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Ambode mourns passage of Onosode

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday expressed sadness over the death of foremost technocrat and industrialist, Gamaliel…

Falae Kidnap Saga: We were not privy to ransom arrangement – IGP

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Solomon Arase says the police force is not privy to any arrangement…

AEDC customers reject proposed hike in electricity tariff

Electricity consumers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its environs, have rejected a proposed hike in electricity tariff being…

FG to distribute 6,000mw of power by 2016 – Osinbajo

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said the Federal Government had plans to distribute 6,000 megawatts of electricity in…
RMAFC on Tuesday reacts to ongoing controversies over the salaries and allowances being paid to members of the National Assembly.

Senate to investigate hajj stampede

The Senate on Tuesday resolved to set up a committee to investigate the causes of the Hajj stampede which claimed…

Ministerial Screening: Put national interest above politics, Saraki urges Senators

Senator Bukola Saraki, the President of the Senate on Tuesday appealed to his colleagues to put the overall interest of…

Benin court remands two for defiling girl, 12

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Two middle-aged men, Festus Owie and Blessing Ebiminor, were Tuesday arraigned at an Egor Magistrate Court in Benin,…

Lagos Assembly dashes Ambode’s hope over cabinet list

Eromosele Ebhomele Hopes by the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, to swear in members of his cabinet on…

Buhari to Senate: Approve $200m loan for Lagos

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday wrote the two chambers of the Nigeria National Assembly asking for the approval of 200…

Buhari mourns Gamaliel Onosode

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his heartfelt condolences to the family of the foremost administrator and technocrat, Gamaliel Onosode, who…

How to counter ISIL, extremism by Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has proffered solutions to countering the activities of violent Islamist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and…

FG receives last batch of Ebola Rescue Mission team

The Federal Ministry of Health on Tuesday received the last batch of Nigeria’s Ebola rescue teams from Sierra Leone and…
A Nigerian pilgrim on 2024 Hajj from Niger State, Hajiya Adeshetu Abubakar, dies reportedly of heat stroke in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

Hajj stampede: Nasarawa loses 1 pilgrim, 2 missing

The Nasarawa state Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board on Tuesday confirmed that one pilgrim from the state died while two others…

First batch of Ogun pilgrims arrive from Saudi

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta First batch of pilgrims from Ogun State arrived from the holy land of Mecca and Medina Monday afternoon.…

Onosode was an icon of best of Nigeria’s national values – Anyaoku

Former Commonwealth Secretary-General Emeka Anyaoku has described the late Gamaliel Onosode as a true symbol of integrity, an outstanding patriot…

For now, Nigerians give Buhari benefit of doubt

Reuters – Nigerian beautician Rasheedat Lawal has seen sales at her cosmetics salon plunge since President Muhammadu Buhari came to…

Drama as Senators pass vote of confidence on Saraki

There was drama in the senate as Nigerian Senators passed a vote of confidence on embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki,…

Lagos sends off 30 retired Perm Secs

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has sent off 30 retired Permanent Secretaries who served the state meritoriously for over…

LASU considers 331 staff for promotion

Authorities of the Lagos State University (LASU) on Tuesday said no fewer than 331 staff were considered for promotions for…

Italian authorities rescue over 1000 migrants in Mediterranean

No fewer than 1,151 migrants were pulled out of boats in the Mediterranean sea, off the coast of Libya, in…
Yemen

Death toll from air strike on Yemen wedding rises above 130

The death toll from an air strike on a wedding party in Yemen has jumped to 131, medics said on…

Timipre Sylva sure of winning re-run APC primary

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The campaign team of Timipre Sylva, has boasted that Sylva will win the governorship primary of the…

Gamaliel Onosode is dead

Mr Gamaliel Onosode, a renowned technocrat and administrator is dead. According to a statement by the family, Mr Onosode died…

Gamaliel Onosode dies at 82

Gamaliel Onosode, frontline industrialist, technocrat and administrator, has died at the age of 82. He died at 8:15 a.m. on…

I will soon die— Grandpa taunts N30m land fraud victim

Cyriacus Izuekwe An 88-year old man, Pa Adeola Ajidahun, has taunted his victim, Kehinde Ola whom he allegedly defrauded to…

Volkswagen to refit cars affected by emissions scandal

Volkswagen signalled on Tuesday it would recall up to 11 million vehicles as it tries to address the scandal over…

Armed robbery: Karu residents call for increased security surveillance

The residents of Uke in Karu Local Government area of Nasarawa state, have appealed to the police in the area…

Pakistani bride murdered over insufficient dowry

A recently married Pakistani woman died after her in-laws forced her to drink acid, for bringing what they considered to…

Woman sent to prison a week to her wedding

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 33-year-old woman Olawunmi Oyebode has been arrested and remanded in prison custody at Kirikiri for assault. This…
UNDEDSS Executive Secretary, Tony Uranta: warns secessionist agitators against including Niger Delta states in their maps

Uranta lists Nigeria’s problems at 55

Eromosele Ebhomele Nigeria will be 55 years old on Thursday, but Tony Uranta, a former member of the National Dialogue…