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700,000 apply for 500 FIRS jobs

The Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Tunde Fowler, has said that the organisation received more than 700,000 applications…

Ogun workers suspend strike

Organised labour in Ogun on Wednesday suspended its two-week strike. The suspension of the strike was announced in Abeokuta by…

Let’s talk about S.EX!

It’s strange that whenever you mention the word ‘SEX’ it grabs everybody’s attention: they drop everything they are doing and…

Okonjo-Iweala’s father bags Ghana’s highest award

Professor Chukwuka Okonjo, Obi of Ogwashiukwu and NLC Trustee has been conferred with Ghana’s highest civil national award. The award…

EFCC arrests Akpabio’s cousin over N10 million scam

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested Ibanga Ime Akpabio, cousin to the former Akwa Ibom…

JAMB adopts pin vending for 2017 UTME

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will adopt “pin vending” for the 2017 UTME test, advising intending…

Why I sacked 5,000 teachers-Gov. Udom

Governor Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom State says he decided to sack 5,000 teachers because his administration uncovered the illicit…

4 companies guilty over Patience Jonathan’s $15m – Court

A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos Southwest on Wednesday convicted four companies alleged to have been used by former…

FG approves 8 new universities

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the establishment of eight new private universities for the country. The decision was…

Breaking: Amosun holds emergency meeting with labour leaders

Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State is holding a closed-door meeting with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC),…

Bizwoman allegedly dupes 9 persons of N90m

An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, South West Nigeria has fixed November 24 for the trial of a businesswoman, Omolewa Kafilat…

Fashola blames Nigerian engineers for sleeping

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has blamed Nigerian engineers for creating the vacuum that made…

Niger Delta stakeholders present 16-point demand to Buhari

Niger Delta stakeholders on Tuesday presented a 16-point request before President Muhammadu Buhari asking, among other things, for the restoration…
Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC)

Electricity company to recruit 2000 by year-end

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has announced plans to recruit 2000 new staff members by the end of the…

Buhari moves to end militancy in Niger Delta

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday that his administration would review the situation in the Niger Delta with a view…

Navy arrests 3 Cameroonian, a Nigerian over stolen petroleum products

The Nigerian Naval Ship, (NNS) Forward Operation Base, Ibaka in Mbo Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom, has arrested three Cameroonians…

Privatising refineries’ll lead to job loss, NUPENG cries out

Jamiu Yisa The Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, Lagos State chapter, has kicked against the planned…

Senate to reconsider 1% special grant for Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Senate is to reconsider the one percent special grant for Lagos from the Federation Account, being the…

Breaking News: Senate throws out Buhari’s plan to borrow $30 billion

The Senate on Tuesday threw out President Muhammadu Buhari’s plan to borrow $30 billion from external bodies for infrastructural development.…

Be wary of gin, wines, NAFDAC tells Nigerians

As Christmas approaches, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) wants Nigerians to be wary of…

Plateau doctors get new condition of service

The Plateau Government has approved a new condition of service for medical doctors in the state in order to attract…

Breaking: Corrupt judges: CJN blames FG, governors for inaction

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Mahmud Mohammed has said that the “the failure on the part of the Executive Arm…

ntel’s VOXHD app now available on Google Play Store

ntel, Nigeria’s most advanced 4G/LTE network provider, has launched its VOXHD application on Google Play Store. The Voice Over LTE…

Ogun sacks NLC, NUT chairmen, 14 others

Eleven days after Ogun workers embarked on an indefinite strike, government responded today with the dismissal of the state chairman…

Forex crisis: Adiyan II water treatment construction hits N64 billion-LASG

Kazeem Ugbodaga Foreign exchange crisis facing the country has pushed the construction of the Lagos Adiyan II water treatment plant…

500 emergency volunteers to tackle disasters in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga At least, 500 Emergency Management Volunteers, EMVs, are to complement the efforts of the Lagos State Government in…

Lagos residents protest against planned demolition of shops

Residents of Oke-Afa Estate, Isolo, Lagos have called on the state House of Assembly to prevail on the state government…

Still on sale: TheNEWS special trilogy on the first Nigerian coup

In June, July and August, 2016, TheNEWS published a trilogy on the British Intelligence Report on the first Nigerian coup.…
Herbert Wigwe

Access Bank grows Q3 profit to N72bn

Access Bank Plc has announced an impressive profit of N72 billion for the nine months ended 30 September 2016 based…

Soldiers arrest Boko Haram drugs, fuel suppliers in Sambisa forest

The Nigerian Army has announced the arrest of major suppliers of drugs and fuel to Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa…
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