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Pirates abduct eight people in Rivers

Pirates kill soldiers, policeman in Bayelsa

The Bayelsa Police Command said on Saturday that four soldiers and a policeman were killed in an attack on Nembe…

PDP hails clean-up of Ogoniland by Buhari

…Urges Him To Match Words With Action Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rivers State Chapter has joined…

Nigerians should go back to farming, Buhari says

President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigerians must stop paying mere lip service to agriculture, as crude oil and gas exports…

Amnesty Office commences payment of ex-agitators’ stipends

The Presidential Amnesty Office in Abuja on Friday commenced the payment of outstanding stipends to ex-agitators in the Niger Delta…

15 persons die in Delta auto crash – FRSC

No fewer than 15 persons died in Thursday auto crashed, that occurred at Ubulu Okiti junction in Aniocha South Local…

UI can only admit 3,000 prospective students, says DVC

Prof. Gbemisola Oke, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics), University of Ibadan, said that the institution could only admit 3,000 out of…

Domkat Bali denies owing Fidelity Bank

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Former Minister of Defence, Domkat Bali, has denied being indebted to any bank, saying he never took any…

Brig-Gen. Yahaya appointed Commander of 4 Brigade

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Following a general redeployment of officers to fill gaps created by the exit of. Some senior military officers…

Bayelsa cracks down on kidnappers, registers 200-horsepower engine boats

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt As part of efforts geared towards tackling kidnapping, sea piracy and other criminal activities in Bayelsa, the…

Economic downturn hits RCCG’s new 12million seater auditorium

Femi Anjorin/Faith Correspondent Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the General Overseer said he has turned a beggar to persuade members to…

$2.1m seized cash: Ex-NHIS boss appears before EFCC

Former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Dr. Olufemi Thomas has voluntarily submitted himself to the Economic…

New Auditorium: Adeboye begs members to donate to RCCG

Olufemi Anjorin oye Paster E.A. Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has urged members of…

Olonisakin, Nigeria’s CDS, says “My level has changed”

Olufemi Anjorin Nigeria’s new chief of defence staff, Major General Gabriel Olonisakin has given some testimony at the convention of…

Outrage over Fashola’s N78.3million website

News report that former governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola shelled N78.3million of Lagos tax-payers money on his personal…

Ogoni Clean-Up: Buhari a better son of Niger Delta than Jonathan, Wike – APC

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for fast-tracking the clean-up…

Prostitute slumps, dies after drinking local gin

Paul Iyoghojie Tragedy occurred at Obalende road, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Nigeria, on Thursday evening when a suspected prostitute simply identified…

Pregnant woman, 14 others injured as policemen, soldiers clash in Edo

Jethro Ibileke/Benin No fewer than 15 persons, including a pregnant woman, sustained various degree of injuries on Friday evening during…

Wike signs bill renaming state Polytechnic after Ken Saro-Wiwa

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike today signed three amended bills into law. The assent was done today in the…
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Court restrains NUPENG from picketing CBN

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) on Friday restrained the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG)…

Blackout looms in Edo Police Command over N151mn unpaid electricity bill

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, has lamented the huge debt owed it by the Zone 5 and…

Lagos goes tough on street trading

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Government has vowed to combat the menace of illegal street trading and hawking in the the…

Ambode sacks new taskforce chairman

Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has sacked Akeem Adedeji as chairman of the state’s taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences…

Pope Francis condemns persecution of Christians

Pope Francis condemns persecution of Christians Pope Francis, in a letter to the church community on Friday in Jordan, slammed…

Ekiti Chief Judge Frees 34 Prison Inmates

Chief Judge Ayodeji Daramola of Ekiti State on Thursday released 34 awaiting-trial inmates in Ado- Ekiti Federal Prisons. Daramola ordered…

Buhari Initiates Moves To Produce Weapons Locally

President Muhammadu Buhari, Friday in Abuja, directed the Federal Ministry of Defence to produce a plan for the establishment of…

Diageo Empowers 1000 Nigerian Bartenders

Funsho Arogundade Diageo, the parent company of Guinness Nigeria Plc, has kicked off its 2015 Master Bar Academy Programme in Nigeria…

Killer Hippopotamus Shot Dead In Gombe

Head of Forestry unit of Yamaltu/Deba Local Governmen Council in Gombe on Thursday confirmed the killing of a notorious Hippopotamus…

Nigeria’s Youngest Female To Pilot Plane Across America

Daniels Ekugo/with agency report A Nigerian teen has become the youngest black female to ever fly from one end of…

Stop shielding Amaechi, let him face corruption allegations, PDP tells Buhari

…Urges President Buhari, EFCC to Investigate, prosecute Amaechi Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…

Ogoni hails Buhari on implementation of UNEP on Ogoniland

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has welcomed and congratulated the President Muhammadu…