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Aisha Falode petitions Tambuwal over son’s death in Dubai

Ms Aisha Falode, an ace sports commentator has petitioned the Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, over the death…

FG urges states to revive school feeding programme

The Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, on Monday urged various state governments to resuscitate the Home Grown School Feeding Programme…

Insecurity: FIRS shuts three offices

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has shut three of its offices in Adamawa because of insurgency, NAN said. The…

Gbenga Daniel, Mimiko ignorant and uninformed – Ogun Govt.

Ogun State Government has said it sympathised with former Governor of the state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel over his ignorant and…

APC loses 4 lawmakers to PDP in Edo State

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Four members of the 26-man Edo State House of Assembly elected on the platform of the All Progressives…

Monitor your students, NDLEA urges tertiary institutions

The NDLEA in Ekiti state on Monday urged the authorities of tertiary institutions to ensure effective monitoring of their students.…

APC Raises Alarm Over Arrest Of Members In Bayelsa

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over the arrest and persistent harassment of its members in Bayelsa…

Albinos seek government support

The Secretary of Albino Foundation in Adamawa, Mr Bamsida Eli, has urged the state government to extend its youth empowerment…

LASTMA, VIO Impound 113,200 Vehicles Over Traffic Violations

Kazeem Ugbodaga Officials of the Lagos State Traffic Managment Authority, LASTMA, and the Vehicle Inspection Service, VIS, have impounded over…

Afenifere Threatens Secession

Kazeem Ugbodaga As the National Conference enters its plenary session Monday, the Afenifere has demanded for a regional autonomy to…

39 pass exam for Presidential Scholarship

No fewer than 39 candidates passed the examination for the second edition of the Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for Innovation…

Confab: 14 C’tees submit reports, 6 outstanding

The National Conference resumed plenary on Monday to receive reports of the 20 Standing Committees assigned to handle “critical national…

Housewife Jailed After Husband Escapes

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 40-year old housewife, Shola Afolayan, has been sent to Kirikiri Prisons in Lagos State, western Nigeria, over…

Police Foil Fresh Bombing In Kano

Nigeria police said on Monday that they thwarted a fresh attempt to detonate a car bomb in Kano, a day…

Adeboye Suspends Hundreds Of Church Workers

By our correspondent The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Adejare Adeboye, has suspended workers of…

FCT minister cautions councillors on oversight functions

The FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, on Sunday cautioned councillors in the six area councils against undermining activities of their…

World Cup: Brazil fights sex tourism, child prostitution

As night falls, Adriana de Morais patrols the clubs and bars of Natal, one of Brazil’s World Cup host cities,…

Police: 4 killed in Kano car bomb

Four people were killed, including a young girl, in a suicide car bomb attack in the north Nigerian city of…

Breaking News: Over 70 people killed in bomb explosion in Kano

Maduabuchi Nmeribe/Kano A car bomb explosion in Nigeria’s second largest city of Kano, northern Nigeria, has killed over 50 people,…

DHQ warns against movement into security operation areas

The Defence Headquarters has advised tourists, journalists and adventurers to obtain necessary “security cover or clearance” before moving into areas…

Boko Haram: Police tighten security around threatened schools

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has ordered the strengthening of security in all boarding schools in and around Makurdi,…

APC wins all seats in Kano council polls

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the chairmanship and councillorship seats in Saturday’s council polls in Kano state.…

7 oil thieves die in pipeline fire disaster

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt At least seven persons were confirmed to have been burnt to death while several others are seriously…

NEMA confirms fire outbreak near Port Harcourt refinery

Umesi Emenike, the South-South Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has confirmed a fire incident near the…

Fire destroys 120 shops in Lagos

At least 120 open shops used in storing palm oil were on Sunday morning razed at the popular Daleko market…

Nigeria must tackle corruption to improve image – Don

Dr Kwaghmande Joseph, a sociology lecturer at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University, Katsina, says Nigeria must tackle corruption in order…

Cameroon says abducted Chinese likely in Nigeria

The 10 Chinese workers abducted by Boko Haram gunmen in Cameroon have most likely been taken back across the border…

Delta introduces e-bursary registration

The Delta Government says it has introduced e-bursary registration to check fraud in the state’s bursary and scholarship scheme for…

Borno sponsors 50 students to India

The Borno Government on Sunday said it had sponsored 50 students to India on irrigation agriculture. A statement by Malam…