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Mobile personnel to be withdrawn from VIPs nationwide – Police

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Police on Friday said it would withdraw personnel of its mobile formation attached to important personalities in the country…

State to add scrabble to schools’ curriculum

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Adetona Odukomaiya, Technical Director of the Lagos State Scrabble Association, on Friday said plans were underway to add scrabble to…

BoI, Ebony Govt. to sign MoU to empower SMEs

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Bank of Industry (BoI) and Ebonyi State Government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of N2 billion matching…

Progressive Comprehensive High School win Copa Coca-Cola 2017

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Progressive Comprehensive High School of Osogbo on Friday won the 2017 edition of the prestigious Copa Coca-Cola football competition at…

Court acquits businessman of theft charge after 5 years

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Grant Samuel, a 52-year-old businessman, who was arraigned by the EFCC on a N6 million fraud, was on Friday discharged…

Cobbler sentenced to 25 years for robbing student of laptops, phones

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Joseph Jericho, a 25-year-old cobbler, was on Friday sentenced to 25 years imprisonment by an Ikeja High Court for stealing…

Lagos Targets Ease Of Public Transportation To Stimulate Economy

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The Lagos State Government has adopted various strategies to ease public transportation in the state. The strategies include but not…

Motorcycle-snatching syndicate nabbed in Nasarawa

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Command in Nasarawa State said it arrested a syndicate that specialised in…

TETFund awards contract to renovate burnt Varsity library

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Federal Government through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has awarded a contract of N720 million to renovate the…

Eid-el-Fitri: Abia residents assured of adequate security

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Police Command in Abia on Friday assured people of the state that it had taken adequate measures to protect…

Etisalat vs Banks: CBN, NCC intervene to save jobs, Asset Stripping

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Following the deepening crisis between Etisalat and a consortium of 13 Nigerian Banks over a syndicated loan of about US$1.2…

Unibadan resumes July 2, begins exam July 4

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Senate of the University of Ibadan, UI, at its special meeting held Friday announced a new date for the…

NTDC to leverage on technology to boost tourism potential

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) says it would use the best modern technology to explore more tourism potential across…

Eid-el-fitri: Ambode to host Muslims in 20 centres

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday explained the rationale behind the decision of his administration to host Muslims…

How Jonathan’s cousin, others siphoned $40m meant for supply of communication kits

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja has adjourned to July 7, 2017 the trial…

Tax officers to undergo training to boost tax collection

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

In a bid to boost tax awareness and collection, the Federal Government has commenced the training of 27 unemployed graduates…

State distributes sets of animal traction equipment to IDPs

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe on Friday distributed 130 sets of animal traction equipment to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in…

Mad rush at Lagos Airport ahead Eid-el-Fitr holidays

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Passenger traffic rose at the Domestic Terminals 1 and 2 of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, on Friday ahead of…

Court affirms Tambuwal as Sokoto governor

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, affirmed the election of Aminu Tambuwal as governor of Sokoto State.

London mosque attacker charged to court

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

London Metropolitan police on Friday charged a 47-year-old man, arrested after driving a van into Muslims near a mosque in…

Herdsmen rape 2 sisters

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Two herdsmen, Shuaibu Samaila, 21, and Bashiru Mohammed, 24, on Friday appeared before a Jos Upper Area Court, sitting at…

Man beheads 70-year old man for ritual

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Friday, ordered the remand of Folorunsho Sewedo, in prison custody for allegedly beheading…

Ford recalls 15,600 cars over fire risk

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Ford Motor Co is recalling nearly 16,000 Ikon and Figo models in South Africa due to a potential fire risk,…

Crowd beat police officer to death

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir said on Friday one of their officers had been beaten to death by a crowd outside…

20 CSOs sue Nigeria govt over concessioning of Port Harcourt Refinery

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL and 19 other Civil Society Organizations have made good their pledge to…

Arrested Land Grabbing Kingpin Fails To Meet Bail Conditions

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Days after he was granted bail by the Special Offences Court, Oshodi, the fate of the arrested notorious land grabbing…

Saraki: I’ll win again at Appeal Court over assets declaration trial

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Bukola Saraki, Nigeria's Senate President is confident that he will win again at the Appeal Court in his ongoing trial…

Revenue Board Seals NDDC’s Office In Yenagoa

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Bayelsa Board of Internal Revenue (BIR), on Friday sealed off the Bayelsa office of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC),…

U.S. Student’s Death A ‘mystery’ – North Korea

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

North Korea said on Friday the death of U.S. university student Otto Warmbier soon after his return home was a…

UN Launches Inquiry Into Congo Atrocities

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The UN Human Rights Council launched an international investigation on Friday into killings and other atrocities in the Kasai region…

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