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Emirate Council engages hunters to combat robbery

The Akko Emirate Council in Gombe State has engaged the service of hunters in the community to assist in combating…

I can’t serve Buhari – Okonjo Iweala

Former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has declared that she would not serve in the government of President Muhammadu…

Access Bank bags best Bank award, Wigwe best CEO

Access Bank Plc has emerged the best bank in Nigeria for the year 2016. The announcement was made by the…

Economy needs new strategy – Tinubu

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that economic re-strategising and re-planning…

Agro dealers fault payment of N65 billion debt

Growth Enhancement Scheme Agro dealers Association of Nigeria (GESAAN) has faulted the claim of spokesman of the presidency, Shehu Garba,…

Palm oil improves reproductive capacity – Expert

Consumption of palm oil improves human reproductive capacity, a Clinical Biochemist and Molecular Diagnostics Professor, Oluyemi Akinloye, has said. Akinloye,…
Rivers court remands four suspects for breaking into the house of former First Lady, Patience Jonathan and stealing valuables worth N100m.

Patience Jonathan used houseboy, driver’s names to open $15m accounts

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested a driver, houseboy and two other domestic staff, whose names were…

CBN to extend BVN registration to MfBs, PMIs customers

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) plans to extend the Bank Verification Number (BVN) registration project to customers of other Financial…

5 Kogi civil servants arrested for allegedly diverting N230m pension fund

Five top civil servants in Kogi have been arrested for allegedly diverting N230 million pension fund to their private uses.…

Bakers beg Buhari on high cost of bread

Bakers in Nigeria have appealed to the Federal Government to urgently intervene in the rising cost of bread production just…

EKEDC throws Mushin community into darkness for 24 days

The Community Development Association (CDA) in Akodu, Abibu and the LUTH access Road in Mushin, Lagos State, on Sunday decried…
Police arrest two men for robbing three commercial sex workers after they picked them up in Surulere area of Lagos state.

Economic Hardship: Prostitutes increase in Asaba

Residents of Asaba, the Delta capital, have decried the increase in commercial sex activities in the city, in spite of…

Pastor says economic hardship not peculiar to Nigeria but global

Mr David Popoola, the State Pastor of Living Faith Church, Lokoja, has said that the present economic hardship is not…

Nigeria needs wage led recovery, says Aremu

Mr Issa Aremu, the General Secretary, National Union of Textile Garment Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN), on Sunday said Nigerian workers…

Economy will bounce back, Buhari assures Nigerians

President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted Nigerians for their steadfastness in spite of the difficult economic times confronting the country. Buhari,…
Nigerian Navy says its operatives have rescued 15 victims of human trafficking during different operations on the Lagos waterways.

Navy raids crude oil bunkers, arrests seven suspected oil thieves

The Nigerian Navy (NN) on Saturday said that it raided illegal crude oil bunkers and arrested seven suspected oil thieves.…

NAN launches new portal for subscribers

Nigeria’s main news provider, the News Agency of Nigeria has launched a new portal for its legion of subscribers. The…

4m Nigerians awaiting prepaid meter -NERC

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has revealed that over four millions electricity consumers are awaiting prepaid meters in the…

NRC suspends Abuja-Kaduna train service

The Nigerian Railways Corporation (NRC) has suspended its passenger train service from Abuja to Kaduna on Monday and Tuesday because…

Factory fire leaves 24 dead in Bangladesh

At least 24 workers were killed while scores injured on Saturday in an explosion that triggered a massive fire leading…

Customs generated over N95.7bn in August – spokesman

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Saturday in Abuja said it generated over N95.7 billion in August. The NCS Public…

UN Chief pledges to attend forum on Nigeria’s economic recession

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has pledged to send a special envoy to the Nigerian Young Professionals Forum (NYPF) Summit scheduled…
GenCos hail N501bn bond, boost confidence in power reforms

FG owes Egbin Power Station N86bn

Mr Dallas Peavey, the Chief Executive Officer, Egbin Power Plc, has said that the company is highly constrained by more…

Ram sellers in Kafanchan record low patronage

With the Eid-el-Kabir celebration barely two days away, sellers of ram in Kafanchan, Kaduna state said they recorded low patronage.…

Labour suspends strike in Nasarawa

Labour leaders in Nasarawa State have suspended their two months old industrial action over the state government’s decision to review…

Passenger train derails, killing 4 and injuring 47

A passenger train derailed Friday in Spain’s northwestern Galicia region, killing four people and injuring 47 others who were taken…

Passengers warned not to use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on planes

Air travellers are being warned not to use their Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones on planes after the company recalled…

Police rescue 2 kidnapped Chinese nationals in Ogun

The police in Ogun said they have rescued two Chinese nationals kidnapped on Sept. 1, at Odeda in Odeda Local…
Herbert Wigwe

Access Bank wins CIBN’s best Academy Award

Access Bank School of Banking Excellence has won the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) Award for the Best…

How ex-oil minister Dan Etete siphoned $1 billion Nigeria oil money

Even by Nigerian standards, the alleged siphoning off of $1 billion (£750 million) from a $1.3 billion international investment in…
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