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Oba Sijuwade’s place in history is assured, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says he has received with sadness the news of the transition of one of Nigeria’s foremost traditional…

UPDATE: Helicopter plunges into Lagos Lagoon, four dead

Tragedy hit the aviation industry on Wednesday as an helicopter belonging to Bristow Airline, plunged into the ocean of the…

Boko Haram in disarray, will soon be defeated – DHQ

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja In spite of recent bombings which have resulted in death of scores of people across the country attributed…

Helicopter crashes into Lagos lagoon

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has reported that an unidentified helicopter has crashed into the Lagoon at the Oworonshoki…

Beware of fraudsters, Adeboye warns members, others

For the umpteenth time, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has warned…

Buhari lauds Oyegun at 76

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Chief John Odigie Oyegun as he celebrates…
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Jonah Jang left Plateau State in N222.3bn debt

The Transition Committee set up by Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau says the immediate past administration of former governor Jonah…

Jonathan did not lobby us to stop Buhari’s probe – Bishop Kukah

The National Peace Committee on Tuesday dismissed reports that it was lobbied by former President Goodluck Jonathan to stop President…

Boko Haram: Buhari wants members of displaced families reunited

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja directed the Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs to intensify efforts to…

NNPC’s Kachikwu fires 38 top management staff, appoints 4 Executive Directors

The purge and enhancement of top echelon of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC with new appointments, retirements and deployments of…

Over 50 killed in Borno bomb blast

MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – A bomb attack on a packed market in northeastern Nigeria bearing the hallmarks of Boko Haram killed…

I’ll prosecute Nigeria’s treasury looters soon, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday in Abuja that the prosecution of persons who have stolen national resources will begin in…

At N283bn, Nigeria’s census costlier than that of India or China

By Ademola Adegbamigbe China and India have a staggering population of over one billion people each and they pretty much…

Buhari has given hope to long-suffering people of Ogoni, says APC

President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval, on August 5th 2015, of actions to fast-track the environmental clean-up of Ogoniland is undoubtedly one…

FG to spend N15bn to achieve 8,000 mw by 2016, says Atiku

Dr Atiku Abubakar, Deputy Managing Director, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), on Tuesday said about N15 billion was required for…

The rich, powerful must do more to help Nigeria, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja called on the rich and powerful citizens of Nigeria to be prepared to contribute…

Terrorism: 23,472 citizens stopped from leaving Nigeria – NIS

In its efforts to prevent young Nigerians from being lured into terrorism, prostitution, slavery and other untoward activities abroad by…

I’ll identify with only positive people, Obasanjo says

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday stated that he will only identify with positive people, while reiterating that his decision…

Ooni of Ife to be formally announced dead on Wednesday

The Obawara of Iwara-Ife, Oba Layi Adereti ,on Monday said the official proclamation of the demise of Ooni of Ife,…

Nigeria to conduct census in 2016, spend N273 billion

Nigeria has concluded plans to conduct a national population census in 2016, the National Population Commission chairman, Eze Duru Iheoma…

Nigerian Army vows to punish soldiers for maltreating robber

The Nigerian Army said on Monday that it will punish soldiers involved in maltreatment of an armed robbery suspect in…

Buhari queries diversion of $1billion railway loan

President Muhammed Buhari Monday in Abuja called for an explanation from the Ministry of Finance on the foreign loans obtained…

Sagay heads advisory committee on War Against Corruption

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a Presidential advisory committee against Corruption headed by Professor Itse Sagay, a prominent professor of…

Nigerian Navy Faces N200m Suit Over Seizure Of Vessel

Akin Kuponiyi An aggrieved company, Mercury Oil company, alongside four crew members, Folorunso Olayiwola, Joshua A. Arthur, Asabalahie O. Johnson…

Buhari and the enthronement of meritocracy

By Ade Fayosokanmi If there was any doubt that the inauguration as Nigeria’s fifth democratically elected president, Muhammadu Buhari, a…

Buhari congratulates Nigeria’s special athletes

President Muhammadu Buhari extends hearty congratulations to Nigeria’s team at the just concluded Special Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.…

Bayelsa: Mass defection hits PDP as Alaibe, ex-deputy governors defect

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa state appears to be in deep trouble following the planned…
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Mike Adenuga donates N500m to Bayelsa flood victims

The chairman of Globacom, Nigeria’s leading telecommunication outfit, Mike Adenuga Jr is not a man who likes to blow his…
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Jonathan pays secret visit to Buhari at Aso Villa

President Muhammadu Buhari and his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, met secretly last Thursday, a day before Buhari also met with former…

I do not influence who EFCC, others probe, Buhari tells PDP Senators

The Presidency has debunked the allegation by members of the PDP Senate Caucus that the present administration is being selective…