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CBN policy delays wheat farming in Kano – Farmers

Wheat Farmers in Kano State have blamed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the delay in the take-off of…

South Sudan authorities deports AP journalist

South Sudan on Wednesday deported a journalist working for the international Associated Press news agency, and the reporter said it…

NUC approves Usmanu Danfodiyo University engineering programmes

National Universities Commission (NUC), says it has given approval to the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto to commence four core engineering…

Ghana votes in hotly contested presidential elections

Ghanaians started lining up at voting stations on Wednesday to elect a president and parliament, in polls dominated by a…

Tanzania, Dangote Cement haggle over price of gas

Tanzania is in talks with Nigeria’s Dangote Cement on supply of natural gas to a manufacturing plant for building material,…

Teenager jailed 7 years for planning terror attack

An Australian teenager on Wednesday was sentenced to seven years jail for planning a terrorist attack in Melbourne on Mother’s…

No mercy for Nigerian drug convict in Cambodia

A Nigerian drug convict in Cambodia, Precious Chineme Nwoko has had his hope for reprieve dashed. Nwoko, also known as…

Reps plan 3-day retreat on constitution amendment

The House of Representatives Special Ad hoc Committee on Constitution Review planned to host a three-day retreat on the amendment…

Bayern end Atletico Madrid’s unbeaten run

A Robert Lewandowski free-kick sealed Bayern Munich’s 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid on Tuesday in the Champions League with both…

INEC to deploy 10,294 staff for Saturday Rivers rerun election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would deploy 10,294 staff to conclude the re-run National and State Assembly…

Barcelona demolish Borussia Monchengladbach 4-0

Barcelona squeezed Gladbach for the full ninety minutes and didn’t allow the German side a shot on target as they…

Iheanacho rescues City from defeat at Etihad

Celtic forward Patrick Roberts’ early goal stopped parent club Manchester City winning all three Champions League home group games for…

Champions League: Arsenal demolish Basel 4-1 to go top

Arsenal finished top of Champions League Group A, thanks to a Lucas Perez hat-trick and Paris St-Germain’s draw with Ludogorets…

Oyo sacks 662 workers for certificate forgery

The Oyo State Government has sacked 662 workers for certificate forgery and removed 2,021 fictitious names from its payroll. Soji…

Trump to cancel order of new planes for American president

US President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants to cut government costs by cancelling the order for new planes to…

Redefining tourism through ‘gaming’

Tourism in Lagos is one of the diversification channels the state aims to woo investments in the non-oil sector. Varying…

3 Bolivians jailed 36 years over drug related offences

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos southwest Nigeria Tuesday sentenced three Bolivians to 36 years imprisonment for unlawful production…

Wike importing arms into Rivers, says APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) alerts security agencies on reports of a massive arms build-up by the Rivers State Governor…

Shettima presents cows, food items to NYSC members

Gov Kashim Shetima of Borno on Tuesday presented food items to the 2016 Batch ‘B’ corps members posted to Borno…

Dangote sacks 109 workers

The Dangote Group has dismissed 109 workers at Obajana Cement Company in Kogi State, after being found guilty of various…

Reps to investigate death of corps member

The House of Representatives on Tuesday, resolved to investigate the death of Miss Rachael Oladepo, a corps member at the…

Breaking: Nigeria Police releases names of new recruits

Names of successful applicants into the Nigeria Police Force in the just concluded recruitment exercise have been released by the…

Buhari presents 2017 budget to National Assembly nextweek

President Muhammadu Buhari will present the 2017 budget proposal to the National Assembly on Dec. 14. This is contained in…

Police arrest kidnappers who murdered Dangote employee

The Nigerian police said they have arrested three of the kidnappers who murdered one of the employees of Dangote Group…

Labourer remanded for stealing handbags worth N100,000

A Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday remanded a 20-year-old labourer, Umoru Idrisa, in prison for stealing a sack…

2 missing, 6 rescued in Iran helicopter crash

The head of Rescue Organisation of Iran’s Red Crescent Society on Tuesday said two people on board a rescue helicopter…

Corps member plants 6,000 economic trees

A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving in Ebonyi, Goldshield Kanjal has started planting of over 6,000 economic trees…

Police rescue kidnap victim, arrest 4 suspects

Mr Emmanuel Ojukwu, Enugu State Police Commissioner,[/caption The Enugu state Police Command, has rescued Miss Chinenye Nwobodo, 18, a kidnapped…

Saudi court sentences 15 to death for spying

A Saudi Court on Tuesday sentenced 15 people to death for spying for the kingdom’s arch-enemy, Iran, Saudi-owned media reported,…

Security man kills co-worker, cuts his body into pieces

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old man, Haruna Abubakar who allegedly killed his colleague, cut him into…