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65,000 ‘ghost workers’ off civil service payroll

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Dr Joe Abah, the Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms, says the Federal Government has saved over N185 billion since…

Buhari appoints Babandede new immigration boss

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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Mohammed Babandede as the new Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service…

Court adjourns trial of ex-NIMASA boss to 27 May

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A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday fixed May 27 for continuation of trial of a former Director-General of…

Kidnapping: IG deploys helicopter, mobile cops to Kogi

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The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr Solomon Arase, has approved the deployment of a helicopter and more policemen to Kogi…

Ja’afaru is new Controller-General of Nigeria Prisons

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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Ahmed Ja’afaru as the new Controller-General of the Nigeria Prisons Service…

Desmond Tutu’s daughter loses church licence after gay marriage

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10 years ago

Desmond Tutu’s daughter has been forced to give up her duties as a priest in South Africa’s Anglican church after…

Nokia to sack 15,000 workers

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10 years ago

Telecoms equipment maker Nokia is likely to cut about 15,000 jobs globally as part of a cost-cutting scheme, following its…

DPR seals 15 filling stations in Sokoto, Kebbi

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10 years ago

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it has sealed no fewer than 16 petrol filling stations in Sokoto and…

Lagos shortlisted for 100 resilient cities network

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The Rockefeller Foundation on Tuesday expressed optimism that Lagos State might become one of the 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) in…

Court declares PDP caretaker committee illegal

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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday declared the recently constituted caretaker committee of the People’s Democratic Party…

Police arraign okada riders found in robbers’ den

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Two motorcyclists, Musa Badamasi and Yusuf Ibrahim, on Tuesday appeared in a Mararaba Grade 1 Area Court, Aso Pada, Nasarawa…

Oil drifts lower on stronger dollar

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10 years ago

Oil dipped Tuesday as a stronger US dollar and progress in controlling wildfires in Canada’s crude-producing Alberta province dampened prices.…

Driver docked over theft of beer

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A 39-year old driver, Ademola Adesanya, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for alleged stealing cartons…

LSWC blames epileptic water supply on gas shortage

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The Lagos State Water Corporation (LSWC) said on Tuesday that the disruption of water supply to the metropolis was due…

Hairdresser steals phone, dollars

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A 26-year old, hairdresser, Kikelomo Fagbenro, on Tuesday appeared at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing an…

Oil marketers set to flood market with petrol

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The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) says it is ready to flood the market with fuel as it…

Boko Haram: Fleeing emirs return home

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Two out of the five Borno emirs forced to flee their domain by Boko Haram terrorists, have returned to their…

Motorists praise FG as queues disappear from filing stations

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10 years ago

Some Motorists on Tuesday praised the Federal Government over the deregulation of petroleum downstream petroleum secretor, describing it as a…

Who hanged a 75-year old man?

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This is the question men of the Gombe State Police Command are still trying to answer following the death of…

Two Borno Emirs return home after two years

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Two out of the five Borno emirs forced to flee their domain by Boko Haram terrorists have returned to their…

Nigerian Navy donates drugs, foodstuff to IDPs in Maiduguri

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The Nigerian Navy (NN) has donated drugs and foodstuff to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camped in Dalori 11, Maiduguri, to…

UNICEF launches new education fund

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The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Monday announced the launch of a new fund to better coordinate support for and…

IYC blasts Nigerian billionaire for donating N4.2bn to American university

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Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has reacted angrily to the reported donation of 4.2 billion naira…

Police are liars, we paid ransom for our freedom-APC Chieftains

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10 years ago

Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kwara State, Ishola Balogun-Fulani has described the Nigeria Police as liars over claim…

Gov Amosun admits times are hard for Nigerians

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Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta: Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwest Nigeria has admitted that times are hard for Nigerians due to…

Senator Melaye weeps in church over evil advisers

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Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Chairman, Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Otunba Dino Melaye, on Sunday stunned the congregation…

How I got contract to build N1.2 billion shopping mall for Badeh-Witness

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Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja: Mustapha Yerima, a contractor and prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air…

Why I joined others to remove Ali Modu-Sheriff-Fayose

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Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, on Monday said the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

Nigeria to end fuel importation by 2019-Kachikwu

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Dr Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, on Monday said the Federal Government was targeting 2019 to end…

Delta govt to fish out ghost workers

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Governor Ifeanyi Okowa says Delta Government has put machinery in place to fish-out ghost workers from its 66,000 workforce. The…

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