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Ambode gives 49 transformers to rural communities

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has distributed over 49 new transformers to rural communities in the state.…

Muazu plans to form new party, run for President in 2019

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ) at the national level may soon consume it as the former…

Civil society groups protest, challenge Buhari to jail looters

Kazeem Ugbodaga Hundreds of members of civil society groups staged a peaceful protest in solidarity with President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption…

Spanish companies awaiting Buhari’s ministerial list

Mr Pablo Segrelles, Economic Counsellor of the Embassy of Spain in Nigeria, on Thursday said that Spanish companies were awaiting…

Julius Berger returns to site on Lagos-lbadan Expressway

Julius Berger Nigeria Plc has returned to site on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway ahead of its plan to start full repair…

Tambuwal appoints 22 commissioners

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Thursday submitted the names of 22 commissioner nominees to the House of Assembly…

Bayelsa Guber Election: PDP screens Dickson

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson and three other gubernatorial aspirants were on Thursday screened for…

NECO releases 2015 exam results

The National Examination Council (NECO) has released the June/July 2015 results with improvement of 16 per cent in credits in…

NLC tasks National Assembly on responsible governance

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has charged members of the National Assembly to discharge their functions with a high sense…

Boko Haram: Toyota Nigeria donates 5 vehicles to MNJTF

Toyota Nigeria Limited on Thursday donated five vehicles to the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in a bid to enhance…

Mechanic, 23, remanded for armed robbery

A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 23-year-old mechanic, Ahmed Ochegbe, in prison custody for alleged conspiracy and armed…

Suicide Prevention Day: Youths harp on proper self esteem

Some youths in Abuja on Thursday called for high self-esteem and good morals as this would reduce the rate of…

Police must be well compensated, kitted for optimal performance – Oshiomhole

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has called for the proper equipping of officers and men of the Nigerian Police for…

Buhari mourns Babankowa, Jibrin Ahmed

President Muhammadu Buhari commiserates with the family of Alhaji Ibrahim Babankowa on his passing away. Buhari joins them in mourning…

Facebook rakes in users in Nigeria, Kenya

Reuters – Facebook has nearly 20 million users in major African markets Nigeria and Kenya, statistics released by the social…

Gang-rape: Lagos security guards get N1m bail

Two Lagos security guards, who allegedly gang-raped a teenage girl, are on temporary reprieve of N1 million bail on the…

Buhari lifts ban on 113 oil vessels – NNPC

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has lifted the ban on 113 vessels into its territorial waters, a letter from the…

Group campaigns with mock coffin to promote use of pedestrian bridges

Cracks Izuekwe A human rights group, Concern Human Rights of Nigeria has called on Nigerians to always make use of…

Fake prophet cons Lagos nurse for sex

Cyriacus Izuekwe A self-styled prophet, Muyiwa Adesoye, has been arrested and charged before a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ejigbo for…

Woman bites off, swallows neighbour’s nipple

Cyriacus Izuekwe A mother of four children, Mrs Adelowo Taiwo, has accused her neighbour, Mrs Bola Olowolagba, mother of three…

Buhari, Tinubu beware of hatchet men by Sunday Dare

By Sunday Dare The piece “Buhari beware of Tinubu” in the 2nd September Sun newspaper comes from the depleting arsenal…

No part of Nigeria will be taken by Boko Haram again, says DHQ

The Defence Headquarters has given an assurance that no Nigerian territory will “ever again” be relinquished to the Boko Haram…

17 years after disappearance of Ogiamen, Benin Kingdom gets another

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Seventeen years after the sudden disappearance of the Ogiamen of Benin Kingdom, Osarobo Okuonghae, his replacement was appointed…

17 years after disappearance of Ogiamen, Benin Kingdom gets another

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Seventeen years after the sudden disappearance of the Ogiamen of Benin Kingdom, Osarobo Okuonghae, his replacement was appointed…

Beware, armed robbers disguise as ATM users at night, FG warns

The Federal Government on Wednesday warned Nigerians to be vigilant when withdrawing money from Automated Teller Machines, ATMs, especially at…

All Boko Haram camps have been destroyed, terrorists subdued – DHQ

The Nigerian troops have destroyed all known Boko Haram terrorists’ camps and cells in the North East and have subdued…

Nigeria deserves seat on UN Security Council – Osinbajo

Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has advocated a permanent membership status for Nigeria in the Security Council of the…

Stowaway caught inside Med View plane’s tyre compartment at Lagos airport

Jamiu Yisa An unidentified young man whose age was put at around 25, has been apprehended and handed over to…

Buhari not a dictator, only helping Nigeria recover from paralysis – Tinubu

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday dismissed the insinuation by the Peoples Democratic…

5 Nigerian pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Wednesday said five Nigerian pilgrims had died in the Holy land The…