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Don urges PMB to strengthen institutions

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Professor Owolabi Usman, Head, the Department of Management and Accounting, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, has counseled…

Most politicians guilty of false declaration of assets – Okunrounmu

Sen. Femi Okunrounmu, Chairman of the 2014 National Conference Convocation Committee, said on Saturday said that more than 90 per…
University of Ibadan

Law, Medicine top cut-off point at UI with 74 marks

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN In the on-going 2015/2016 admission exercise at the University of Ibadan (UI), which will see the admission of…

Hajj stampede: Sokoto confirms death of 9 pilgrims

Sokoto State Government has announced that nine pilgrims from the state were among those who lost the lives in the…

NiMet predicts rainy, cloudy weather conditions for Sunday

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted rainy weather conditions over the high ground areas of the central states of…

Rainstorm destroys 200 houses in Zaria, Sabongari

Rainstorm on Saturday destroyed no fewer than 200 residential houses and shops in Zaria City and parts of Sabon-Gari Local…

Buhari congratulates Pa Fasanmi on his 90th birthday

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday felicitated with a senator in the second republic and elder statesman, Chief Ayo Fasanmi, as…

Presidency explains why Buhari missed meeting on IDPs in New York

The Presidency on Saturday refuted reports that the Nigerian delegation to the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly…

Atiku expresses regret on death of pilgrims

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has expressed regret on the death of more than 747 Muslims in a stampede during pilgrimage…

Hajj stampede: Sokoto confirms death of 9 pilgrims

Sokoto State Government has announced that nine pilgrims from the state were among those who lost the lives in the…

Sallah Tragedy: 5 dead, 17 rescued as ferry capsizes in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga Tragedy struck as Muslims celebrated the Sallah festival. At least five people have been confirmed dead and 17…

Saudi stampede: Taraba Amirul Hajj, two wives, confirmed dead

The Taraba State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, has confirmed the death of the state’s Amirul Hajj for the 2015 pilgrimage,…

Why APC is opposed to Ekiti Airport project – PDP

The Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given reasons the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) was…

Lagos Speaker mourns The Nation newspaper assistant editor

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has commiserated with the management and staff…

We place priority on safety, not arrests – FRSC

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) says it does not derive fulfillment in arresting motorists but in creating road safety…

Nigerians paying the salaries of people abroad – SON DG

The Director General of Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Dr Joseph Odumodu, has said that Nigerians must change their consumption…

Hajj Stampede: Shehu Sani mourns Hajiya Bilkisu

Femi Adi/Kaduna Senator Shehu Sani has described the late Hajiya Bilkisu Yusuf as a woman who lived an exemplary life…

Gov Lalong, his deputy, others turn part-time teachers

Governor Lalong promises to become ‘part-time teacher’ to boost education in Plateau State and has compelled his deputy, Prof. Sonni…

Hajj: Gombe declares five pilgrims missing

Five pilgrims from Gombe State have been declared missing in Saudi Arabia, the Executive Secretary, Gombe State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare…
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Gunmen attack DSS office, kill policeman

Some gunmen on Friday night attacked the headquarters office of the Department of State Security (DSS) in Lokoja. Mr Emmanuel…

‘We can’t find him’ – pilgrims lament after hajj disaster

AFP – “We can’t find him” was the lament of anxious relatives and friends Saturday as they scoured hospital wards…

Burkina Faso disbands elite unit behind coup

Reuters – Burkina Faso’s cabinet on Friday dissolved the elite presidential guard that took the president and prime minister hostage…

Pope condemns ‘boundless thirst’ for wealth, power

Reuters – Pope Francis, a day after addressing the United Nations in New York, travels on Saturday to Philadelphia, the…

Egypt police kills militants who attacked Italian consulate

Reuters – Egyptian security forces on Friday killed nine militants who took part in a bomb attack at the Italian…

2.8m people face hunger in Malawi, warns WFP

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday warned that no fewer than 2.8 million people will face hunger in…

PICTURES: Buhari, King of Spain in bilateral meeting

President Muhammadu Buhari attends bilateral meeting with His Majesty, Don Felipe VI, King of the Kingdom of Spain at the…

Nigeria shuns meeting for IDPs, angers US, EU

The absence of Nigeria’s United Nations Mission at a meeting to discuss and proffer solution to the problems of Internally…

Aregbesola commiserates with families of hajj stampede

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun, has commiserated with the families of those who lost their lives in a stampede at…

Oshiomhole lied about Bayelsa guber primary – Sylva Campaign Org

The Timipre Sylva Campaign for the Bayelsa State 2015 gubernatorial election has described as misleading and completely untrue reports purporting…

Nigeria de-listed from polio-endemic countries

Eromosele Ebhomele It is good news for Nigeria as the World Health Organisation, WHO, late Friday announced that polio is…