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Falana accuses BATN of dehumanizing Nigerians

A former staff of British American Tobacco Nigeria, Oluwasegun Falana, has accused the company of dehumanising Nigerians working with conglomerate.…

Amended Kano State Pension law favours monarchs- Assembly

The Majority Leader, Kano State House of Assembly Alhaji Abdullahi Atta, has said that the amended Pension and Gratuity Law…

How we raped our victim – Kidnapper

Desmond Ozo, a 32-year-old kidnap suspect, on Thursday narrated to journalists how his gang kidnapped a middle-aged woman (names withheld)…

Thousands of unemployed youths struggle to get Peace Corps recruitment form in Ogun

Thousands of unemployed youth in Ogun on Thursday struggled to get the registration form of the Peace Corps of Nigeria…

Lagos to prosecute 71 miscreants, street traders

The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit (Task Force ) has concluded arrangement to charge 71 arrested street…

End to malaria infection in sight as vaccine passes trial test

A malaria vaccine that uses a weakened form of the parasite has passed a “critical milestone” in human safety trials,…

Lagos vows to sanction traders who dump refuse on roads

The Lagos State Government has vowed to sanction traders who dumped their refuse indiscriminately on roads or setbacks in the…

Police arrest 5 in Port Harcourt foiled bank robbery

The Nigerian police have arrested five suspected armed robbers in connection with December’s foiled Access Bank robbery in Port Harcourt,…
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Price of cooking gas hits N4, 500 in Lagos

There is wide spread condemnation of the recent increase in price of cooking gas in Lagos. The price of cooking…

Okorocha tells APC members not to share rice with traditional rulers, PDP members

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo on Wednesday told members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state not to…

FG redeploys 3 perm. secretaries

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved the redeployment of three Federal Permanent Secretaries. A statement by Haruna Imrana, Director of…

5 suspected cultists shot dead in Rivers

Troops of 6 Division, Nigerian Army on Wednesday shot dead five suspected cultists during gun battle in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local…

NNPC awards crude oil contracts to 39 companies

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has awarded its crude oil contracts to 39 companies for 2017. Almost half of…

Breaking: Barrow named as UK’s new ambassador to EU

Senior diplomat Sir Tim Barrow will be appointed the UK’s new ambassador to EU to replace Sir Ivan Rogers. Foreign…

9 authors fight for £15,000 Etisalat Prize for Literature 2016

Helon Habila, chairman of the judging panel of the 2016 Etisalat Prize for Literature has announced the 2016 longlist of…
File photo of suspected fake soldier

Police arrest fake soldier for stealing bikes

The operatives of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a suspected fake soldier allegedly…

Ibadan traders deny report of removal of Iyaloja

The apex body of traders in Ibadanland known as Ibadan Joint Traders Association, IJTA, on Tuesday refuted the removal of…

Ford Motors cancels $1.6bn Mexico plant

Ford has said it will cancel a $1.6bn (£1.3bn) plant it planned to build in Mexico and instead extend operations…
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) boss Hameed Ali urges Nigerians not to engage in smuggling or patronising smugglers in Easter message

Customs redeploys 246 top officers

The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) has approved the redeployment of eight Assistant Comptrollers-General and 238 Deputy Comptrollers…

Breaking: Lagos Assembly passes Ambode’s N812.998bn 2017 budget

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the State’s 2017 Budget proposal of N812. 998 billion presented by…
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola , SAN (2nd right), Coordinating Director of Highways in the Ministry, Engr. Bala Dan Shehu (2nd left), Chief Engineers of Reynolds Construction Company Limited (RCC), Mr. Igor Zavodtchik (left) and Mr Nabeel Esawi (right) during the inspection of the construction work on Loko–Oweto Bridge over River Benue in Nasarawa/Benue States

FG to overhaul 50 bridges

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has said that the Federal Government is planning to overhaul…

Zambia cuts fuel prices

Zambian energy regulator says retail fuel prices will fall from midnight on Tuesday due to subdued oil prices and a…

Fire guts part of Sterling bank in Ogun

A section of Sterling Bank, Oke Ilewo branch, located at the OPIC Roundabout, Abeokuta, was on Tuesday gutted by a…

Brexit: UK’s ambassador to EU resigns

The UK’s top ambassador to EU in Brussels, Sir Ivan Rogers, has resigned. Sir Ivan, who was appointed to the…

Lagos begins evacuation of Yuletide waste

The government of Lagos State has begun the evacuation of all refuse generated across the State during the Christmas and…

N2.5b Fraud: Buhari sacks Babachir Lawal as chairman of presidential boards committee

President Muhammadu Buhari has removed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Babachir David Lawal as chairman of the…

Several vehicles trapped at borders as ban on imports takes off

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has kicked off the implementation of the policy banning importation of vehicles through the land…

2017 will be a year of economic recovery- Osun Assembly

The Osun House of Assembly has urged Nigerians to be optimistic as the New Year will be a year of…

60 killed, many beheaded, in Brazil prison riot

A prison riot in the Brazilian Amazon has left at least 60 people dead with some bodies decapitated and burned.…

NDLEA discovers cocaine inside soles of new shoes

The officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja have discovered…
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