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Ja’afaru is new Controller-General of Nigeria Prisons

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Ahmed Ja’afaru as the new Controller-General of the Nigeria Prisons Service…
Late Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu’s daughter loses church licence after gay marriage

Desmond Tutu’s daughter has been forced to give up her duties as a priest in South Africa’s Anglican church after…

Nokia to sack 15,000 workers

Telecoms equipment maker Nokia is likely to cut about 15,000 jobs globally as part of a cost-cutting scheme, following its…

DPR seals 15 filling stations in Sokoto, Kebbi

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it has sealed no fewer than 16 petrol filling stations in Sokoto and…

Lagos shortlisted for 100 resilient cities network

The Rockefeller Foundation on Tuesday expressed optimism that Lagos State might become one of the 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) in…
PDP

Court declares PDP caretaker committee illegal

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday declared the recently constituted caretaker committee of the People’s Democratic Party…

Police arraign okada riders found in robbers’ den

Two motorcyclists, Musa Badamasi and Yusuf Ibrahim, on Tuesday appeared in a Mararaba Grade 1 Area Court, Aso Pada, Nasarawa…

Oil drifts lower on stronger dollar

Oil dipped Tuesday as a stronger US dollar and progress in controlling wildfires in Canada’s crude-producing Alberta province dampened prices.…

Driver docked over theft of beer

A 39-year old driver, Ademola Adesanya, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for alleged stealing cartons…

LSWC blames epileptic water supply on gas shortage

The Lagos State Water Corporation (LSWC) said on Tuesday that the disruption of water supply to the metropolis was due…

Hairdresser steals phone, dollars

A 26-year old, hairdresser, Kikelomo Fagbenro, on Tuesday appeared at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing an…

Oil marketers set to flood market with petrol

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) says it is ready to flood the market with fuel as it…

Boko Haram: Fleeing emirs return home

Two out of the five Borno emirs forced to flee their domain by Boko Haram terrorists, have returned to their…
Real reason for fuel scarcity in Abuja, other northern states

Motorists praise FG as queues disappear from filing stations

Some Motorists on Tuesday praised the Federal Government over the deregulation of petroleum downstream petroleum secretor, describing it as a…

Who hanged a 75-year old man?

This is the question men of the Gombe State Police Command are still trying to answer following the death of…
Vice President Kashim Shettima

Two Borno Emirs return home after two years

Two out of the five Borno emirs forced to flee their domain by Boko Haram terrorists have returned to their…

Nigerian Navy donates drugs, foodstuff to IDPs in Maiduguri

The Nigerian Navy (NN) has donated drugs and foodstuff to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camped in Dalori 11, Maiduguri, to…
UNICEF

UNICEF launches new education fund

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Monday announced the launch of a new fund to better coordinate support for and…

IYC blasts Nigerian billionaire for donating N4.2bn to American university

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has reacted angrily to the reported donation of 4.2 billion naira…
Arase

Police are liars, we paid ransom for our freedom-APC Chieftains

Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kwara State, Ishola Balogun-Fulani has described the Nigeria Police as liars over claim…

Gov Amosun admits times are hard for Nigerians

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta: Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwest Nigeria has admitted that times are hard for Nigerians due to…

Senator Melaye weeps in church over evil advisers

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Chairman, Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Otunba Dino Melaye, on Sunday stunned the congregation…

How I got contract to build N1.2 billion shopping mall for Badeh-Witness

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja: Mustapha Yerima, a contractor and prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air…

Why I joined others to remove Ali Modu-Sheriff-Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, on Monday said the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

Nigeria to end fuel importation by 2019-Kachikwu

Dr Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, on Monday said the Federal Government was targeting 2019 to end…

Delta govt to fish out ghost workers

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa says Delta Government has put machinery in place to fish-out ghost workers from its 66,000 workforce. The…

NULGE locks out workers as NLC suspends strike

Workers in Mangu Local Government of Plateau were on Monday locked out by the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees…

2015 Nov/Dec WASSCE: WAEC cancels results of candidates involved in malpractice

The West Africa Examinations Council has cancelled the results of candidates involved in examination malpractice during its 2015 November/December diet…

FG praises NLC for suspending strike

The Federal Government has praised the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for suspending its five-day-old strike. The Ayuba Wabba-led NLC had…

Sack fever grips Kogi workers

Tension has gripped workers at state and local levels in Kogi following the release of an interim report of workers’…