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Economic Recession: Go back to Awo’s policies-Osinbajo’s In-Law

A septuagenarian, Elder Taiwo Shoyode has advised the Federal Government to adopt the socio-economic policies that boosted the economy of…

Oyo traders not interested in NLC strike

Chief Juliana Raimi, the Chairperson, Association of Commodity Market Women and Men of Nigeria, Oyo State Chapter, says the group…

Kidnapped judge, retired judicial worker regain freedom

Mr Timothy Salihu, Area Court Judge and Alhaji Aliyu Okeme, retired Chief Inspector of Area Courts in Kogi, kidnapped on…

Physical exercise promotes long life-Physiologist

An exercise physiologist, Mr Ademola Ajayi, on Sunday said regular physical exercise has been proven to increase longevity and improve…

Oyo govt threatens workers with ‘no work, no pay’

The Oyo State Government has urged its workers to back out of the strike called by the Ayuba Wabba-led NLC…

Lagos to build DNA forensic lab in 15 months

The Lagos State Government on Sunday expressed its readiness to build a DNA Forensic Laboratory within 15 months. The state…

Fayose warns herdsmen in Ekiti

Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State on Sunday urged the people of Oke-Ako to remain calm as security agents try…

Students list conditions to support fuel price hike

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), says it will only accept the recent increase in fuel price if palliatives…

Police begin aerial surveillance of Enugu

To boost security in Enugu State, the police on Sunday began aerial surveillance of the entire state. The spokesman of…

Why we shunned strike-TUC President

Mr Bobboi Kaigama, the President of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), on Sunday said the union shunned the ongoing…

Governor spits fire against ‘ghost workers’

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has expressed anger at the ‘ghost workers’ syndrome in the civil service and vowed…

Okonjo-Iweala in new trouble over missing trillions

Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the Federal Government have been ordered by a Federal High Court to “provide information…

Fire destroys ICT equipment worth millions

Valuables worth millions of naira were destroyed by fire at the Florence Ajimobi ICT Centre in Ibadan, Oyo State. The…

Crisis as PDP Faction sacks Sheriff, others

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party plunged into deeper crisis on Saturday after the Port Harcourt group defied the…

4 FUTA students die in road accident

Four students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, died in a road accident on the Akure-Ilesha expressway in Ifedore…

Kidnappers demand N50m for release of APC chieftains

Abductors of the Chairman of the APC in Kwara, Ishola Balogun-Fulani and Secretary, Chief Bode Adekanye, have demanded for N50…

Hajj pilgrims to go for mandatory medical test

The Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board has directed all intending pilgrims to 2016 Hajj to Saudi Arabia to go for…

Gunmen kidnap traditional ruler

Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped the traditional ruler of Elete town in Kogi, Chief Aminu Aku. Report has it that Aku…

Ogun Muslims to cough out N1.18m for hajj

The Ogun Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has called on intending pilgrims to augment their 2016 interim Hajj fare from the…

Bayelsa youths recover drowned soldier, rifle

Youths from Kalaba Community, Bayelsa, have recovered the remains and arms of a soldier drowned while on escort duty at…

PDP suspends convention over court cases

Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has announced the suspension of its National…

Smoke reported on EgyptAir flight prior to crash

Smoke was detected on the doomed EgyptAir plane shortly before it crashed over the Mediterranean Sea, the French air accident…

PDP will win 219 elections-Chieftain

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and a member of the Security Committee of the PDP National Convention, Mr…

164 physically-challenged get artificial limbs, callipers

Gate of Hope Foundation, a non-government organisation, on Saturday in Osogbo, presented 164 physically-challenged persons with free artificial limbs and…

Bishop begs kidnappers to release abducted reverend sisters

The Most Rev. Felix Ajakaye, the Bishop of Ekiti Catholic Diocese, has called for the release of two Reverend Sisters…

Internet agency registers 2,436 .ng domain names in April

The President of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), Mr Sunday Folayan, said on Saturday that 2,436 dotng (.ng) domain…

Total blackout in Asaba, Delta State

Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) on Saturday said that Asaba and its environs would experience power outage for a while…

Monarch’s wife gives birth to baby in kidnappers den

Mrs Ubong Assam, the wife of the traditional ruler of Esit Eket in Akwa Ibom, was delivered of a baby…

Buhari visits Lagos Monday

The Lagos State Government will formally welcome President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday on a two-day working visit to the State.…

BREAKING NEWS: First pictures of EgyptAir wreckage emerge, blackbox found

The first pictures of the mangled wreckage from EgyptAir flight 804 have emerged as investigators confirmed smoke was detected in…