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TRAIN drops new single, Rumba

Barrister turned rapper, TRAIN has dropped a smashing hot single, titled Rumba. It is his fifth single this year, with…

Photo: The Love Of Palm Wine

Photo Idowu Ogunleye Lagos state have placed restriction on commercial motorcycles and tricycles but certainly not on bicycles; and particularly…

States’ inability to pay WAEC, a national embarrassment

Stakeholders in the education sector have described the non-release of West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) of 13 debtor…

ICPC orders Police Commission to refund N145m, clears Okiro

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has ordered the Police Service Commission (PSC), to refund N145.16…

El-Rufa’i retires 3 Perm Secs. appoints Accountant-General

Governor Nasir El-rufa’i of Kaduna State on Tuesday appointed new Accountant-General for the state and announced the retirement of three…
Tinubu

Jonah Jang left Plateau State in N222.3bn debt

The Transition Committee set up by Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau says the immediate past administration of former governor Jonah…

Jonathan did not lobby us to stop Buhari’s probe – Bishop Kukah

The National Peace Committee on Tuesday dismissed reports that it was lobbied by former President Goodluck Jonathan to stop President…
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Gunmen injure six in Plateau

A member of the Special Task Force (STF), and five other persons, were attacked by gunmen in Barkin Ladi Local…

Wike, security expert disagree over deteriorating security in Rivers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A security expert and former officer of the Department of State Security, DSS, Chief Anabs Sara-Igbe and…

Wike unveils renovation plan for govt. schools

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has hinted of plans by his administration to commence renovation work on…

Boko Haram: Buhari wants members of displaced families reunited

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja directed the Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs to intensify efforts to…

Abdusalami Committee: We are concerned about the ‘process’ of Buhari’s anti graft war

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The National Peace Committee for the 2015 General Elections headed by former Head of State, Lt. Gen. Abdusalami…

My relationship with Kwankwaso remains intact,’ says Ganduje

Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state, northwest Nigeria, on Tuesday dismissed insinuations that he and his former boss,…

Ambode to Buhari: Disband federal taskforce now

Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to disband the Presidential Taskforce Implementation Committee…

NNPC’s Kachikwu fires 38 top management staff, appoints 4 Executive Directors

The purge and enhancement of top echelon of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC with new appointments, retirements and deployments of…
Ibrahim Lamorde, former EFCC Chairman is dead

Some Civil Organisations are tools in the hands of corrupt individuals, says Lamorde

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde, has thrown a strong challenge to…

Oshiomhole stops relocation of IDPs in Edo, promises free education

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Hundreds of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the International Christian Centre in Edo state who resisted evacuation to…

Accidental Discharge: Police dismiss corporal for killing two women at funeral

Jethro Ibileke/Benin A Police Corporal, Ali Christopher, whose bullets discharge accidentally and killed two nursing mothers on 27 June, 2015,…

Lagos denies sponsoring Hajj pilgrims

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday denied sponsorship of pilgrims for the 2015 Hajj as being speculated in some reports.…

Over 50 killed in Borno bomb blast

MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – A bomb attack on a packed market in northeastern Nigeria bearing the hallmarks of Boko Haram killed…
Senator Rasheed Ladoja

Election Tribunal: Ladoja tenders over 34 exhibits against Ajimobi

The Oyo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ibadan on Tuesday admitted over 34 exhibits in a petition filed…

Stop fixed charges, Senate tells Nigeria’s Discos

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The upper chamber of the National Assembly, the Senate has directed the National Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC to…

I’ll prosecute Nigeria’s treasury looters soon, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday in Abuja that the prosecution of persons who have stolen national resources will begin in…

EFCC appeals Atuche’s acquittal

Henry Ojelu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has appealed against the judgement of a Lagos High Court sitting…

At N283bn, Nigeria’s census costlier than that of India or China

By Ademola Adegbamigbe China and India have a staggering population of over one billion people each and they pretty much…

OPEC says cheap oil taking longer to subdue rival suppliers

LONDON, (Reuters) – OPEC on Tuesday raised its forecast of oil supplies from non-member countries in 2015, a sign that…
UNIJOS

25,700 candidates jostle for 6,500 slots in UniJos pos-UTME

A total of N25,700 candidates are jostling for 6,500 slots in the 2015 post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) screening of…
Godwin Emefiele, CBN Governo

ATM Withdrawals: CBN’s limit may stifle cash flow – Experts

Some financial experts and businessmen on Tuesday said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) limit on cash withdrawal via the…

Ekiti PDP Reps Caucus Backs State Party Chairman

The six Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives members from Ekiti State have expressed their confidence in the Chief Idowu Faleye-led…

Boko Haram: FG, states committed to liberating Nigeria – Tambuwal

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Tuesday said federal and state governments were fully committed to liberating Nigeria from…