has led scores of Nigerians to block the main gate of the country’s…
Kwara poly student wins Fidelity Bank promo
A student of Metallurgical Engineering Department of Institute of Technology, Kwara Polytechnic, Mr. Seteolu Olakunle, has won N500,000 under Fidelity…
WhatsApp introduces video calling feature to its platform!
With excitement, WhatsApp is announcing its latest feature – WhatsApp video calling. In the next couple of days, the instant…
21 Aid workers abducted from UN compound
Lam Tungwar, Information Minister for Northern Liech State, South Sudan, on Tuesday confirmed that 21 humanitarian workers were abducted by…
Sokoto Assembly adjourns sitting to mourn Dasuki
The Sokoto State House of Assembly on Tuesday adjourned it sitting for one week to mourn the death of late…
Court dissolves 20 year-old marriage over barrenness
rr An Ilorin Area Court on Tuesday dissolved a 20-year-old marriage between one Rukayat Abdullahi and Abdullahi Mohammed for lack…
Court orders ex-footballer to pay landlord N408,334
A Customary Court sitting in Awka on Tuesday ordered Arthur Egbunam, a former Rangers International FC player to pay N408,334,…
Tailors decry low patronage, as yuletide approaches
Some tailors in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Tuesday, decried low patronage, as yuletide season approaches. Some of the…
NUPENG rejects sale of NNPC assets
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers says it will not support the sale of NNPC’s assets without…
IDPs hail FG for distribution of relief materials
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Gombe State, have commended the Federal Government for the ongoing distribution of relief materials to…
LABAF 2017 to focus on global fractures, collective humanism
At the end of a four-day fun-filled “fiesta of Ideas and Life”, the 18th edition of the Lagos Book &…
Catholic bishop extols late Sultan Dasuki
The Catholic Bishop of Minna Diocese, Martins Uzoukwu on Tuesday extolled the qualities of late Sultan Ibrahim Dasuki, describing him…
Egypt court orders retrial of ousted President Morsi
A report from Cairo said an Egyptian court on Tuesday cancelled the death sentence conviction against ousted President Mohamed Morsi…
Ilorin residents differ on tribal marks
Residents of Ilorin on Tuesday expressed mixed feelings on tribal marks as a way of preserving culture. Some of them…
Pistorius moved to different prison to aid rehabilitation
South African Paralympic gold medalist Oscar Pistorius has been moved to a prison better suited to his rehabilitation while serving…
Google to educate policymakers on values of online activities
The Google Sub-Saharan Africa on Tuesday expressed its determination to educate policymakers on values associated with the enactment of friendly…
Party crisis: Ex-lawmaker quits PDP
Mr Adeniyi Akindele, a former member of the Ondo State House of Assembly, has resigned his membership of the People’s…
Sultanate Council, Wamakko, others eulogise late Dasuki
A Senior Counselor in the Sultanate Council of Sokoto, Alhaji Hassan Danbaba, on Tuesday described the late 18th Sultan of…