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Kidnappers storm Jigawa, kidnap Village Head, Ward Head

Kidnappers, numbering about 30, have kidnapped Alhaji Garba Mamud, the Village Head of Rijin in Basirka District of Gwaram Local…

40 million Nigerians to get telecom services in 2017-NCC

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says provision has been made in the2017 budget to extend telecommunications services to additional 40…

Car dealers groan over new import policy, call for reversal

Mixed reactions have trailed the ban on the importation of vehicles through land borders with some of the dealers calling…

Lagos allays fear on bomb scare in Agege

The Lagos State Government on Monday allayed fears of residents on suspected explosive substance which was allegedly dropped in a…

NAN to launch photo portal – Onanuga

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), is to launch photo portal to enable subscribers to select pictures for publication. The…

How senior lawyer bought N8m car for Justice Ademola – Sales Rep

A prosecution witness has revealed how a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Joe Agbi bought a car worth N8m…

Privatisation of assets is corruption – Don

A lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun state, Prof. Omotoye Olorode, has described the privatisation of the country’s…

Illegal oil lifting: Court fines FG over delay in proceedings

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Southwest Nigeria on Monday ordered the Federal Government of Nigeria to pay a…

EFCC wades into missing N500m Chibok safe school funds

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it is looking into the alleged missing N500m Chibok safe school funds commissioned…

Etisalat Prize for Literature announces 2016 shortlist

The fastest growing and Innovative telecommunication company, Etisalat Nigeria has announced the names of the three shortlisted authors for the…

Dangote floats $100m truck assembly plant in Lagos

Dangote Group of Companies has established a $100million truck assembly plant in Lagos as part of its efforts toward boosting…

Bukky Wright, others urge government to resuscitate moribund textile industries

Some stakeholders in the entertainment and creative industry on Sunday advised the Federal Government to resuscitate the moribund textile industries…

12 passengers killed as bus plunges into river

Over 12 persons have reportedly died in an accident on Oyo/Ogbomoso Road after a commercial bus skidded off the road…
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JAMB meets other bodies to fine-tune examination schedules

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it is set to meet with heads of other public examination bodies…
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Kidnappers of students, teachers at Isheri demand N1.2b

The abductors of students and members of staff of the Nigeria Turkish International College (NTIC) have demanded N1.2bn ransom for…

Gov Wike sets up N100m empowerment for ex-servicemen

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has initiated a N100 million empowerment scheme aimed at improving the living conditions of…

Borno bans sales of charcoal, firewood on streets

The Borno State Government said on Sunday that it had banned the sale of charcoal and firewood on major streets…

50 companies bid for NNPC’s boat supply

A total of 50 companies recently submitted bids to partake in the provision of sea worthy Tug boats on charter…

Peace Corps to recruit 2,000 youths, adults in Lagos

The Peace Corps of Nigeria says it will recruit 2, 000 youths from Lagos State this year, Mr Mutairu Habib,…

Osibanjo begins tour of Niger Delta Monday

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is to begin tour of communities in the Niger Delta on Monday in a…

Lagos to begin phase II Alapere dual carriage road

The Lagos State Government says it will soon begin the construction of phase II of Alapere dual carriage road in…
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Kidnappers abduct students, teachers in Isheri school

About five staff and two students of the Tulip International School, located in the Isheri area of Ogun State, have…

2 robbery suspects in police net

Operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, FSARS, Adeniji Adele Road, Lagos Island, have arrested two suspected robbers terrorising residents…

Fleeing banker arrested over N30m fraud

A former staff of a new generation bank in Lagos, Kayode Ayodele, 34, who has been on the run since…

Illegal tax collection: 50 arrested in Edo

No fewer than 50 persons have been arrested by operatives of the Edo State Police Command for alleged involvement in…

LCCI boss seeks incentives for private investors in petroleum sector

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has advised the Federal Government to grant special incentives to private investors…

The Gambia: AU ‘ll not recognize Jammeh as president from 19 Jan

The African Union will stop recognising Yahya Jammeh as The Gambia’s president from 19 January, when his term expires, its…
DSS raises alarm over plan to disrupt peace in Nigeria

DSS rescues 4 kidnap victims in Port Harcourt

The Department of State Services (DSS) says it has rescued four oil company kidnap victims from their abductors in Port…

Witness admits constructing houses, mosque, churches for Badeh

The 13th prosecution witness, Joseph Okpetu, told a Federal High Court on Friday that he renovated houses, built churches and…

Convicted fuel subsidy fraudster collapses in court

An oil subsidy fraudster, Mrs Ada Ugo-Ngali, the Managing Director of Ontario Oil and Gas Limited, fainted in the dock…
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