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Buhari to hold talks with African maritime administrators

President Muhammadu Buhari will hold meeting with the Association of African Maritime Administration (AAMA) on April 20 in Abuja, toward…

Elechi former Ebonyi governor joins APC

Immediate past governor of Ebonyi, Chief Martin Elechi on Sunday decamped to the All Progressive Congress (APC) from the Peoples…

PDP: Supreme Court verdict to resolve crisis

National Vice-Chairman (South-South) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Emmanuel Ogidi, said impending Supreme Court verdict rather than political solution…

Air Force Day: Cleric urges soldiers to be faithful

Rev. Victor Enis of the Air Force Protestant Church, Benin, on Sunday called on soldiers to be faithful and focused…

Action Alliance mulls forming coalition against APC

The new National Chairman of Action Alliance (AA), Mr Kenneth Udeze said he supports political parties of “like minds” to…

Deliver quality jobs, minister orders contractors

The Minister of state for Housing, Works and Power, Alhaji Mustapha Baba Shehuri has ordered contractors handling the national housing…

My govt. never plotted to kill Ishaya Bamaiyi – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday, said that his government never plotted to kill former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.…

Pinnick’s new CAF position a plus for Nigeria

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo and his Abia counterpart, Okezie Ikpeazu, on Sunday lauded the elevation of the President of…

God’s intervention needed for Nigeria’s economic recovery – cleric

The General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God, Rev. Chidi Okoroafor, has urged Nigerians to pray for God’s intervention toward…

Gunmen abduct Cross River Commissioner

Some unidentified gunmen on Sunday abducted Mr Gabriel Odu-Orji, the Cross Rivers Commissioner for Water Resources at Effionawan street in…

Nigerians are sentimental travellers- British Airways’ survey

A British Airways’ (BA) survey of 2,000 travelling-respondents from 10 countries showed that 41 per cent of Nigerian travellers considered…
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UNICEF collaborates with Borno on meningitis

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that it was collaborating with Borno State Government on preparedness and response to…
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Sheriff lacks capacity to lead PDP – National Vice-Chairman

Mr Emmanuel Ogidi, National Vice-Chairman (South-South) of People Democratic Party (PDP), said the outcome of Thursday’s stakeholders’ meeting revealed that…

Buhari’s foreign trips yielding positive results — Onyeama

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s foreign trips have started yielding positive…

Driver diverts 600 bags of flour, sells off truck

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, Lagos State have arrested a driver who connived with three other persons to…

FRSC boss survives being killed by reckless driver

Mr Hyginus Omeje, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos Command, has warned the personnel of the Corps…

Group seeks compensation for victims of Southern Kaduna crisis

Southern Kaduna Muslim Umma Development Association has called on the Federal and Kaduna State Governments to compensate victims of the…

Nine suspected Meningitis cases in Lagos prove negative-LASG

The Lagos State Government on Sunday said nine suspected cases of Meningitis recorded on Lagos Island have proved negative after…

Abuja airport: Lufthansa schedules flight for April 20

Lufthansa Airlines says it will resume flight on April 20 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja following the planned…

Boko Haram: Borno to evacuate 78,000 IDPs from Cameroon

The Borno State Government said on Sunday that it plans to evacuate 78,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) back home from…

Buhari felicitates with Aliko Dangote at 60

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Africa’s renowned businessman and philanthropist, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on his 60th birthday.

Xenophobia: Nigeria, South Africa set up early warning centre

Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama says Nigeria and South Africa have set up a 24-hour early warning system to protect…

2018 census to cost N272bn – NPC

The proposed 2018 national population census will cost an estimated N272 billion, the Director-General of the National Population Commission (NPC),…

Calabar residents worry over lack of pipe borne water

Some residents of Calabar have expressed worry over the lack of pipe borne water in the city in recent months,…

Palm Sunday: Cleric urges leaders to emulate Christ’s sacrificial nature

Reverend Father Philip Jamang, Parish Priest, Church of Assumption Chong’o Pyeng, Jos, has urged those in leadership positions to emulate…
FILE PHOTO: National Population Commission officials from the 2006 Census exercise.

Census may hold early 2018 – NPC

Dr. Ghaji Bello, Director General of the National Population Commission says the National Population Census will hold in 2018 if…

Boko Haram slaughters 8 people in Borno

Eight persons were slaughtered by suspected Boko Haram in a village on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital…

SSS releases Okey Ndibe from detention

Okey Ndibe, the Nigerian author and critic who was taken in for questioning upon arrival at the Murtala Muhammed International…

Youth Ambassadors Emerge In Lagos Ibile Academy

The Lagos State Government has charged the winners of the IBILE Youth Academy , IYA, leadership training programme, to come…

No meningitis in Oyo State – Govt.

The Oyo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Azeez Adeduntan, has cleared eight residents of Ibadan alleged to be suffering from…