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Niger Delta Towns Where Women Marry Women

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

We’ve heard about it in hush tones, on the corners of the streets, with the periphery of our ears. It…

Edo Govt to establish recreational centres for the elderly

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Edo Government says it is working out modalities to establish recreational centres for the elderly in the state.

Former Sudanese President Al-Dahab dies at 83

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Former Sudanese President Abdulrahman Al-Dahab has died in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, Saudi-owned TV channel, Al Arabiya, reported on Thursday.…

Illiteracy, hindrance to African girls’ potential – Osinbajo

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has identified illiteracy as one of the major factors hindering African girls from achieving their…

Court grants Shittu’s application to serve NYSC processes

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Federal High Court in Ibadan, on Thursday, granted the application of the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, to serve…

2019: Yoruba Youths set agenda for Atiku

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide has called on Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),…

NLC to governors: Be committed to review of minimum wage

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Pursuing labour’s plan to deliver a meaningful minimum wage to workers, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has called for commitment…

Okada rider jailed over anal sex with 6 boys

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Minna, Niger, has sentenced a 23-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Adamu Mohammed to four years imprisonment for…

Imo APC Guber Primary: Court adjourns hearing until Oct. 23

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The FCT High Court, Bwari, has adjourned hearing on a suit filed by Sen. Hope Uzodinma of All Progressives Congress…

‘We are not recruiting’

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Alhaji Sadiq Sule-Iko, the Chairman, Governing Board, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Keffi, Nasarawa State, has advised the general public to…

Nigeria urged to enforce National Ozone Layer Regulation

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) has urged the Federal Government to enforce National Ozone Layer Regulation to address the release…

No-work-no-pay rule: Labour rebuffs Nigerian Govt’s threat

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Organised Labour says the threat by the Federal Government to activate the “no-work- no pay’’ rule clause, will be…

Nigerian Govt floats 2nd tranche Sukuk bond in December

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Ms Patience Oniha, Director-General, the Debt Management Office (DMO), on Thursday expressed optimism that the second tranche of N100 billion…

11 trapped as building collapses in Anambra

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

No fewer than 11 persons were trapped under a three storey building which collapsed in Nnewi, Anambra in the early…

Boko Haram: Nigeria galvanises global support for IDPs

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Nigeria has, again, brought the devastations, caused by the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast, to the attention of the…

Pound recovers after May open to longer Brexit transition

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The British pound recovered to trade flat on Thursday after Prime Minister Theresa May confirmed she was open to discussing…

Oil prices slip below $80 per barrel

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Oil slipped below $80 a barrel on Thursday as the fourth weekly increase in U.S. crude inventories suggested ample supply,…

Dollar stands tall, stocks fall after hawkish Fed minutes

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The dollar rose to a one-week high on Thursday and stocks edged lower after signs that the Federal Reserve will…

Pakistan: 116 policemen suspended over Model Town tragedy

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

No fewer than 116 police officials have been suspended from their posts for their alleged involvement in June 2014 Model…

Primaries: Borno APC constitutes reconciliation committee

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Borno chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has constituted an 11-man committee, to reconcile aggrieved members of the…

Ekiti Guber: Tribunal adjourns hearing till today

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Hearing of Election Petition filed by Prof. Olusola Kolapo, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the July 14…

Two cultists killed, 21 arrested in Lagos at APC chieftain’s political gathering

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Two notorious cultists have been killed and 21 other people arrested as rival cult groups clashed at a political gathering…

Senate screens Prof. Owasanoye, 8 others for ICPC

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Senate on Wednesday screened Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye as chairmanship nominee for the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences…

U.S. oil edges up after 3% drop

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Oil inched up on Thursday amid ongoing tensions over the death of a prominent Saudi journalist, with prices steadying after…

Senate in rowdy session over sitting arrangement

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Senate on Wednesday had a rowdy session over argument on sitting arrangement.

EFCC arraigns man for Internet fraud

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A 25-year-old man, Samson Olujobi, was on Wednesday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a two-count…

APC programmes will outlive my tenure – Gov. Ambode

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has said that all the programmes of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the…

Plateau PDP guber candidate, Sen. Useni picks running mate

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Sen. Jerry Useni, PDP’s governorship candidate in Plateau, has picked Mr Ben Shignugul, a retired Theatre Nurse, as his running…

2019 elections: Nigerians warned on dangers of vote buying

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, a human rights activist, Mr Modibbo Bakari, has advised the electorate to desist from…

2019: ‘U.S. has no candidate in this election’

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The United States of America (USA) has said that it has no preferred candidate in the forthcoming general elections in…

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