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Kaduna Security Council relaxes curfew

The Kaduna State Security Council has relaxed the 24-hour curfew in Jema’a and Zangon Kataf Local Government areas with immediate…

Peace Corps to generate 800,000 jobs

The Commandant-General, Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN), Dickson Akor, has said that the organization will generate 800,000 jobs for youths…

2 homosexuals granted N100,000 bail each

An Oredo Magistrates’ Court in Benin on Wednesday granted two homosexuals, Paul Frank, 31, and Ejimofor Christian, 22, N100,000 bail…
Awujale

Trending: Obasanjo blasts Awujale: You are a liar, a rumour monger

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lambasted the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, describing him as a serial liar and…

Ex-Finance Commissioner lauds FG’s economic measures

Alhaji Muazu Bawa, a former Commissioner of Finance and Economic Planning in Niger, says he is optimistic that the economic…
FG says has said it is interacting with the critical stakeholders on how to crash the price of LPG also known as cooking gas

Forex blamed for cooking gas price hike

The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM) has blamed foreign exchange scarcity for the current high price of…

Car bomb wounds four UN guards in Mogadishu

A car bomb wounded no fewer than four UN guards when it exploded near a United Nations compound in Somalia’s…

FG urged to establish dry ports to boost economy

A Kano-based car dealer, Alhaji Jaafar Adam-Jikamshi, has advised the Federal Government to establish dry ports to boost economic activities…
MACBAN alleges that killings of innocent herders by a vigilance group is going on in Sokoto State with 16 lives lost so far.

Farmers, herdsmen tasked on peaceful co-existence

The Village Head of Odu in Nasarawa state, Mr. Oberre Ewa, has appealed to farmers and herdsmen in the state…
Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero

Varsity to establish 4 agric training centres in Kebbi

Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aleiro, says it will establish four centers to train farmers on modern agricultural…

Northern governors say Buhari saved Nigeria from extinction

The Northern Governors Forum (NGF) on Tuesday said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in 2015 saved Nigeria from going into…

Nigeria to deploy 800 soldiers to Darfur for Peacekeeping

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday said Nigeria would deploy 800 soldiers to the United Nations…

Paul Ryan sworn-in as U.S. House Speaker

Republican Rep. Paul Ryan was on Tuesday sworn-in as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after winning his re-election…

Civil war officers demand payment of pension for 38 years

Civil War Officers who voluntarily retired or were discharged from service under the 1976 – 1979 military administration want their…

Ibadan traders deny report of removal of Iyaloja

The apex body of traders in Ibadanland known as Ibadan Joint Traders Association, IJTA, on Tuesday refuted the removal of…

Swansea record 2-1 away win at Palace

Newly appointed Swansea boss Paul Clement watched his new side gain a dramatic win against Crystal Palace to move off…

Arsenal came came back to draw 3-3 at Bournemouth

Arsenal came back from three goals down to draw at Bournemouth. The visitors were heading for a shock defeat when…

Ford Motors cancels $1.6bn Mexico plant

Ford has said it will cancel a $1.6bn (£1.3bn) plant it planned to build in Mexico and instead extend operations…

Ivory Coast get €6 million euros ahead AFCON

Defending champions Ivory Coast have been given extra financial support for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations finals. The Ivorian…

Zimbabwe in chaos ahead of AFCON tournament

Zimbabwe’s preparations ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon have been thrown into chaos by a row over…

Leicester City to sign Nigeria’s Wilfred Ndidi for £15m

Leicester City are set to sign Genk midfielder Wilfred Ndidi for a reported £15m, subject to a work permit. The…
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) boss Hameed Ali urges Nigerians not to engage in smuggling or patronising smugglers in Easter message

Customs redeploys 246 top officers

The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) has approved the redeployment of eight Assistant Comptrollers-General and 238 Deputy Comptrollers…

Breaking: Lagos Assembly passes Ambode’s N812.998bn 2017 budget

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the State’s 2017 Budget proposal of N812. 998 billion presented by…
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola , SAN (2nd right), Coordinating Director of Highways in the Ministry, Engr. Bala Dan Shehu (2nd left), Chief Engineers of Reynolds Construction Company Limited (RCC), Mr. Igor Zavodtchik (left) and Mr Nabeel Esawi (right) during the inspection of the construction work on Loko–Oweto Bridge over River Benue in Nasarawa/Benue States

FG to overhaul 50 bridges

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has said that the Federal Government is planning to overhaul…

Zambia cuts fuel prices

Zambian energy regulator says retail fuel prices will fall from midnight on Tuesday due to subdued oil prices and a…

Fire guts part of Sterling bank in Ogun

A section of Sterling Bank, Oke Ilewo branch, located at the OPIC Roundabout, Abeokuta, was on Tuesday gutted by a…

Ambode has positively changed the face of Lagos-Ex-LG boss

Former Chairman, Conference of Executive Secretaries of Local Government and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in Lagos State, otherwise known…

Former NAN MD, 23 others bag community award

The Omu-Aran community in Kwara, has bestowed awards on 24 people in the area who had supported the socio-economic development…

Mrs Buhari donates foodstuffs to 300 IDPs children

Aisha Buhari The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has donated foodstuffs to Paraxis Catholic e-School for the feeding…

Gold slips as dollar keeps pressure on prices

Gold fell on Tuesday as the dollar’s buoyant start to the new year kept the pressure on prices after the…