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Skye Bank announces resignation of four Executive Directors

Skye Bank Plc has notified the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) of the voluntary resignation of four of its Executive Directors…

Police order Tuface, others to cancel protests

The Police High Command has ordered popular musician Tu Face Idibia and others to shelve their planned protests against the…

Police arrest 5 suspected killers of Custom Officer in Lagos

The Nigeria Police have arrested five suspected killers of Mr Aliyu Dayyab, Assistant Superintendent in the Nigeria Customs Service. Force…

Police nab notorious kidnap kingpin in Enugu

The Police in Enugu have arrested a notorious kidnap kingpin, Christian Akpan, also known as “Mayor’’ in the state. The…

Those wishing Buhari dead are wicked, callous

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the persons behind the rumoured death of President Muhammadu Buhari as “wicked and callous.”…

Awo and Hannah: Their sizzling love story (2)

Why did Chief Obafemi Awolowo describe HID, his wife, as a jewel of inestimable value? Here are the reasons By…

8.8 million people die from cancer every year-WHO

New World Health Organisation, WHO figures released this week indicate that each year 8.8 million people die from cancer, mostly…

FCMB raises N5.1 billion through bonds

First City Monument Bank, FCMB has sold N5.1 ($16 million) of bonds, less than it originally planned to raise, at…

CBN sells N400 billion Bill to mop up money market liquidity

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, sold about N400 billion ($1.27 billion) of Treasury bills on Friday, lifting the interbank…

Census not feasible this year – NPC Chairman

Mr Eze Duruiheoma, Chairman, National Population Commission, has said that conducting a national population census in Nigeria was not feasible…

LASU final year student suspended for cultism, rape

Mr Adeyemi Temitope, a final year Public Administration student of the Lagos State University (LASU), has been suspended from the…

840 suspected miscreants arrested in Kano

The Commissioner of Police in Kano State, Alhaji Rabi’u Yusuf, said the Command had arrested 840 suspected miscreants across the…
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5 arrested for planning attack on southern Kaduna

The Police in Kaduna State has arrested five suspects for allegedly planning to attack one of the remote areas of…

NAN pensioners appeal to PTAD to pay pension arrears

Some pensioners who retired from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from 2005 to 2013 on Friday appealed to the…

End of the road for kidnappers in Lagos

By Jeddy Omisore It is no longer new that Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode recently signed the Anti-Kidnapping Law,…

I-G’s monitoring unit arrests fake police Sergeant

The Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit in Lagos State has arrested a 38-year-old dismissed Police Sergent, Gbenga Ogundele, for allegedly…

Addressing Nigeria’s Infrastructural deficit

By Tayo Ogunbiyi Infrastructure development is critical to achieving human capital development in any society. The economic impact that infrastructure…

Female genital mutilation and women’s right

By RASAK MUSBAU February 6 of every year has since 2003 been designated by the United Nation as the International…

Why Lagos students must shun negative vices-Ambode

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday said students in the State must shun all negative values and vices…

Seun Egbegbe arrested for attempted forex fraud

Popular Yoruba film producer, Seun Egbegbe, was yesterday arrested for an alleged N10 million fraud. This is happening barely two…

On Lagos’ new approach to public security

By Idris Olokodana The reason for increase in crime rate in Nigeria is clear: Breeding grounds for crime is widening…

Kogi issues 7-day ultimatum to roadside traders

Kogi State Government has given a 7-day ultimatum to traders to remove illegal structures erected by them outside markets and…

British Council honours 4 Nigerian schools

Four Nigerian schools had been honoured by the British Council for implementing core teaching and learning skills that shaped global…
RMAFC on Tuesday reacts to ongoing controversies over the salaries and allowances being paid to members of the National Assembly.

Group lauds NASS over NEDC Bill

The North-East Support Group for the creation of North East Development Commission (NEDC), has lauded members of the National Assembly…

House recommends indefinite suspension of Ebonyi LGA caretaker chairman

The Ebonyi House of Assembly has passed a resolution, recommending the indefinite suspension of Mr Anselm Enigwe, Caretaker Chairman of…

French soldier shoots attacker outside Louvre

A French soldier guarding the Louvre in Paris has shot a man who tried to attack a security patrol with…
NITDA alerts Nigerians about a fraudulent Google Play Store being used for distributing a new malware strain known as the Play Praetor Trojan

Workers drag NITDA to court over employment status

The 245 workers employed in 2015 by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), have dragged their employer to court…

N19.7b NIMASA fraud: EFCC re-arraigns Akpobolokemi, 3 others

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday re-arraigned former NIMASA boss Patrick Akpobolokemi and three others before a…

Jigawa adopts measures to boost rice, wheat production

The Jigawa Government has adopted proactive farmer support programmes to boost the production of paddy rice and wheat in the…

Hundreds, including, babies, children, women killed in Myanmar crackdown

Myanmar’s security forces have committed mass killings and gang rapes of Rohingya Muslims and burned down villages since October in…