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Governor Alex Otti explains how his administration has been able to cut down the cost of governance since assuming office in Abia State

Otti’s supporters celebrate Appeal Court judgment

Thousands of supporters of Dr. Alex Otti, the governorship candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia, have staged…

NSCDC ordered to sell seized vessel

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has secured an interim order from the law court to sell the…

Lagarde to Nigeria: Act with Resolve, Build Resilience, and Exercise Restraint

On Wednesday, 6 January, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director addressed the national assembly, speaking on ‘Global economic transitions and…

We’ll win Bayelsa polls, says Sylva

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Ahead of the Saturday, January 9 supplementary election in Bayelsa state, the governorship candidate of the All…
Burkina Faso President, Roch Marc Christian Kabore

Burkina Faso: Kabore appoints economist Prime Minister

Burkina Faso’s president has named economist Paul Kaba Thieba as prime minister. President Marc Roch Christian Kabore announced Thieba’s appointment…

Group hails Buhari over Ojudu’s appointment

The Action Group caucus of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing…

Ogun orders revalidation of private health facilities

Ogun State Government, western Nigeria, has directed that all owners of private health facilities operating within the State must revalidate…

Data, piracy could be problem for Netflix in Nigeria

By Seun Bisuga Nigerians have offered Netflix Inc. free consultancy by advising the movie streaming company of possible hitches it…

Netflix in Nigeria, most countries except China, Syria, N.Korea

Netflix Inc’s video-streaming service went live in more than 130 countries including Nigeria on Wednesday, covering almost the entire globe…

No petitions against APC leaders yet – EFCC chairman

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has defended what is perceived to be…

Buhari has consolidated democracy with Ojudu’s appointment – Boroffice

The appointment of Senator Babafemi Ojudu as Special Adviser on Political Matters to the Presidency by President Muhammadu Buhari represents…

NAF appoints new spokesperson

The Nigerian Air Force has appointed a new spokesman to manage its public affairs activities. The new Director of Public…

Buhari not influencing EFCC’s anti-graft war – Lai Mohammed

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s minister of information and culture has described as false allegations by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that…

Alleged dinner cash: Soyinka blasts Wike for ‘abominable distractions’

Professor Wole Soyinka has described as ‘abominable distractions’, the statement by Rivers State Information Commissioner , Dr Austin Tam-George that…

N82m Dinner: Prof Soyinka replies Wike

Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has replied Governor Nyesom Wike and the Rivers Government following revelations that the former…

Army kills 101, arrests 21 Boko Haram members

Femi Adi/Kaduna The General Officer Commanding I Mechanised Division, Army Headquarters, Kaduna, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade on Wednesday confirmed that…

Aregbesola’s policies have liberated the poor in Osun – APC group

Taiwo Adelu The government of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola in Osun State has been identified as an administration, with policies designed…

We inherited a debt of N432b from Fashola, says Lagos govt

By Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government said it inherited a debt of N430 billion from the administration of Babatunde…

Abuja Commissioner of Police vows to nab Abubakar’s killers

The Commissioner of Police (CP), Federal Capital Territory, Wilson Inalegwu on Wednesday vowed that the Police would fish out the…

Corruption: More influential Nigerians on EFCC radar – Magu

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has said that more influential people will…

Nigerian army seizes weapons from armed robbers, herdsmen

The Nigerian army says it has recovered weapons and ammunition from robbers, cattle rustlers and other criminal elements in the…
Emeritus Professor Biodun Jeyifo delivers keynote lecture as tribute to Wole Soyinka at 90

Wole Soyinka, others celebrate Biodun Jeyifo at 70

Gbenro Adesina Tuesday January 5 2016, scholars, academics, family and friends of the renowned Harvard professor, literary critic, scholar and…

Bayelsa Polls: I never accused Dickson of giving bribes to REC – INEC SPO

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Supervisory Presiding Officer (SPO) with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ted Francis, on Wednesday denied…

El-Rufai sacks council chairmen

Femi Adi/Kaduna Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nadir El-Rufai on Wednesday announced the dissolution of the interim management committees of the…

Ambode receives tribunal report on Disu’s murder

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday received a report of the five-man Tribunal of Enquiry which…

Lagos demolishes Oshodi Loop market

Kazeem Ugbodaga Officials of the Lagos State Government stormed the popular Owonifari Market located at the loop in Oshodi on…

N82m Dinner: Rivers govt to demand refund from Wole Soyinka

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Information Commissioner, Dr Austin Tam-George has declared that the state government will demand a refund…

Why I collected N63m from Tony Anenih – Yakassai

Eromosele Ebhomele Northern leader and ex-special assistant to former President Shehu Shagari, Tanko Yakassai, has agreed that he actually collected…

Driver burgles apartment 4 days after employment

Cyriacus Izuekwe Four days after he was employed as a private driver, a 32-year-old man, Kolawole Atoyebi, has been arrested…