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Saraki calls for investigation into National Assembly blockade

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has called for investigation into the blockade at the entrance of the…

Tonto Dikeh Foundation to empower 2,000 widows

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Tonto Dikeh Foundation, a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), says it plans to empower over 2,000 widows in the Federal…

Kaduna transports 2,555 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Kaduna State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board on Wednesday said 2,555 pilgrims from the state were now in Saudi Arabia…

Over 5,000 Zamfara IDPs return home – Army

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Over 5,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have returned to their villages in Zamfara following clearance operation conducted by the military…

Tree felling: Charcoal sellers to face govt. punishment

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The Niger Government on Wednesday said it would strengthen its environmental laws to curb tree felling and penalise anyone engaged…

Ex-Gombe chief of staff, Chikere joins PDP

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Umaru Chikere, who was chief of staff to former Governor Danjuma Goje has left the All Progressives Congress to the…

Hate speech, fake news: Plateau wants defaulting media outfits sanctioned

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

With hate speeches and fake news largely blamed for the security challenges in Plateau, the state government has asked the…

6 Kano lawmakers defect to PDP

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Six ‘Kwankwassiyya’ members of the Kano State House of Assembly have defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to People’s…

Police deny shooting in Kwali during truck drivers protest

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory, said there was no incident of shooting at Dabi village in Kwali…

Saraki says senate ready to reconvene over INEC

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The President of the Senate Dr. Bukola Saraki has said that the 8th Senate was ready to reconvene to consider…

Sosoliso plane crash survivor, Kechi Okwuchi undergoes surgery

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Nigerian singer, and a survivor of the Sosoliso plane crash, Kechi Okwuchi has undergone a successful carbon dioxide (co2) laser…

Pipeline vandalism: NSCDC solicits support of Bayelsa monarchs

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Bayelsa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), has called for the support of traditional…

Man ordered to pay ex-wife’s antenatal bills‎

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday ordered one Abdullahi Saleh to pay his former wife, Abubakar Rabi’s…

Korede Bello tasks youths to obtain PVCs ahead of 2019

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Korede Bello, the Nigeria Award winning Music Artiste, has called on Nigerian youths to obtain Permanent voters cards (PVC) ahead…

Politicians advised to play politics with decorum

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Nigeria Association of Teachers of Arabic and Islamic Studies (NATAIS) has advised politicians to play politics with decorum to…

Ebonyi, Cross River agree to end boundary disputes

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Ebonyi and Cross River states have agreed to end hostilities arising from various border disputes between the two states.

Inter-boundary clashes: Enugu Govt donates relief materials to victims

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

No fewer than 20 households, displaced by a boundary dispute in Ibite Olo in Ezeagu Local Government Enugu State, have…

Seme Customs command generates N575.6m in July

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Controller of Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Comptroller Mohammed Aliyu, on Wednesday in Lagos, said the…

Trader defrauds woman of N366,000 local gin

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A 37-year-old trader, Dehinde Iremofe, was on Wednesday appeared in an Okitipupa Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State charged with N366,000…

2016 cafe attack: Bangladesh acquits British citizen detained without charge

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A Bangladesh court on Wednesday acquitted a British man detained without charge for two years on suspicion of involvement in…

3 men allegedly beat policeman while on duty

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Three men were on Wednesday brought before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly beating a police…

Nigerian Govt urged to revive nation’s refineries

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Experts on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to urgently revamp the nation’s refineries and create an enabling environment for…

Landlord allegedly flogs married woman with belt

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A 51-year-old landlord, Bassey Wilson, was on Wednesday arraigned in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly flogging a…

Philippines’ Duterte rules out setting up new casinos

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

President Rodrigo Duterte of Philippines on Wednesday there would be no new casinos set up during his presidency, a day…

Theresa May scolds Johnson over burqa remark

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

British Prime Minister Theresa May has scolded her former foreign minister, Boris Johnson, for saying that Muslim women who wear…

Zimbabwe opposition pledges to file application challenging election results

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC Alliance said Wednesday it will file its application challenging the July 30 poll results within the stipulated…

Gov. Emmanuel sacks 2 commissioners loyal to Akpabio

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Ahead of the defection of Senator Godswill Akpabio from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress, Gov. Udom…

Osun Guber: APC candidate vows not to retrench workers, if elected

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate for the Sept. 22 election in Osun, has said that…

Sen. Adeleke cleared to contest Osun governorship election

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

An Osogbo High Court in Osun has cleared Sen. Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to contest the…

Lagos transports 1,273 pilgrims for Hajj

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Dr AbdulHakeem AbdulLateef, the Lagos State Commissioner for Home Affairs says a total of 1,273 pilgrims have so far been…

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