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Oyo LG Polls Generally Peaceful

The on-going local government election in Oyo State on Saturday has been widely described as peaceful across the state, though,…

APC guber primary: I am happy with voting process – Fayemi

Minister of Mines and Steel Development and an aspirant of APC, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Saturday expressed satisfaction over the…

North Korea to begin dismantling of Nuclear test site 23 May

North Korea says it will begin dismantling its nuclear test site in less than two weeks in a ceremony attended…

26 killed as gunmen attack village

At least 26 people were killed after armed attackers targeted a village in north-west Burundi, amid tensions ahead of a…

Unilag VC calls for multi-sectoral collaboration

Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, the Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, has called for collaboration from the various sectors with the institution in…

Ekiti APC Primary: Al-Makura committee assures of maximum security

Gov. Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, the Nasarawa State governor on Friday gave assurance of maximum security to stakeholders within the venue…
Edo NMA faction suspends Udoka Imoisili, Okwara Benson and Collins Otoikhila the state Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Secretary respectively.

Strike: JOHESU, NMA disagree on salary structure

The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) has disagreed with the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) on the sustenance of a wide…

LG Polls: APC Committee moves congress to Sunday

The Musa Halilu-Ahmed-Ahmed led APC Congress Committee in Oyo State has shifted the scheduled APC Local Government Congress in the…

JOHESU strike: Zamfara residents enjoy normal healthcare services

Residents in Zamfara are enjoying normal healthcare services in state-owned medical facilities as JOHESU members in the state were yet…

Varsity curriculum: Federal Govt. to ensure periodic review

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said his administration would intensify efforts in ensuring periodic review of university curriculum to meet…

Defeated Malaysian Prime Minister barred from travelling abroad

Malaysian authorities barred ousted Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife from leaving the country on Saturday, amid reports that…

FUTA undergraduates win Microsoft Imagine Cup Nigeria

Two engineering students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Taofeek Afeez and Alayande Abiola have emerged winners of the…

Lagos Wi-Fi secured for users – Commissioner

Mr Hakeem Fahm, Lagos State Commissioner for Science and Technology, has said that the free public Wi-Fi at the state’s…

APC committed to peaceful, credible LG congresses

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has restated its commitment to peaceful and credible local government party congresses in Ebonyi.

Stop patronising traditional healers for eye treatment – Nurse

Mr Yunusa Zarumai, the Chief Nursing Officer at the Eye Centre, General Hospital Minna, Niger, has warned Nigerians of inherent…

PDP, 30 other political parties boycott Kaduna council polls

Thirty one political parties, including the Peoples Democratic Party, said they would boycott the Local Councils’ election in Kaduna State…

Buhari, Dogara, others mourn CAN Secretary, Musa Asake

President Muhammadu Buhari and speaker Yakubu Dogara lead the mourning for Rev. Musa Asake, the General Secretary of the Christian…

Lagos Govt. to transform Sabo Industrial Estate into technology hub in 18 months

The Lagos State Government said on Friday that it had concluded plans to transform the Sabo Industrial Estate in Yaba…

12 sentenced to prison over deadly 2014 gas blast in Taiwan

A local court on Friday found 12 defendants guilty of homicide in gas explosions that killed 32 people in 2014…

Pollution: Europe struggles with plastic mines issues

European waste policies “need to become much more nuanced because some landfill might actually be quite good,” a top academic,…

Kuwait to regulate employment of Philippines domestic workers

Kuwait and the Philippines agreed measures on Friday to regulate the employment of domestic workers from the Southeast Asian country,…

Delay in budget passage will have some impact – Adeosun

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, said the delay in passage of the 2018 budget would have some impact…

Sudan releases 1,400 Ethiopians from jail

Sudan on Friday released 1,400 Ethiopians after serving time in jails.
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Evans: Witness relives how he paid 232,000 euros for release of his boss

vvvvAn employee of Maydon Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Mr Uchenna Okagwu, on Friday told an Ikeja High Court how he paid 232,000…
Libya bound Ajoke Micheal intercepted in Sokoto

2 travel, tour operators arrested for allegedly trafficking 96 Nigerians

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested two operators of two travel and tour…

Ex-DSS spokesperson, Marilyn Ogar challenges compulsory retirement in court

The former spokesperson of Department of State Service (DSS), Marilyn Ogar, has filed a suit before the National Industrial Court,…

Pakistan imposes travel restrictions on U.S. diplomats

Pakistan on Friday imposed travel restrictions on U.S. diplomats in the country following a similar decision by the U.S. administration,…

EKEDC assures Ibeji-Lekki residents of improved power supply

Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) on Friday assured electricity consumers in Ibeju-Lekki and its environs of improved power supply, which…

202 LASPOTECH students expelled for cultism, exam malpractice

The Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH), Ikorodu, on Friday said it had expelled 202 students for cultism and examination malpractice between…
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CAN General Secretary, Rev. Musa Asake dies at 68

The General Secretary, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Musa Asake has died at the age 68.