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Buhari appoints Waziri Adio Executive Secretary, NEITI

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Waziri Onibiyo Adio, as the Executive Secretary of Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency…
Candidates writing JAMB examination using Computer-Based Test (CBT) system

JAMB gives 48-hour extension for applicants to register

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will reopen its website between 12 midnight on Tuesday and 12 midnight on…

Police arrest 13 suspects with fake international passports

The Kano State Police command has arrested 13 persons with fake international passports and ECOWAS travel certificates. The Commissioner of…

FUT Minna produces 34 First Class graduates

The Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, would graduate 34 first class students at its 25th convocation ceremony on Saturday.…

NUJ condemns assault on journalists in Imo

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Imo Council, has condemned the weekend brutal attack on some journalists in Owerri by…

ASUU urges FG to halt privatisation of electricity sector

The Academic Staff of Nigeria Universities (ASUU), on Tuesday in Abuja, called on the Federal Government to stop private ownership…

Delta Assembly approves Gov. Okowa’s N500m loan request

Delta House of Assembly on Tuesday approved Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa’s request to borrow N500 million from Fidelity Bank Plc to…

NAMA streamlines airspace coordination procedures

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), has streamlined airspace cordination procedures between Kano Area Control Centre (ACC) and Abuja Approach…

PICTURES: The Nigerian pirates arrested by Navy

Photographs by AP Here are the faces of the six pirates who hijacked a diesel oil carrying vessel MV Maximus.…

Okowa gets approval to take N500m loan

Delta House of Assembly on Tuesday approved Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s request to borrow N500 million from Fidelity Bank Plc to…

Two Nigerian athletes to compete in Paris Marathon

Two Nigerian athletes that emerged as winners at the last Lagos City Marathon are to be sponsored to the April…

Removal of VCs violates University Act – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday in Abuja said the recent removal of 12 vice-chancellors of Federal…

IDPs: 450 die from diseases, malnutrition in Borno

The Borno State Government has confirmed that 450 people died from ailments and malnutrition across the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)…

75-year-old pensioner slumps, dies during screening in Benin

Jethro Ibileke/Benin There was pandemonium in Benin on Tuesday, as a 75-year-old pensioner, Sunday Oboite, collapsed and died while waiting…

Military operations in Khana, Gokana LGAs have my full backing – Wike

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has confirmed that the military operations in Gokana and Khana local…

Lawmaker begs FG to repair Badagry roads

A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Setonji David, on Tuesday appealed to the Federal Government to repair the failed portions on the…

Govt-owned media to be restructured for optimum performance

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that government-owned media organizations will be restructured and reinvented…

Minister hails Nigeria-China relations

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described China as one of the most important partners in…

Corruption: Lulu, Ogunjobi, others lose bid to stop trial

Justice E. S. Chukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on Monday, February 22, 2016 dismissed a…

Lagos to establish first DNA Forensic Lab in Nigeria

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says it is set to establish the first ever high-powered DNA Forensic Laboratory in…
Femi Adebayo Shares Review of 'Jagun Jagun'

Actor Femi Adebayo bags political post

Funsho Arogundade Popular Nollywood actor Femi Adebayo has joined the league of entertainers taking up political post. Adebayo, the son…

Multichoice donates 22 Digital Resource Centres to Ogun

Funsho Arogundade MultiChoice Nigeria has once again demonstrated its commitment to enhancing education in Nigeria with its resource center intervention,…

3 dead as guns boom in Ogoni

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Gunshots were still being held in Yeghe, a community of Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers and…

Why NTA, other govt-owned media will be restructured —Minister

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that government-owned media organizations will be restructured and reinvented…

Military, Police collaborate on security in Lagos

Cyriacus Izuekwe The Nigerian military and the Lagos State Police Command have reiterated their commitment and readiness to partner in…

Senator Abe confirms liaison office bombed, calls Buhari to intervene

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Senator Magnus Abe, Rivers South East Senatorial candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC confirms confirms attack on…
Sen. Kabiru Marafa

Senator Marafa shuns senate ethics committee

mafa Senator Kabiru Marafa, (APC, Zamfara Central) on Monday, failed to appear before the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and…

Senator Abe’s liaison office bombed in Ogoni

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The liaison office built by Senator Magnus Abe for the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers South…

Touch Down: Buhari lands in Saudi

buhari Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday arrived Riyadh to commence a week-long visit to Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The…
Benue South Senator Patrick Abba Moro confirms that he is bidding for the position of minority leader in the 10th Senate.

Ex-Interior minister, Abba Moro arrested, quizzed by EFCC

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arrested former Minister of Interior, Comrade…