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Ondo Employs 8,000 Youths In Fadama Programme

The Ondo State Government said on Friday that it had  employed 8,000 youths under the Fadama III programme to boost…

Lecturers Defy Suswam’s Order To Return To Work

The Benue State University Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has vowed to continue with the ongoing…

UN Report Alerts On Fast Rising Sea Levels

A UN report on global warming released on Friday predicts that global sea levels are to rise “at a faster…

Traditional Ruler In Court Over N3.3m Land Fraud

A traditional ruler, Chief Wasiu Maiyegun, on Friday appeared before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, charged with duping…

Kaduna Police Confirms Bank Robbery

The Kaduna State Police Command on Friday said suspected armed robbers had attacked two commercial banks in Saminaka, about 200…

Remembering Kofi Awoonor: Humanity And Against

By Wole Soyinka I am certain there are others who, like me, received invitations to the recent edition of the…

Police Arraign 23 Traffic Offenders In Ogun

Twenty-three persons who violated various traffic laws on Friday pleaded guilty before a Senior Magistrates’ Court in Ota, Ogun. The…
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Senegal Seeks Help Of China, France Solve Water Crisis

Senegal has appealed to France and China for help to repair damage to a water pipeline that has deprived much…

UN, African Leaders Hail Nigeria MDGs Efforts

The efforts of the Nigerian government towards the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals have again received resounding commendation from…

UNN VC Drums Support For Education

The Vice-Chancellor, University of Nigeria, Prof. Bartho Okolo has invited Nigerian journalists to join the campaign aimed at restoring the…

Nigeria At 53: PFN Declares 3-Day Fasting, Prayers

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has declared three days of all-round prayers and fasting for Nigeria, as the country…

8 Fake Corpers Sent To Prison

Nemesis has caught up with eight fake members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, after they were arrested, charged…

Masked Gunmen Raid Banks, Kill 3

Heavily armed masked gunmen stormed Saminaka town and attacked  two commercial banks and communities in Saminaka in Lere Local Government…

Appeal: Bode George Knows Fate Dec

Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Thursday fixed 13 December to deliver judgment in an appeal filed by a stalwart of the…

You can vote for ‘none of the above’, court rules

It used to be the stuff of Hollywood film, but it is now reality in India: voters being given the…

Ribadu: Nigeria not a failed state yet

Presidential candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has dispelled arguments that Nigeria is a…

Strike goes on, says ASUU

University teachers said that their strike will go on — 89 days after it began. This is in spite of…

5 bank fraudsters arrested

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a five- man syndicate for attempting to defraud various…

Pastor, 2 children killed in fresh Boko Haram attack

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on Thursday opened fire on a church in Dorowa in Nigeria’s north eastern state of Yobe,…

Mugabe to US, UK: ‘Shame, Shame, Shame!’

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Thursday berated the U.S. and former colonial power Britain and its allies for trying to…

ASUU strike: Students protest in Kano

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Tired of staying at home, hundreds of Bayero University, BUK, students in Kano, northwest Nigeria, on Thursday, staged…

Delta state flushes out criminals in Kokori

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of the southern Nigerian state of Delta on Thursday enjoined the residents of Kokori community in Ethiope-East…

Oyo PDP taunts Ajimobi over cabinet dissolution

The Oyo State chapter of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the dissolution of the Oyo state cabinet by…

Fashola apologises over Igbo destitute deportation

Governor Babatunde Fashola of the western Nigerian state of Lagos Thursday apologised to the people of the South-East over the…

Group Moves Against Building Collapse In Lagos

The President of Building Collapse Preventive Guild (BCPG), Mr Kunle Awobodu, on Thursday said the guild had concluded plans to…

Opeifa Seeks Agency To Manage Logistics

Mr. Kayode Opeifa, Lagos State Commissioner for Transport on Thursday, called for the establishment of a national agency to supervise…

SSANU Threatens To Go On Strike

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) says it may commence a nationwide strike by Monday if its members…

Russia Demands Release Of 7 Crewmen

Russia has demanded the release of seven its crewmen, detained in Nigeria since October 2012 for allegedly carrying arms and…

Strike: NUT Gives FG, ASUU 2 Weeks Ultimatum

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) on Thursday gave a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government and the Academic Staff…

FG Declares Free Treatment For Dog Bite Victims

The Federal Government has declared free treatment in all tertiary hospitals in the country for dog bite victims, the Minister…