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Ebola: FG says deceased student free from pathogenic viruses

The Federal Ministry of Health has said that the student who died of suspected fresh case of Ebola Virus Disease…

Tanker driver dies in auto crash

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Ota, Ogun, said one person died, while six others sustained various degrees of…

Ambode lures Brazilian investors to Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has assured Brazilian and other foreign investors of his administration’s commitment to…

EFCC quizzed Akpabio over N108.1bn theft

A citizen’s petition, not an investigation by the EFCC was the reason the agency invited Senate minority leader and former…

Tribunal upholds Gov. Umahi’s election

Governorship Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Abakaliki on Friday, upheld te election of Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi in the…

2015 Pilgrimage: pregnant women, others not eligible

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State Chairman of the Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, CPWB, Archbishop Oludotun Ogunseye has stated that pregnant women…

Sokoto APC rejects Buhari’s ministerial nominee

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State on Friday rejected the nomination of Miss A’isha Abubakar as the ministerial…

Strict tax policy solution to dwindling finances – Oshiomhole

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has advocated the return to the strict tax policy of the colonial…

Akwa Ibom North West: Okori alleges plot to scuttle appeal as APC blasts tribunal

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Akwa Ibom North West, Inibehe Okori, has raised alarm over what he believes…

Afenifere calls for de-recognition of Eze Ndigbo titles

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, has denounced the unrelenting desecration of Yoruba culture, particularly by the Igbo communities’…

NESREA shuts 5 facilities in Rivers

Mr Raph Nnam, the Zonal Director of National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, said on Friday that five facilities…

2 children of Naval Officer burnt to death

Kazeem Ugbodaga Two children of a naval officer were burnt to death by an early morning inferno on Friday in…

Amaechi, an asset to Buhari’s administration —Rivers APC

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described former Governor of the state,…

$330,000 Scam: Court resumes trial of Maurice Ibekwe’s accomplice

Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the Lagos High Court, sitting in Ikeja, has begun proceedings into the trial of Chief Augunos…

Ambode swears in commissioners, special advisers Monday

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode will on Monday, 19 October, swear in 23 Commissioners and 14 Special…

Five passengers in crashed bus, not 18 – TRACE

Contrary to reports that the 18 seater bus that plunged into River Ome along Ogbere–Ore –Benin expressway last night was…

Let’s bring an end to Boko Haram, Buratai rallies troops

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has charged troops in the ongoing counter-insurgency operation to brace up…

Respect traffic laws, Ambode tells military

Just a few days after some soldiers beat a Lagos traffic officer, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has appealed to the military…

$181m Debt: Nigeria delays plan to cut gas supply to Ghana

Nigeria will delay a plan to drastically cut gas exports to Ghana from Friday while the two sides hold emergency…

Fresh blasts in Maiduguri kills at least 18

Four women suicide bombers blew themselves up early Friday when challenged by soldiers as they tried to enter Maiduguri, Nigeria,…

NBC boosts public education with ‘Back to School’ initiative

Daniels Ekugo In demonstration of its support for educational development in Nigeria with emphasis on supporting pupils’ enrolment and retention…

NDA Cadets to learn driving skills from FRSC

Daniels Ekugo As part of efforts to promote road safety ideals among Nigerians, the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road…

Man, 53, stabs 75-year-old mom to death

A 53-year-old man, Bravok Indi, on Thursday at Jenta Mangoro in Jos North, stabbed and killed his 75-year-old mother, Wallong…

Boko Haram: Beko Ransome-Kuti’s son jailed

The Nigerian Army, on Thursday, sent Beko Ransome-Kuti’s son, Brigadier General Enitan Ransome-Kuti, to six months in prison. It was…

Justice Okocha cries out over threats to judges’ lives

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Dispensation of Justice in Rivers state has become a highly perilous business and judges have become so…

Nigeria, Cameroon welcome US troops in Boko Haram fight

Nigeria and Cameroon on Thursday welcomed a US decision to send up to 300 military personnel to Cameroon to help…

CDS urges Nigerians to be conscious as Boko Haram aims at soft targets

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Abayomi Olonisakin has urged Nigerians to be security conscious towards averting suicide bombing…

FG tells Oshiomhole’s committee to probe foreign currency earning agencies

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria Federal government on Thursday asked the Governor Adams Oshiomhole led ad hoc committee on remittances by the…

H‎ow Nigeria could become the greatest black nation – Amb. Carrington

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Former Unites States of America Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, has said if leaders of the country could…

Court remands alleged ‘Baby seller’

A Gudu Upper Area Court in the FCT, on Thursday remanded an alleged baby seller, Chukwuebuka Olasosimi, 27, for criminal…