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Nyako returns to Yola 10 months after impeachment

The former Governor of Adamawa, Murtala Nyako, on Saturday returned to Yola, after staying 10 months outside the country. Nyako,…

Ambode laments Idimu fire disaster, calls stakeholders meeting Monday

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Saturday visited the scene of a petrol tanker explosion which consumed 34…

34 houses, 70 shops razed as another tanker explodes in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga At least 34 houses and 70 shops have been razed in Lagos as another fuel tanker fell and…

APC lawmakers elect Gbajabiamila as Speaker, House of Reps

House of Representatives members-elect on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have elected Honourable Femi Gbajiabiamila as their…

Nigerians educate Fani-Kayode after Senate gaffe

Femi Fani-Kayode, the Director of Media and Publicity, Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation has gotten some education on social…

Guru Maharajji tells Buhari how to solve fuel scarcity

The founder of One Love Family sect, Satguru Maharajji has advised President Muhammadu Buhari on how to tackle the lingering…

Don’t appoint APC members only as ministers, Activist tells Buhari

A human right activist, Christopher Ozor, on Saturday urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to look beyond party considerations in appointing his…

Anti-G7 protesters gear up for summit demonstration

No fewer than 10,000 demonstrators are expected to march through the small Bavarian town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday ahead of…

Three APC members shot dead

Unidentified gunmen have shot dead three members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Imo state, eastern Nigeria. Reports say…

FG reaffirms commitment to protect environment

The Federal Ministry of Environment says it will implement relevant actions to achieve sustainable development and environmental protection in the…

30 civil servants arrested as robbers bombard Lagos Secretariat, steal N3m

Kazeem Ugbodaga Daredevil armed robbers at the early hours of Friday broke into the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Alausa,…

Ex-Speaker urges newly inaugurated house to support Fayose

The immediate past Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Mr Dele Olugbemi, on Friday urged the newly inaugurated legislators…

Buhari rewards six ‘Environmental Friendly’ Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja conferred the Environmental Friendly awards on six Nigerians, assuring that his administration would…

Nigeria in serious cash crisis, says Okonjo-Iweala

Nigeria’s former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said her successor will face a “difficult” year because of plunging oil revenues and…

Diesel tanker explosion rocks Idimu

Cyriacus Izuekwe Fire broke out at Idimu this morning after a tanker conveying diesel fell close to a petroleum pipeline…

Yola blast death toll rises to 45

ase The death toll from a suicide bombing at a market in the northeastern Nigerian town of Yola rose to…

History should be compulsory subject in schools, says Sultan

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has advocated making of history as a compulsory subject in schools to enable…

Buhari must prosecute crimes by Boko Haram, military – UN

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The United Nations’ top human rights official called on Nigeria’s new President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday to…
Real reason for fuel scarcity in Abuja, other northern states

Oil marketers pledge to end queues nationwide, deploy trucks of fuel

Oil marketers on Friday said they have dispatched 700 trucks of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), to Abuja as part of…

Ambode approves group life insurance compensation for police

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, on Friday approved an upward review of group life insurance compensation for officers and…

Nigerian troops kill 2 suicide bomber commanders in Borno

The Defence Headquarters on Friday said two suicide bombers leading a band of terrorists died as troops repelled the insurgents’…

Oyo workers suspend 11-day old strike

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Oyo State chapter, on Friday suspended its 11-day-old strike and directed the workers to resume…

IG tasks new ADCs, CSOs on professionalism

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has charged newly appointed Aides-De-Camp (ADC) and Chief Security Officers (CSOs) attached to…

Ogun 7th legislature passes 44 bills 60 resolutions

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The outgone seventh legislature in the Ogun State House of Assembly under the speakership of Rt. Hon. Surajudeen…

Court remands 3 men for robbery, rape

An Akure Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded three men- Femi Ojo, 25; Taiwo Osadare, 24, and Emmanuel Abah, 22, over…
Real reason for fuel scarcity in Abuja, other northern states

Scarcity: DPR investigates petroleum products depots in Lagos

The Department of Petroleum Department (DPR) might have commenced investigation on erring petroleum products marketers following the subsisting national energy…

Yola blast: Hospital urges public to donate blood

The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yola, has called on members of the Public to donate blood to victims of Thursday’s…

Lagos Street Gang Kills 5 Youths

Kazeem Ugbodaga Barely 24 hours after the Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, issued an ultimatum to residents in possession of…

Kashamu Hid In Toilet For 6 Days

A Senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu, wanted by the United States government for alleged drug offences, hid in his apartment’s toilet in…

‘I Didn’t Order LASTMA To Stop Arrest Of Contravened Vehicles, Motorists’

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode says he did not at any time direct the stoppage of arrests of…