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Beware: Trailer accident causes another gridlock on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Scene of the accident involving five articulated vehicles on kara bridge along Lagos/Ibadan Expressway Photo NAN Scores of commuters were…
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Police foil attempt to kidnap oil magnate Femi Otedola
An attempt to kidnap a Nigerian oil magnate, Femi Otedola, has been foiled by the Nigeria Police Force. The Force…
Reports on 20% price reduction false, says MultiChoice
Pay-TV company MultiChoice Nigeria, has described as misleading and inaccurate recent media reports accusing it of unfairness to Nigerian subscribers.…
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Lagos gets first 13% oil derivation by December-Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has disclosed that the state will get its first 13 percent derivation from being an…
Judiciary must fight corruption, says Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said it was fundamental for the judiciary to fight corruption in order to protect…
22,430 cultists surrender in Rivers
Rivers State government on Tuesday concluded the first phase of the state Amnesty Programme as 22, 430 cultists accepted amnesty…
Protesters storm Lagos governor’s office, decry police harassment
Activities at the offices of the Lagos State Governor and House of Assembly were on Tuesday paralysed as residents of…
Boko Haram kills another lieutenant colonel
Boko Haram has killed another senior Nigerian soldier, army sources said on Tuesday. B.U. Umar, a lieutenant colonel and commanding…
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Facebook’s fake news crisis deepens
Despite the best efforts of Mark Zuckerberg to downplay Facebook’s role in the election of Donald Trump, the scrutiny of…
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…