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Akwa Ibom: Tribunal stops Akpabio from tendering witness voters card

The Member Representing Essien Udim State Constituency and immediate past chairman of the area, Hon Nse Ntuen on Thursday denied…

NNPC interim crude swap agreement lacks transparency, says ANEEJ

The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), a Non-Governmental Organisation working on Oil and Gas matters has criticized…

El-Rufai dismisses death rumours

Femi Adi/Kaduna Dismissing alleged rumours of death, Kaduna Governor , Nasiru El-Rufai has declared that he is alive, hale and…

Ambode sacks LAGBUS MD, Safety Commission DG, others

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has sacked the Managing Director, LAGBUS Asset Management Limited, Tunde Disu; Director General,…

Ambode gives 49 transformers to rural communities

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has distributed over 49 new transformers to rural communities in the state.…

Muazu plans to form new party, run for President in 2019

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ) at the national level may soon consume it as the former…

Islamic State demands ransom for Norwegian, Chinese captives

Islamic State has claimed that it is holding two captives, one Norwegian and one Chinese, and is offering to release…

Civil society groups protest, challenge Buhari to jail looters

Kazeem Ugbodaga Hundreds of members of civil society groups staged a peaceful protest in solidarity with President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption…

Spanish companies awaiting Buhari’s ministerial list

Mr Pablo Segrelles, Economic Counsellor of the Embassy of Spain in Nigeria, on Thursday said that Spanish companies were awaiting…

Julius Berger returns to site on Lagos-lbadan Expressway

Julius Berger Nigeria Plc has returned to site on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway ahead of its plan to start full repair…

Ireland to accept 4,000 refugees – Justice Minister

Irish Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald confirmed that they would accept 4,000 refugees with the first arriving in the next few…

Tambuwal appoints 22 commissioners

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Thursday submitted the names of 22 commissioner nominees to the House of Assembly…

Bayelsa Guber Election: PDP screens Dickson

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson and three other gubernatorial aspirants were on Thursday screened for…

NECO releases 2015 exam results

The National Examination Council (NECO) has released the June/July 2015 results with improvement of 16 per cent in credits in…

Boko Haram: more detained suspects to be freed

The military has confirmed that more persons detained for alleged links with Boko Haram insurgents will be released after being…
Dakuku Peterside ex- APC governorship candidate criticizes Gov. Wike over alleged failure to pay NECO fees, employ more teachers in Rivers

Rivers Guber: Military officer says election did not take place on April 11

Capt. Garba Sani, a military officer, who monitored the April 11 governorship election in Rivers on Thursday told the state…

NLC tasks National Assembly on responsible governance

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has charged members of the National Assembly to discharge their functions with a high sense…

Boko Haram: Toyota Nigeria donates 5 vehicles to MNJTF

Toyota Nigeria Limited on Thursday donated five vehicles to the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in a bid to enhance…

Mechanic, 23, remanded for armed robbery

A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 23-year-old mechanic, Ahmed Ochegbe, in prison custody for alleged conspiracy and armed…

Suicide Prevention Day: Youths harp on proper self esteem

Some youths in Abuja on Thursday called for high self-esteem and good morals as this would reduce the rate of…
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22 judges suspended over bribery

Ghanaian authorities have suspended 22 junior judges accused of bribery after they were captured on video, the judicial secretary, said…

Police must be well compensated, kitted for optimal performance – Oshiomhole

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has called for the proper equipping of officers and men of the Nigerian Police for…

Buhari mourns Babankowa, Jibrin Ahmed

President Muhammadu Buhari commiserates with the family of Alhaji Ibrahim Babankowa on his passing away. Buhari joins them in mourning…

South Africa announces discovery of new human-like species

South African anthropologists have announced a “groundbreaking fossil discovery of international importance” at the so-called Cradle of Humankind near Johannesburg.…

Facebook rakes in users in Nigeria, Kenya

Reuters – Facebook has nearly 20 million users in major African markets Nigeria and Kenya, statistics released by the social…

Gang-rape: Lagos security guards get N1m bail

Two Lagos security guards, who allegedly gang-raped a teenage girl, are on temporary reprieve of N1 million bail on the…

Buhari lifts ban on 113 oil vessels – NNPC

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has lifted the ban on 113 vessels into its territorial waters, a letter from the…

Group campaigns with mock coffin to promote use of pedestrian bridges

Cracks Izuekwe A human rights group, Concern Human Rights of Nigeria has called on Nigerians to always make use of…

Fake prophet cons Lagos nurse for sex

Cyriacus Izuekwe A self-styled prophet, Muyiwa Adesoye, has been arrested and charged before a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ejigbo for…

Woman bites off, swallows neighbour’s nipple

Cyriacus Izuekwe A mother of four children, Mrs Adelowo Taiwo, has accused her neighbour, Mrs Bola Olowolagba, mother of three…