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Commissioner warns vegetable oil millers against adulteration

The Anambra Commissioner for Agriculture, Chief Afam Mbanefo, has warned vegetable oil millers to desist from adulterating their products in…

Enugu Govt, Carter Centre To Eradicate River Blindness

The Director, Public Health Services in Enugu State, Dr Okechukwu Ossai, on Thursday said the state government and Carter Centre…

UN Security Council membership bid: Nigeria seeks Russia’s support

Nigeria hopes for Russia’s assistance and support in Abuja’s bid to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council…

Insurance policies: Oyo government tasks insurance firms on enlightenment

Chief Moses Adeyemo, the Oyo State Deputy Gov., has advised insurance firms to enlighten Nigerians on benefits of insurance policies.…

Netherlands, Nigeria commence educational exchanges

The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Nigeria on Thursday announced that its government had commenced educational exchange…

Job Creation: Delta Govt Seeks Partnership With World Bank

The Delta Government has announced its readiness to seek partnership with the World Bank in funding job creation programmes in…

Delta adopts measures to tackle flooding

The Delta Government has adopted short and long term approaches to tackle the problem of flooding in Asaba and other…
Jose Eduardo dos Santos

Angolan Elections: Commission Extends Voting To Saturday

The Angolan National Elections Commission announced on Thursday extended voting in 15 polling centres in parts of the country to…
Court jails Lagos man Damilare Adewale 14 years he pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a 14-year-old girl

Police Arrest 6 Members Of Bag-Snatching Gang

The police on Thursday arraigned six men in a Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, suspected to be members…

8 missing in Switzerland landslide

Eight people are missing following a landslide in an alpine valley in south-eastern Switzerland, police say.
Scene of a plane crash

Nigerian investigators probe aircraft crash in São Tomé & Principe

A team of accident investigators from Nigeria’s Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has left Lagos for São Tomé and Principe to…

Ritual Killing: Rivers Police arrests second suspect

Rivers State Police has arrested the second suspect who allegedly asked a suspected undergraduate ritualist, Ifeanyi Dike, to procure human…

68 Boko Haram insurgents surrender in Borno – Army

The Nigerian Army on Thursday said 68 Boko Haram insurgents surrendered to troops in Borno in the last three weeks.

Governor returns to northern state as part of ceasefire

Rival armed groups in northern Mali agreed to the return of a state governor to the desert city of Kidal…

Access Bank gross N246.6bn in first 6 months in 2017

Access Bank Plc on Wednesday announced gross earnings of N246.6 billion for the 2017 half year ended June 30, 2017.
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EU commended for establishing Judiciary Research Centre in Osun

Gov.  Rauf Aregbesola  of  Osun  on Wednesday lauded  the European Union for  establishing  a modern Judicial Research Centre  in the state.

Hate speech: Stiff penalties proposed against promoters

A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Israel Famurewa (Osun-APC) on Wednesday said there was need for a law…
Laptops

Yudala advises tech-savvy population on tips on getting a new laptop

Yudala Ltd., Nigeria’s fastest growing composite e-commerce outlet on Wednesday advised contemporary tech-smart population on six features to look for…

IPOB movement peaceful, non-violent – Kanu

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) will never resort to armed conflict or rebellion, notwithstanding the killings, arrest and arbitrary…

Jobless man rapes neighbour’s 12-year old daughter in bathroom

A 20-year-old unemployed man, Victor Akinsola, who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s 12-year-old daughter, was on Wednesday hauled before an Ikeja…

Residents protest escape of suspected undergraduate ritualist

Some residents of Eliozu area of Port Harcourt on Wednesday protested the unfortunate escape of Mr Ifeanyi Dike, a suspected…
Explosion

2 killed, 11 injured in suicide bomb attack in Maiduguri – Police

The Police Command in Borno on Wednesday said two persons were killed and 11 others sustained injuries in a suicide…

Restructuring: Ajimobi advocates resource control, fiscal discipline

As the debate for the restructuring of the country rages, Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has called on the…

Foundation Restates Commitment To Promotion Of Academic Excellence

A Non-governmental organization, NGO, Younis Olatunji Basorun Education Foundation (YOBEF); has restated its commitment to the promotion of academic excellence…
Aliko Dangote

Dangote, Niger sign $450 million MOU on sugar production

In another bold move for self-sufficiency in sugar production through the government’s backward integration policy, the Pan African Conglomerate, Dangote…

Biz-woman Sent To Prison Over Alleged Usd77, 000 Theft

A 39 years old business woman, Josephine Iwhoha has been arrested and arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court for allegedly…
Fraud

Bank sues MD Over Unpaid N9.5 million Loan

The management of LINK Credit Services and Investment Limited located on Victoria Island, Lagos South West Nigeria has dragged the…

Fidelity Bank Drags Ex-Staff To Court Over Alleged Fraud

The management of Fidelity Bank Plc, Lagos has dragged its former female staff, Adenike Okuneye, 31, before a Lagos Magistrate…

Ambode’s Wife Tasks Women Lawyers On Gender Equality, Child Rights

Wife of Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode has urged lawyers to evolve new ways of making more progress on…

No strange death in LUTH – CMD

Prof. Chris Bode, the Chief Medical Director, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, on Wednesday said nobody died of…