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Just In: Mimiko meets Buhari again in Aso Rock

Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State is presently holding a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa. Mimiko’s…

LASU plans holiday coaching for secondary school students

‎The Lagos State University (LASU) says it plans to deploy its volunteer students to teach final-year secondary school students during…

Association urges FG to initiate life insurance policy

The Professional Insurance Ladies’ Association (PILA) on Monday urged the Federal Government to initiate a bill seeking to compel men…
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Plateau has not recorded polio case since 2009 – commissioner

Dr Kuden Kamshak, the Plateau State Commissioner for Health, on Monday, said the state had not recorded any case of…

Breaking: PDP supporters protest in Ondo, seek 2 weeks shift of gov election

Just as Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State arrived the Presidential Villa Abuja to meet President Muhammadu Buhari on the…

Katsina Government to revive state owned moribund industries

Katsina State Government says all the moribund government owned industries in the state will soon be revived in collaboration with…

Soyinka’s contributions to arts’ development legendary – Minister

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Muhammed, has described Prof. Wole Soyinka’s literary ingenuity and contributions to the…

Alarm over proposed Philippine law to jail 9-year-olds

Children as young as nine could be jailed in the Philippines for certain crimes under a proposed law backed by…

3 docked over alleged membership of secret society

Three men, Adegbite Sadia (20), Shaeed Bakare (22), and Akinlabi Farouq (29), were on Monday brought before an Ota Magistrates’…

Ex-acting NIMASA DG, others, get new trial date

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday fixed Dec. 13 for the continuation of the trial of a former…

International Passport validity extended by 10 years

Muhammad Babandede, the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said that the President Buhari administration is considering extending validity…

Breaking: Suicide bomber kills 27 in Kabul mosque

A suicide bomber has killed at least 27 people in a suicide attack inside a Shia Muslim mosque in the…

Be wary of quackery in lab services -expert

A Medical Laboratory Scientist, Mr Chinenye Nwekpe, on Monday warned Nigerians against patronising quack laboratory services. Nwekpe, who is the…

Obtain new permit, Police tell tinted glass car owners

The Ebonyi Police Command says it will start impounding and prosecuting drivers of vehicles with factory fitted tinted glasses who…

Saudi shuts down 908 private health institutions

Saudi Health Ministry on Monday shut down 908 private health institutions for various violations in the last six months, a…

Breaking: Supreme Court Justice Sylvester Ngwuta docked over corruption

Justice Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court on Monday appeared before a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged money…

Plateau PDP chieftain appeals for Hirse’s release

Chief Alexander Mwolwus, a PDP Chieftain in Plateau on Monday appealed to the Federal Government to facilitate the immediate release…

Kebbi calls on farmers to repay agric loans

The Kebbi State Government has called on the farmers who benefited from the CBN Anchor Borrowers’ agricultural loan programme to…

Between the Holy Spirit and Google

In this days when everything has gone ‘E’, Google appears to be getting more attention than it deserves. When you…
As the fight for its eradication intensifies globally, Nigeria still accounts for 25 percent of cases of malaria fever in the world.

Lawmaker to fumigate Enugu council area against mosquitoes

Mr Obinna Okenwa, the lawmaker representing Enugu South-Urban Constituency in Enugu State House of Assembly, has volunteered to fumigate Enugu…

Obama: I can’t guarantee Trump won’t pursue campaign rhetoric

Outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama says he can not guarantee that president-elect Donald Trump will not pursue some of his…

India train derailment: death toll rise to 140

One survivor said he was sleeping around 3 a.m. Sunday as the train traveled through northern India. “All of a…

Enugu govt to inaugurate 4 completed road projects

Enugu State Government says it has earmarked four completed road projects for inauguration in December as part of efforts to…

Pirated product as poisonous as adulterated drug – Minister

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that “a pirated product is as poisonous as an…

Medical student disowns father, commits suicide

“You are not my father”, that was the last statement from Olounde, a medical student in England, who returned home…

Merkel announces bid for fourth term in “difficult times”

German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced late on Sunday that she will run for a fourth term in office in general…

Andy Murray is World’s No. 1, beats Djokovich 6-3 6-4

After a season in which he had already reached dizzy heights, Andy Murray saved the best to last by outclassing…

Ondo poll: How candidates stand

Next Saturday, the people of Ondo State will exercise their rights in a historic election, which has already left the…

Indian train disaster: President Buhari condoles with PM Modi

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday expressed deep sorrow and regret over Sunday’s train disaster in India that killed more than…

FG gives education to children displaced by Boko Haram

Tomorrow the Federal Government will commence an education advocacy program for school-aged children displaced in the North East States of…