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Customs warns public against fake auctions, recruitment

The Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) has warned members of the public against falling to the antics of fraudsters who post…

Still on sale: TheNEWS Special Trilogy on The First Nigerian Coup

In June, July and August, 2016, TheNEWS published a trilogy on the British Intelligence Report on the first Nigerian coup.…

Gov Obaseki vows to reduce cost of governance

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Monday set the machinery of his governance in motion with the appointment and swearing…

ASUU gives notice of one-week warning strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), said it would embark on a one week warning strike over failure by…

Saraki to empower 40,000 youths

The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Sunday in Ilorin, launched: “Skill Acquisition, Training and Empowerment Programme (STEP)”…

Army presence prompts Niger Delta attacks – Avengers

A Nigerian armed group said the continued presence of the army in the southern Niger Delta energy hub has undermined…

FG to rehabilitate Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport runway, Abuja with N1bn

The Federal Government is to rehabilitate Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport runway, Abuja, with about one billion naira. A reliable source…

Thousands flee homes as quake hits New Zealand

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck central New Zealand just after midnight, the U.S. Geological Survey said, causing widespread damage and…

Igbo traders in Lagos kick against discrimination

Igbo traders in Lagos under the aegis of Igbo Traders in All Progressives Congress (APC) have urged the Lagos State…

Cleric raises alarm over young girls, boys in prisons

The Vice Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Enugu chapter, Dr Levi Muonanu, on Sunday, raised an alarm…

Eko Disco apologises to Lagos residents over power outage

The management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) on Sunday apologised to its consumers in Victoria Island, Ikoyi, Lekki, and…

Buhari attends climate change conference in Morocco

President Muhammadu Buhari will attend the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate…

Railway: Roof top riders to pay N100,000 fine

Mr Jerry Oche, the Lagos District Manager, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), said the corporation would soon increase the fine of…

Rescued Chibok girls: Presidency denies paying Boko Haram $21 million

The Presidency on Saturday dismissed media reports that 21 million dollars was paid as ransom to secure the recent release…

Measles kill 134,000 children in 2015-Report

Kazeem Ugbodaga A report released by the World Health Organisation, WHO, has disclosed that measles killed 134,000 children in 2015…

CSR key to securing multi-billion dollars LFTZ Investment-LASG

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Friday charged investors in the Lekki Free Trade Zone, LFTZ, corridor to step…

Oshiomhole hands over to Obaseki in Edo

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State on Friday in Benin passed on his hand over notes to Governor-Elect Godwin Obaseki.…

EFCC arraigns banker, another over $1m fraud

Two men, including a Diamond Bank employee, on Friday appeared in a Federal High Court, Abuja, charged with money laundering,…

Skye Bank takes over Obat Oil depot over N2.1b debt

A Federal High Court in Lagos has given Skye Bank Plc the legal backing to take over Obat Oil and…

Armed robbers kill bank manager, 3 others in Ekiti

A manager with Heritage Bank, a cashier and two other persons were killed on Friday in a robbery incident in…

Armsgate: Air Vice Marshall docked, remanded in Kuje prison

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, arraigned Air Vice Marshall Tony Omenyi (rtd) alongside his company, Huzee…

South African power utility chief resigns over bribe

The chief executive of South Africa’s state-owned power utility Eskom on Friday announced his resignation after a report by an…

My family paid N15.1m to my abductors – Iba monarch

“My abductors demanded N500 million ransom but my family paid N15.1 million to free me,” the traditional ruler of Iba…

Buhari holds 3rd closed-door meeting with Saraki in a week

For the third time in a week, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met behind closed doors with the Senate President…

Traders protest higher taxes in Kuje

Traders Association in Kuje Area Council, FCT on Friday took to the streets to protest the increase in taxation by…

VP Osinbajo woos Russian farmers

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, invited Russian farmers to invest in Nigeria, produce and export to Europe…

Lagos to shut Ahmadu Bello Way for mega street party

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government will on 3 and 4 December, 2016 shutdown Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island as…

Lagosians consume N3 billion worth of food daily-Ambode

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday said that investors willing to do business in the agricultural sector…

Lagos moves to resolve challenges in LG administration

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says it is putting machinery in motion to tackle and resolve challenges encountered in…

Court grants Fani-Kayode N50m bail

Justice James Tsoho of the Federal High Court Abuja on Thursday granted a N50m bail to former spokesman of the…
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