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Ebonyi assembly withdraws 2015 budget proposal

The Ebonyi House of Assembly has granted the request of Governor Dave Umahi to withdraw the 2015 budget proposal submitted…

June 12 challenges us to protect democracy, says Bola Tinubu

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress has stated that the historic June 12 general elections…

Don’t comment, identify with June 12, Afenifere tells Kingibe

Eromosele Ebhomele The Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, a pan-Yoruba socio-political group, has described the ‘June 12 struggle’ as an albatross…

Twitter CEO Costolo steps down

San Francisco (AFP) – Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo is stepping down and will be replaced on an interim basis…

NASS: APC lawmakers seek solutions, re-strategising

Honourable Sani Zorro, on Thursday in Abuja said the solution to recent happenings in the National Assembly was for the…

Nigeria spends N1.9trn on infrastructure annually

Nigeria currently spends 10 billion dollars (N1.9 trillion) per annum on infrastructure, according to the National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan…

Nigeria inflation rises to 2-year high on food prices

LAGOS, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s consumer inflation rose to 9.0 per cent year-on-year in May, the upper end of a central…

Boko Haram kills 43 in Borno raid

Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) – Boko Haram gunmen killed at least 43 people and burnt down three villages in northeast Nigeria,…

N18.3bn Pension Scam: EFCC re-arraigns Teidi, ex-Pension Director, others

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 re-arraigned Dr. Sani Shuaibu Teidi, former director of…

June 12, mother of democracy in Nigeria – Lagos Speaker

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudasiru Ajayi Obasa, has described the June 12, 1993…

Buhari extends G7 requests on Boko Haram to LCBC

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday that he had extended the invitation to submit requests of the needs of the…

Ganduje appoints chief executives for 9 agencies

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has approved the appointment of chief executive officers of nine government agencies in the…

Minimah visits troops fighting Boko Haram in Borno, Adamawa

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.- Gen. Kenneth Minimah, had paid an operational and morale boosting visit to troops…

Gbajabiamila pledges loyalty to Speaker Dogara

The former House of Representatives Minority Leader, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Thursday promised to work with the new Speaker, Yakubu…

Ogun, Oyo declares June 12 as public holiday

The Ogun government on Thursday declared Friday work-free day to mark the 22nd anniversary of the annulled June 12, 1993…

Man trekking in honour of Buhari declared missing

The police in Bauchi on Thursday declared missing, a middle-aged man who left on foot to Abuja, to attend the…

Port Harcourt refinery to produce 5m litres of petrol daily – NNPC

The Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Joseph Dawha, on Thursday said the Port Harcourt Refinery…

Buhari to review UBE funding mechanism

Bolaji Abdullahi, the Deputy Director, Policy and Strategy, Buhari Campaign Organisation, has said that the present administration will review the…
Candidates writing JAMB examination using Computer-Based Test (CBT) system

NECO to introduce CBT in subsequent exams

The National Examination Council (NECO) will introduce Computer-Based Test (CBT) in objective papers of its subsequent examinations, says Dr Paddy…
Court grants EFCC interim order to freeze 1,146 bank accounts being investigated for unauthorized dealing in forex exchange, others

Lawyer slams EFCC for filing frivolous charges against Sylva, others

A legal practitioner, Abang Odok-Ogar has advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to undertake thorough investigation in order…

NDLEA destroys 24 hectares of cannabis in Oyo

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in a combined six hours joint operation on Thursday raided and destroyed 24…

Nobel laureate resigns over ‘girls’ comment

A top British scientist has resigned from his post at University College London after he was accused of sexism for…

Buhari commits $100m to Lake Chad Basin fight against Boko Haram

Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari has committed $100 million to Lake Chad Basin fight against Islamist sect, Boko Haram today during…

Hand new Oyingbo Market to us, traders tell Ambode

Alhaja Basira Balogun, the women leader in Oyingbo market, on Thursday appealed to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to hand over the…

Hammer House of Horror star, Christopher Lee dies at 93

Christopher Lee, British Actor who portrayed villains and became best known for his role as Count Dracula in the famous…

Cholera kills 500 Nigeria – UNICEF

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has said that more than 500 people had died as a result of cholera…

Man Rapes His 14-Year Old Daughter

Josephine Odum-John A 14-year-old SS1 student in a secondary school in Ikorodu, Lagos, western Nigeria, has narrated how her 49-year…

Man Locks Wife Inside Room For 7 Months

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 20-year old housewife, Mercy Ekeh, has narrated how her husband, Kelechi Ekeh, 30, forced her to marry…

Senate Crisis: How The Clerk, Salisu Conspired With PDP

Facts have emerged concerning the despicable role the Clerk of the National Assembly, Alhaji Salisu Maikasuwa, played in the emergence…

UPDATE: Ogogoro death toll rises to 68

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The death toll of those who have died after consuming the locally brewed gin popularly known as…