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Ogoni Clean-Up: Buhari a better son of Niger Delta than Jonathan, Wike – APC

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for fast-tracking the clean-up…

Prostitute slumps, dies after drinking local gin

Paul Iyoghojie Tragedy occurred at Obalende road, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Nigeria, on Thursday evening when a suspected prostitute simply identified…

Pregnant woman, 14 others injured as policemen, soldiers clash in Edo

Jethro Ibileke/Benin No fewer than 15 persons, including a pregnant woman, sustained various degree of injuries on Friday evening during…

Wike signs bill renaming state Polytechnic after Ken Saro-Wiwa

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike today signed three amended bills into law. The assent was done today in the…

Blackout looms in Edo Police Command over N151mn unpaid electricity bill

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, has lamented the huge debt owed it by the Zone 5 and…

Lagos goes tough on street trading

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Government has vowed to combat the menace of illegal street trading and hawking in the the…

Ambode sacks new taskforce chairman

Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has sacked Akeem Adedeji as chairman of the state’s taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences…

Ekiti Chief Judge Frees 34 Prison Inmates

Chief Judge Ayodeji Daramola of Ekiti State on Thursday released 34 awaiting-trial inmates in Ado- Ekiti Federal Prisons. Daramola ordered…

Killer Hippopotamus Shot Dead In Gombe

Head of Forestry unit of Yamaltu/Deba Local Governmen Council in Gombe on Thursday confirmed the killing of a notorious Hippopotamus…

Stop shielding Amaechi, let him face corruption allegations, PDP tells Buhari

…Urges President Buhari, EFCC to Investigate, prosecute Amaechi Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…

Ogoni hails Buhari on implementation of UNEP on Ogoniland

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has welcomed and congratulated the President Muhammadu…

Britain to assist Nigeria in the fight against terror – Gen. Messenger

Lieutenant General Gordon Messenger, British Deputy Chief of Defence Staff on Military Strategy and Operations has re-affirmed the resolve of…

Senate tasks NAFDAC, others over EU food ban

The Senate on Thursday, called on the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to tighten its…

1,000 PDP members defect to APGA in Anambra

At least 1,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday defected to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)…

PDP Workers, NWC members agree to sheathe sword

The brickbats between members of staff and the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seemed to…

Another woeful result for lawyers: 1805 fail, 4 make First class

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria Council of Legal Education said on Thursday that a total of 1805 resit and regular students of…

Panic grips defaulters of Ekiti Govt’s housing estate

Ekiti State Government has said the sealing off of the houses of defaulting occupants of Irewolede Estate, Ado-Ekiti has no…

Ambode tasks mothers, employers on exclusive breastfeeding

The wife of the Lagos state governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode on Thursday tasked working class nursing mothers on diligent and…

Nigerian Man Beats Mom To Death IN USA

Daniels Ekugo/ with agency report A Nigerian man living in the United States has been charged with murder after his…

Zamfara Governor Loses Chief Of Staff

Zamfara State Government has announced the death of the newly-appointed Chief of Staff to the governor, Alhaji Dahiru Zubairu. A…

Rogue bankers bag 91-year jail term for stealing N114.6m

Justice Ibrahim Mairiga of the Kebbi State High Court has convicted Suleiman Ibrahim Musa, Bilyaminu Usman and Lawal Suleiman on…

Jonathan acquired sophisticated weapons to fight Boko Haram – ex-NSA Sambo

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Contrary to assertions by Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh, the former Chief of Defence Staff, the immediate past…

Buhari receives new ambassadors of Belgium, Poland, Rwanda

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja received the letters of credence of three new ambassadors to Nigeria. The new ambassadors…

Confessions Of Gang That Snatches Cars For Alhaji

Members of a suspected armed robbery gang that specialises in snatching cars for an Alhaji, have confessed to the police…

Judge transfers suit seeking Saraki’s removal

Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday transferred a suit filed by some senators seeking to…

FRSC Mobile Court Sentences 2 Drivers To Jail

Daniels Ekugo Two drivers belonging to Dangote Company, Sani Ahmed and Umar Musa, have been sentenced to 3 months in…

Woman Native Doctor Arrested After Selling 19 Kids

Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Owerri, have arrested a woman who engages in human trafficking…

NEMA alert on flood as Cameroon releases water from Lagdo Dam

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has alerted the state governments and communities along River Benue of possible flood following…

Reps. to examine Edo State’s $75m credit request from World Bank

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Wednesday, raised a seven-man ad hoc committee to examine the…

INEC to improve communications process, minimise speculations – Zakari

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is working to improve its internal and external communications for effective electoral…