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Resident doctors refuses to resume work in Lagos

Five days after the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) suspended its strike, resident doctors in the Federal Government-owned hospitals in Lagos…

Jonathan launches national identity card scheme

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday launched a national electronic identity card scheme, which backers said would boost access to financial…

Monarchs, residents battle over Oro shrine

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Crisis is brewing in the sleepy community of Onigbedu in the Ewekoro local government area of Ogun state…

APC: How Prezy Candidate’ll Be Picked —Buhari

Eromosele Ebhomele National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has disclosed that the party’s primaries…

Akunyili Buried

Nkrumah Bankong-Obi The final burial rites for Professor Dora Akunyili, former director-General of the National Agency for Food Drug Administration…

Enugu Assembly approves new deputy governor

The Enugu State House of Assembly has confirmed, Ralph Nwoye, as the new deputy governor of the state. The Assembly…

Ebola cases could exceed 20,000 – WHO

The World Health Organization said Thursday it aimed to reverse the spread of Ebola within three months, but warned that…

Ebola death toll rises to 1,552, with 3,062 cases – WHO

The death toll from the Ebola outbreak tearing through West Africa has passed the 1,500 mark while the number of…

Ebola claims first victim in Port Harcourt

Nigeria on Thursday said that a doctor had died from Ebola in the southeastern oil city of Port Harcourt in…

Edo police kill notorious armed robber, smash syndicate

Jethro Ibileke/Benin A notorious armed robber identified as Samson Ahigbe, was Wednesday shot dead by operatives of the Edo state…

Jang moves into new Government House 5 Sept

Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau and his cabinet will move into the newly built Plateau Government House on Friday, September…

Head Niger parliament questioned in Nigerian baby-trafficking case

The head of parliament in Niger will be interrogated as part of a probe into international baby-trafficking, sources said on…

Cameroun kills 27 Boko Haram militants

Cameroun state-owned radio, CRTV says its military has killed 27 members of Islamist sect Boko Haram near a northeastern town.…

OBJ, Jonathan meet over insecurity in Nigeria

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan met today in Abuja to discuss nation’s…

FG warns against complacency in Ebola fight

Nigeria’s health minister on Wednesday warned against complacency in the country’s fight against Ebola, despite only one patient remaining in…

281 Fake NYSC Members Sacked From Camp

Authorities of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Niger State, northcentral Nigeria, have thrown 281 fake corps members  out…

Kwankwaso Joins Prezy Race

Jamiu Yisa The Governor of Kano State, northwest Nigeria, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has declared his intention to run for the…

Why I Want Fashola’s Job —Hamzat

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Dr. Kadri Hamzat has finally broken his silence, saying he is…

PFN, Others Mourn Pa Sadela

Kazeem Ugbodaga & Joseph Oluwasanmi National President, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, Dr. Felix Omobude and other ministers of the…

Osoba and I will resolve differences – Amosun

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, southwest, Nigeria has revealed that peace talk is ongoing to resolve the…

Man drowns saving his child in Ogun

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Pandemonium struck Sunday evening when a commercial driver identified as Oluwagbeminija Oluwasanya Rhodes drowned at Ogun river in…

I wish Ribadu luck with Goodluck – Tinubu

National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has wished former Economic Financial Crimes Commission boss, Nuhu…

Enugu records 51 cases of sexual harassment, rape in 5 months

No fewer than 51 minors were sexually abused or raped in Enugu State between April 2014 and August 2014, the…

Ebola: FG postpones school resumption by one month

Nigeria said Tuesday that resumption of classes in all public and private schools will be delayed by a month to…

Boko Haram seizes town on Nigeria, Cameroun border

Boko Haram has seized control of a Nigerian town after soldiers deployed there fled to take refuge across the border…

Amosun promises prompt payment of arrears to midwives, nurses

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, southwest, Nigeria has assured protesting Midwives posted to Ogun state by the…

Nigeria announces containment of Ebola, discharges 2 patient

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria minister of health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu announced on Tuesday said that two more patients of Ebola Virus…

Edo APC stronger after purge, says Oshiomhole

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has described the defection of some prominent members of the All Progressives…

Boko Haram attempts to blow Nigeria-Cameroun bridge

Boko Haram on Tuesday attempted to blow up a bridge on the Nigerian border with Cameroun after overrunning a town…

Jonathan Leads Others To Bid Akunyili Farewell In Abuja

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Funeral rites for the late former Information Minister and Director General of National Agency for Food, Drug Administration…