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5 arrested for planning attack on southern Kaduna

The Police in Kaduna State has arrested five suspects for allegedly planning to attack one of the remote areas of…

NAN pensioners appeal to PTAD to pay pension arrears

Some pensioners who retired from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from 2005 to 2013 on Friday appealed to the…

End of the road for kidnappers in Lagos

By Jeddy Omisore It is no longer new that Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode recently signed the Anti-Kidnapping Law,…

I-G’s monitoring unit arrests fake police Sergeant

The Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit in Lagos State has arrested a 38-year-old dismissed Police Sergent, Gbenga Ogundele, for allegedly…

Addressing Nigeria’s Infrastructural deficit

By Tayo Ogunbiyi Infrastructure development is critical to achieving human capital development in any society. The economic impact that infrastructure…

Female genital mutilation and women’s right

By RASAK MUSBAU February 6 of every year has since 2003 been designated by the United Nation as the International…

Why Lagos students must shun negative vices-Ambode

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday said students in the State must shun all negative values and vices…

Seun Egbegbe arrested for attempted forex fraud

Popular Yoruba film producer, Seun Egbegbe, was yesterday arrested for an alleged N10 million fraud. This is happening barely two…

On Lagos’ new approach to public security

By Idris Olokodana The reason for increase in crime rate in Nigeria is clear: Breeding grounds for crime is widening…

Kogi issues 7-day ultimatum to roadside traders

Kogi State Government has given a 7-day ultimatum to traders to remove illegal structures erected by them outside markets and…

British Council honours 4 Nigerian schools

Four Nigerian schools had been honoured by the British Council for implementing core teaching and learning skills that shaped global…
RMAFC on Tuesday reacts to ongoing controversies over the salaries and allowances being paid to members of the National Assembly.

Group lauds NASS over NEDC Bill

The North-East Support Group for the creation of North East Development Commission (NEDC), has lauded members of the National Assembly…

House recommends indefinite suspension of Ebonyi LGA caretaker chairman

The Ebonyi House of Assembly has passed a resolution, recommending the indefinite suspension of Mr Anselm Enigwe, Caretaker Chairman of…

French soldier shoots attacker outside Louvre

A French soldier guarding the Louvre in Paris has shot a man who tried to attack a security patrol with…
NITDA alerts Nigerians about a fraudulent Google Play Store being used for distributing a new malware strain known as the Play Praetor Trojan

Workers drag NITDA to court over employment status

The 245 workers employed in 2015 by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), have dragged their employer to court…

N19.7b NIMASA fraud: EFCC re-arraigns Akpobolokemi, 3 others

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday re-arraigned former NIMASA boss Patrick Akpobolokemi and three others before a…

Jigawa adopts measures to boost rice, wheat production

The Jigawa Government has adopted proactive farmer support programmes to boost the production of paddy rice and wheat in the…

Hundreds, including, babies, children, women killed in Myanmar crackdown

Myanmar’s security forces have committed mass killings and gang rapes of Rohingya Muslims and burned down villages since October in…

Local govt chairman slumps, dies in Ondo hospital

The Chairman of Ilaje Local Government Coucnil in Ondo State, Mr Agunola Omomowo, has been confirmed dead. Mr Bode Omoyoloye,…

Osinbajo meets Presidential Task Force on Food Security

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday met behind closed doors with members of the Presidential Task Force on the rising…

I-G orders deployment of mobile police units to Niger

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the deployment of five additional mobile police units to Niger command,…

Unpaid salaries:Ooni urges state governments to pay workers

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has decried state governments owing workers salaries running to several months,…

Bayelsa pledges to employ more youths

In appreciation of the roles of the youth in national development, the Bayelsa Government has promised to employ thousands of…

N1.2bn Fraud: Ex-FCT minister’s son sent back to prison

Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on Friday, February 3, 2017 ordered the remand…

Union calls for sack of Kaduna Electric MD

Two electricity unions have demanded for the immediate removal of the Managing Director of Kaduna Electric, Garba Haruna for alleged…
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Angola’s president not contesting in presidential election

Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos confirmed on Friday he will not run in this year’s presidential election, calling an…

Jigawa LG immunizes 45,000 children

The Malammadori Local Government Council of Jigawa on Friday, said it immunised about 45, 000 children against the six-killer diseases…

AFCON: Viewing center operators lament low patronage

Operators of viewing centres have decried the low patronage that has characterised their business since the commencement of the Total…

FG seeks investment in abattoirs maintenance

The Federal Government wants the private sector to invest in the maintenance of abattoirs across the country in order to…

Uber CEO pulls out of Trump’s business

The chief executive of Uber, Mr Travis Kalanick on Friday backed out of a business advisory council set up by…