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Elected Zamfara council chairmen promise to transform rural areas

The newly elected chairmen of Bungudu and Bakura local government areas of Zamfara have promised to introduce programmes that would…

6-year old ISIS ‘Jihadi Junior’ has a Nigerian parent

It has now been revealed that the child ISIS soldier who has threatened the UK with new atrocities in a…

Kano to spend N500m to upgrade primary health care centres

Dr Nasir Muhammad, the Executive Secretary, Kano State Primary Health Care Management Board, on Monday, said the state government proposed…

NSCDC arrests tanker drivers over fuel diversion

Femi Adi/Kaduna Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kaduna State Command on Monday paraded four tanker drivers arrested for…

Sheikh Zakzaky, wife’s whereabouts unknown

Ibrahim Musa, president media forum of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria has raised alarm over the condition and whereabouts of…

Delta indigenous Muslim community protest exclusion from Pilgrims Board

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The indigenous Muslim community of Delta State has petitioned the state ‎governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, over the alleged exclusion…

Its Official! Real Madrid fires Benitez, appoints Zidane

Taiwo Adelu The press conference came as an anti-climax: the story of the dismissal of Rafa Benitez, the seven month…

Shiite members raise the alarm over fate of Zakzaky, wife

Femi Adi/Kaduna Three weeks after the army arrested and detained leader of Zaria-based Islamic Movement of Nigeria, popularly known as…

Crime: 1,000 CCTV cameras in Lagos dormant

*as LASG plans additional 10,000 CCTV installations Kazeem Ugbodaga All the 1,000 Close Circuit Television, CCTV Cameras installed by the…

We strongly condemn Olamide’s improper conduct on live TV – The Headies

Funsho Arogundade The organisers of the annual music awards, The Headies, has condemned strongly the improper conduct of rap star,…

NSCDC arrests 6 tanker drivers for diverting fuel

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) said on Monday in Kaduna that it had arrested six tanker drivers…
Candidates writing JAMB examination using Computer-Based Test (CBT) system

Enrolment to poly, college of education on the increase – JAMB

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday said that the enrolment for Colleges of Education, Polytechnics and Monotechnics…
Real reason for fuel scarcity in Abuja, other northern states

Petrol sells for N87, above in Badagry, Seme

Most petrol stations in Badagry area of Lagos State still sell petrol at either N87 per litre or above as…

Lagos govt. seals off houses lacking standard toilets

al The Lagos State Government said on Monday in Lagos that it had begun to seal off houses without standard…

Islamic Movement in Nigeria condemn Saudi’s execution of Sheikh Nimr

Islamic Movement in Nigeria has condemned Saudi Arabia’s execution of prominent Shi’ite cleric, Sheikh Nimr Baqr al-Nimr, who was kept…

Stockbroker bags 7 years for fraudulent sale of shares

Justice Kudirat Jose of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja on Monday, January 4, 2016 convicted and sentenced one Tajudeen…

Buhari mourns with Kogi over Atta’s death

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the government and the people of Kogi State on the death of Dr. Abdul…

Semenitari denies borrowing N1b as Info Commissioner

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Former Rivers Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs Ibim Semenitari has dismissed the allegation by her successor…

Abducted female member of Degema council, son released

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt After nine days in captivity, a Mrs Palsy Elekima, a member of Caretaker Committee of Degema Local…

JAMB increases Unilorin’s admission quota to 9000 – VC

Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, the Vice- Chancellor,(V-C) University of Ilorin, (Unilorin) in Kwara, on Monday said that the Joint Admissions and…

Fire destroys timber market in Benin

An early morning fire outbreak has destroyed parts of the `Pipeline Timber Market’ in Benin, NAN reports. An eyewitness, Mr…

OAU students to resume on January 10

The authority of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun, has asked students of the institution to resume from mid-semester break on…

Wike swears in new Rivers CJ

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has declared that the swearing in of the substantive Chief Judge…
Governor Alex Otti explains how his administration has been able to cut down the cost of governance since assuming office in Abia State

Abia election: APGA chieftain hails Appeal Court judgment

Dr David Onuoha-Bourdex, a member of the Board of Trustees of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has hailed the judgment…

9 Jan. Election: Gov Dickson decries proliferation of arms

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, southern Nigeria, has decried the proliferation of arms in the state ahead of the…

Religion the soft target by Eseoghene Al-Faruq Ohwojeheri

Sierra Leone was to have an election. The theme of that election was “the future is in your hands”. Just…
EFCC nabs ex-Taraba Governor Darius Ishaku over N27bn fraud allegation

Lassa fever ‘kills one’ in Nigeria

At least one person has died and two others quarantined following the outbreak of Lassa fever in the north-eastern Nigerian…

We have used all channels to warn Nigeria over Shi’ite leader – Iran

Iran says it is using all diplomatic channels to pursue the release of a prominent Shia Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim…

Don’t deport me to Nigeria, all I know is the British way of life, says Bayode jailed for killing

A killer has complained from his jail cell after being told that he will be deported to Nigeria when his…

Buhari, Adeosun to hold talks with Lagarde, IMF team Tuesday

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria will holds talks with a team the International Monetary Fund led by its managing director,…