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Sanusi receives appointment letter, preaches peace and unity

Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano His Highness, Sarki Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Emir of Kano, northwest Nigeria, on Monday assumed duties with an…

Rivers High Court bombed

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A High Court in Ahoada, Ahoada East Local Government area of Rivers State, southern Nigeria, was bombed…

SURE-P spends N280bn in two years

General Martin Agwai (retd.), Chairman, Subsidy Re-Investment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P), on Monday said N280 billion had been spent out…

Over 100 buried after Boko Haram attack

More than 100 bodies have been buried almost a week after a Boko Haram attack in northeast Nigeria, local leaders…

APC members slump during inauguration

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Some members of the Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Monday slumped at the 12…

Lagos Gov Race: God Asked Me To Run, Says Ikuforiji 

Eromosele Ebhomele Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has disclosed to members of staff…

LASU Fees: Committee Submits Report

Kazeem Ugbodaga The committee set up by Governor Babatunde Fashola to look into students’ complaints concerning school fees at the…

Wrangling Aborts Bomb Suspect’s Trial

Nnamdi Felix/Abuja Scheduled trial of one of the masterminds of  the 14th April bomb blasts which rocked a Bus terminal…

APC accuses PDP of inciting violence in Kano

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the PDP of inciting the violence that followed the announcement of new Emir…

Tricycle Operators Protest Ban In Obalende, Ikoyi LCDA

Tricycle Owners and Operators Association of Nigeria, TROAN, Obalende/Ikoyi/Victoria Island Branch has kicked against the order banning from plying some…

HEFAMAA Moves To Stamp Out Quackery

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMAA, has begun aggressive grassroots campaign to stamp out quackery in…

Fashola Calls For Preservation Of The Environment

As Lagos joins the rest of the world to mark the World Environment Day, Governor Babatunde Fashola has called for…

Abati denies naming UI after Akunyili

The presidency has denied naming the University of Ibadan after late Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug…

Seven dead in farmers, herdsmen clash in Taraba

The Taraba police command on Sunday confirmed that seven persons lost their lives in fresh clashes between farmers and cattle…

Daniel vows to unseat Amosun in 2015

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has declared that, come May 29,2015, Labour Party will be…

Police blame Gov. Fayemi, APC for rally violence

The Police Command in Ekiti State, on Sunday denied claims by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that its men were…

Rampaging soldiers attack drivers in Ijebu Ode

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Hell was let loose Sunday at Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State when some military personnel invaded the popular Lagos motor…

Protests in Kano over choice of Sanusi as Emir

Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Hundreds of Kano residents took to the streets Sunday evening to protest the appointment of immediate past governor…

Female bomber, soldier die in Army barracks explosion

The Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, has confirmed that a bomb exploded at a Nigerian Army barracks…

Tinubu blasts Jonathan over Chibok girls

Jamiu Yisa Senator Oluremi Tinubu has decried the Federal Government’s handling of the rescue of over 200 students kidnapped from…

Omisore promises quality education

Senator Iyiola Omisore, Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in 9 August gubernatorial election in Osun, has promised to ensure qualitative education…

Davido, Tiwa Savage named Africa’s best

Funsho Arogundade Nigeria’s music star, Davido has been adjudged the Artiste of the year at the 2014 MTV Africa Music…

Ogun APC exco to be inaugurated Monday

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The newly elected State Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State will be inaugurated…

PDP defends police action against APC in Ekiti

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that police action against members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ado-Ekiti…

Gov. Fayemi, Senator Ojudu attacked by police in Ado-Ekiti

Men of the Ekiti State Police Command, led by the state Commander of the Mobile Police Unit, Gabriel Selekere, on…

More tributes pour in for Akunyili

Nigerians from all walks of life, have continued to shower tributes on late Prof. Dora Akunyili. Senate President David Mark,…

PDP’ll win Ekiti guber poll – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan said on Saturday his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), would win the 21 June governorship election…

Insurgency: Obanikoro calls for educational reform in North

The Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has called for educational reforms in the North to complement efforts…

Haliru Idris, Kwara lawmaker is dead

The Kwara State House of Assembly on Saturday announced the death of one of its legislators and Chairman, House Committee…

Kwankwaso, Hayatu, others pay tributes to Emir of Kano

Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Notable Nigerians have continued to pay tributes to the late revered Emir of Kano monarch, Alhaji Ado Abdullahi…