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French ex-president Sarkozy in custody over alleged illegal campaign funding – Reports

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been placed under arrest in the judicial police headquarters in the French commune of…

Spanish police free Mali diplomat’s wife held prisoner

Spanish police freed the wife of the honorary consul of Mali after a man held her prisoner inside its Barcelona…

1,100 Northeast teachers undergo training on trauma management

Presidential Committee on Northeast Initiative (PCNI) has begun a 5-day training programme for 1,100 teachers in the northeast to control…

Palestinian President slammed for calling American ambassador ‘son of a dog’

U.S. and Israeli officials lambasted Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday after the premier called the American ambassador to Israel a…
A 55-year-old farmer Resham Singh commits suicide by consuming a poisonous substance at a protest site in the northern Indian state of Punjab

Skripal’s poisoning too unprofessional to be carried out by Russia – Novichok developer

Leonid Rink, one of the developers of the Novichok chemical weapons system, on Tuesday said the poisoning of former Russian…

Kogi doctors suspend 72-day-old strike

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Kogi chapter, has suspended its 72-day old strike to enable further negotiations with the…

Rice Farmers inaugurate 35-man committee on Ancho Borrowers Programme

The Rice Farmers Association, Sandamu Local Governmemt Area chapter, Katsina AState has inaugurated a 35-man committee to monitor the utilisation…

India finds remains of 39 citizens taken hostage by ISIS in Iraq

Authorities say the 39 Indians who had been “missing” in Iraq’s Mosul area for over three years, were killed by…

Abia First Lady plans to establish sickle cell clinics in 17 LGAs

Mrs Nkechi Ikpeazu, Wife of Abia Governor, said her pet project, Vicar Hope Foundation planned to establish sickle cell clinics…

China waives income tax for foreign investors trading yuan crude futures

China will waive income tax for three years for foreign investors trading the country’s new crude futures contract, the Ministry…

Nigerian Govt urged to extend school feeding to primary 4, 5, 6

The wife of the Governor of Abia, Mrs Nkechi Ikpeazu, has urged the Federal Government to extend the Home Grown…

Lagos Water Corporation carries out free water tests

The Lagos Water Corporation on Tuesday said the Corporation would carry out three-Day water tests in its eight operational regions…

Soka land dispute: Oyo Govt urges residents, landowners to remain calm

The Oyo State Government has appealed to residents and land owners in the Soka neighbourhood of Ibadan to remain calm,…

Telecoms Giant advised to compensate sacked married women workers

Citizens Advocacy for Social and Economic Rights (CASER), a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) has appealed to Globacom Chairman, Mr Mike…

Annual Lagos book fair to promote authors, works – President

Mr Denja Abdullahi, President, Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), said on Monday in Abuja that the Lagos annual book fair…

Dogara convey support for restructuring of federal system

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has expressed support for auditing and restructuring the existing federal system…
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Ekiti State Govt. launches Water Regulatory Unit

Ekiti State Government has established Water Regulatory Unit in the state as part of initiatives to ensure efficient and sustainable…

Malaria: Residents urged to adopt the use mosquito nets

Mr James Thomas, the Chairman, Interim Management Committee of Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, has called on residents…

CBN injects $210m to sustain Forex market liquidity

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Monday injected 210 million dollars into the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market, in its…

Microsoft partners with Niger Delta stakeholders to initiate e-learning in the region

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Microsoft and other Silicon Valley companies in U.S. have begun an e-learning project to…

Kano state govt. trains 3,500 vigilance members, distributes uniforms

The Kano State Government has trained 3,500 vigilance members on basic literacy and distributed uniforms worth over N200 million to…

NNPC operations to go digital soon – Baru

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru, says the corporation is poised to…

Gun-running allegation against me laughable – Melaye

Senator Dino Melaye has described as preposterous and laughable, the allegations by the police that he hired two political thugs…

Ford recalls 1.4 million vehicles

The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) says the Ford Motor Company has initiated a recall in the US of about 1.4…

Student pilot force-lands diamond 40 trainer aircraft

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its student pilot has forced-landed a Diamond 40 Trainer Aircraft on the outskirts of…

NNPC operations to go paperless soon – Baru

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru, says the corporation is poised to…
R: Oba Kamorudeen Animashaun, the Oloja of Epe; His Royal Highness, Oba Rilwan, the Oba of Lagos; John Irvine, Chief Executive Officer, Visionscape Sanitation Solutions; and Thomas Forgacs, Chief Operations Officer of Visionscape during the visit of the firm's management to the Oba's palace on Monday

Epe Landfill designed to avoid Olusosun’s shortfalls – Visionscape boss

The Chief Executive Officer of Visionscape Sanitation Solutions, John Irvine has assured Lagosians that the engineered landfill being constructed by…
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LG autonomy: NULGE promises showdown against opposing politicians in 2019

The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) says it will not support politicians who are against Local Government autonomy…
Board subjects subjects 31 Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) officers to disciplinary measures over various acts of misconducts.

20,000 personnel per year needed for effective border security – Immigration

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it requires the recruitment of 20,000 personnel between now and the next 10 years…

Navy personnel to undergo more training to combat illegal bunkering

The Nigerian Navy says it would provide additional training to officers and ratings as part of measures to stop illegalities…