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I’ll identify with only positive people, Obasanjo says

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday stated that he will only identify with positive people, while reiterating that his decision…

Boko Haram: Seven new born babies at Nigerian refugee camps

Seven new births were recorded at the Mubi transit camp of the Nigerian returnees from the Republic of Cameroun as…

Place Nasarawa under security surveillance, Maku tells Buhari

Former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to place Nasarawa under special security surveillance to…

Ugbo, only Yoruba town with huge crude oil deposits

The Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom, Oba Fredrick Akinruntan, says his community remains the only Yoruba town blessed with huge deposits…

Ooni of Ife to be formally announced dead on Wednesday

The Obawara of Iwara-Ife, Oba Layi Adereti ,on Monday said the official proclamation of the demise of Ooni of Ife,…

In Video: Dopemu, Osodi residents protest against IKEDC

Residents of Agege, Dopemu and Oshodi areas of Lagos state, stage peaceful protest against Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company at the…

Collect bribe, face wrath of the law – Taskforce Boss

Kazeem Ugbodaga The new Chairman, Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, Olubukola Abe has vowed to…

Nigeria to conduct census in 2016, spend N273 billion

Nigeria has concluded plans to conduct a national population census in 2016, the National Population Commission chairman, Eze Duru Iheoma…

Harmonise biometric data, Buhari charges INEC, FRSC, NPC, others

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja charged government agencies to harmonize the collection and usage of biometric data in the…

3-year old, two others murdered over bitter leaf in Edo

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three persons, including a three year old boy, were on Sunday evening murdered at Ibillo, Akoko Edo local…

Nigerian Army vows to punish soldiers for maltreating robber

The Nigerian Army said on Monday that it will punish soldiers involved in maltreatment of an armed robbery suspect in…

Buhari queries diversion of $1billion railway loan

President Muhammed Buhari Monday in Abuja called for an explanation from the Ministry of Finance on the foreign loans obtained…

Sagay heads advisory committee on War Against Corruption

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a Presidential advisory committee against Corruption headed by Professor Itse Sagay, a prominent professor of…

Nigerian Navy Faces N200m Suit Over Seizure Of Vessel

Akin Kuponiyi An aggrieved company, Mercury Oil company, alongside four crew members, Folorunso Olayiwola, Joshua A. Arthur, Asabalahie O. Johnson…

Buhari and the enthronement of meritocracy

By Ade Fayosokanmi If there was any doubt that the inauguration as Nigeria’s fifth democratically elected president, Muhammadu Buhari, a…

Reps Deputy Speaker Lauds Lagos Assembly Commission

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yusuf Lasun, has commended the leadership of the Lagos State House…

Buhari congratulates Nigeria’s special athletes

President Muhammadu Buhari extends hearty congratulations to Nigeria’s team at the just concluded Special Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.…

Wike fires Accountant-General of Rivers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has fired the state Accountant-General Ngozi Y.Abu with immediate effect. In…

Bayelsa: Mass defection hits PDP as Alaibe, ex-deputy governors defect

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa state appears to be in deep trouble following the planned…

50 Teens Honoured At Choice Awards

At least 50 Nigerian youngsters have emerged winners of the 4th edition of the annual Nigerian Teen Choice Award in…

A Day At The Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library

By Wale Okediran My phone shivered in my pocket. It was my friend, Ayo Aderinwale returning my call which I had…
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Mike Adenuga donates N500m to Bayelsa flood victims

The chairman of Globacom, Nigeria’s leading telecommunication outfit, Mike Adenuga Jr is not a man who likes to blow his…

2012 flood: We got N535 million, not N15 billion – Bayelsa State

Ayorinde Oluokun The Bayelsa State Post Management Committee, has described as lies the allegation by the All Progressives Congress (APC),…

OAU Post-UTME: Onyenachi Nze bags highest score as 10,293 fail

Onyenachi Nze bagged the highest score in the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted by the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun…

Ogun police arrest nurse for stealing baby

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nemesis caught up with a nurse, Titilayo Adebola on Friday when she was arrested at Arogun village by…

Fake ‘Assistant Editor’ of The News arrested in Abeokuta

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A man, identified as Segun Odofin, who has been parading himself as the Assistant Editor of The News…

Slain Soldiers: JTF nabs 6 pirates in Bayelsa – Spokesman

The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, has arrested six suspected pirates who attacked and killed four of…
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Jonathan pays secret visit to Buhari at Aso Villa

President Muhammadu Buhari and his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, met secretly last Thursday, a day before Buhari also met with former…

I do not influence who EFCC, others probe, Buhari tells PDP Senators

The Presidency has debunked the allegation by members of the PDP Senate Caucus that the present administration is being selective…

Wike spent N5bn to slander Buhari, says APC

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday launched a blistering attack on…