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Inflation: Financial analysts blame flooding, herdsmen attacks

Financial analysts on Wednesday blamed flooding and persistent herdsmen attacks for the steady rise in Nigeria’s headline inflation for two…

Ogoni clean-up programme not politicized – MOSOP

Mr Legborsi Pyagbara, President, Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) has dismissed comments in some quarters that the…

Man Arrested for defiling his 15-year old daugher

Yusuf Muhammed A 35-year old man Michael Igbanibo has been arrested by the Police at New Oko Oba Station Lagos…

Gov. Okowa presents N367bn 2019 budget proposal

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Wednesday presented a budget estimate of N367.09 billion for the 2019 fiscal year to…
Avoid night parties, YABATECH warns new students

Nigerian Govt urged to be more committed to polytechnic education

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to be more committed to the growth…

Executive Order 6 has nothing to do with 2019 – Lai Mohammed

The Federal Government clarified on Wednesday in London that the implementation of Executive Order 6 signed by President Muhammadu Buhari…

Ogun lawmaker dumps PDP

A member of Ogun House of Assembly, Mr Jimi Otukoya, (PDP-Ijebu North East) on Wednesday defected to the African Democratic…

GOtv Max Adds 2 New Channels

Two new channels have been added on GOtv Max, offering more sporting action and entertainment to subscribers. The new channels…

Police arrest septuagenarian for allegedly duping NDLEA officer N1.3m

The police in Badagry say they have arrested a septuagenarian, who allegedly duped an officer of the National Drug Law…

Fowler Urges Developing Countries To Grow VAT

Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Mr Babatunde Fowler, has advised developing countries to grow Value Added Tax and…

Gunmen kill 2 policemen, civilian in Kaduna

The Kaduna State Police Command, has confirmed the killing of two policemen and a civilian by unknown gunmen in the…

Abia Pipeline Explosion: Senate orders depots to begin repairs of leakages

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday ordered the petroleum depots in Abia State to begin the immediate repairs of oil pipelines…

Nigerian Govt urged to declare emergency in power sector

Some leaders of organised labour on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to declare a national emergency in the power…
PDP, APC

Sokoto lawmaker dumps APC after losing primary

A member of Sokoto State House of Assembly Alhaji Muhammad Bashir, who lost in the bid to secure the All…
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) issues alert on fake Covid-19 antigen rapid test kits in circulation.

NAFDAC bans Malco vitamin B complex injection

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has banned the importation, sale and distribution of Malco…
Katsina govt vows funding for Federal University of Transportation’s growth

Alleged N5.7bn SURE-P fraud: Ex-Katsina governor, Shema granted bail

The Federal High Court, Katsina, has granted bail to the former governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema, who is standing…

China eliminates poverty in 85 counties

China on Wednesday announced that another 85 counties have been officially taken off the country’s list of impoverished areas, marking…

Iran criticises foreign intervention in Qatar’s affairs

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has criticised foreign interference in the internal affairs of Qatar, local media reported on Wednesday.
Human trafficking

Benue: NAPTIP records 217 human trafficking cases in 5 years

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has recorded 217 cases of human trafficking in Benue…

Nigeria yet to attain food security – Agronomist

An agronomist, Prof. Gbolade Ayoola, says in spite of the abundance of food in Nigeria, the country has yet to…

PCN decries unregulated drug distribution channels

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has said that the preponderance of unregulated drug distribution channels has made the industry…

Zimbabwean president, cabinet receive cholera vaccine

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and members of his cabinet received doses of Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) to encourage people in…
YouTube

YouTube experiences unexplained outage

Video streaming platform — YouTube — experienced an unexplained outage across the world for over an hour, the company said…

Polio: Katsina council area immunizes 49,171 children

No fewer than 49,171 children were immunised against polio during the just concluded second round of the Outbreak Response Immunisation…
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology(LAUTECH)

Residents, parents kick against increase in LAUTECH’s tuition fees

Some residents of Iseyin council area of Oyo State have criticised governments of Oyo and Osun over the increment in…

Israeli court weighs appeal by barred U.S. Student

Israel’s top court weighed an appeal on Wednesday by a U.S. student, facing deportation under a law against foreign pro-Palestinian…

Accident kills bus conductor, injures 6

The Ogun Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday said that a conductor died while six others sustained various degrees…

Khashoggi’s disappearance reveals “hypocrisy” of Saudi’s allies – UK NGO

The tepid response of the Western Governments to the vanishing of prominent Saudi Arabian opposition Journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, reveals the…

Ortom condoles with ex-adviser over death of son

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has commiserated with his former Adviser on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr Titus Zam,…

18 killed in clashes over cattle grazing land

Clashes between South Sudanese cattle herders over grazing land have left 18 people dead, authorities said on Wednesday, the latest…