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Buhari felicitates with Muslims at Eid-El-Maulud

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with the Islamic community in Nigeria as they celebrate the birthday of Prophet Muhammad. The…

Police reaffirm ban on street carnivals, use of fireworks

CSP Adebowale Lawal, Public Relations Officer, Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, on Wednesday reaffirmed the ban on street carnivals…

Osun needs N5bn IGR to fast-track development – Aregbesola

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has said that the state will need Internally Generated Revenue of five billion naira every…

Zakzaky, other Shi’ite members can be visited in detention – IG

The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase has denied a recent online report that he would have to seek “orders…

Nigerians say Cameroonian troops after killing 70 insurgents

Fleeing villagers in Nigeria’s northeast say Cameroonian troops have killed at least 70 residents while chasing Islamic insurgents into communities…
Nigerian governors lose to Federal Govt. in court

Nigerian states face bankruptcy, further income crash

Nigeria’s dire economic situation and the near bankruptcy of many states were further underscored Tuesday with the amount available to…

EFCC slams theft charge on Tompolo, Akpobolokemi

Akin Kuponiyi Nigeria anti-graft agency Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed forty-count criminal charge of unlawful conversion against…
Ex- Senator, Shehu Sani, explains why bandits terrorising the country cannot be persuaded to abandon their criminal ways through dialogue

Kaduna APC set to suspend Senator Shehu Sani

Femi Adi/Kaduna All Progressives Congress, APC Kaduna Chapter, appears to have concluded plans to suspend the Senator representing Kaduna Central,…

Foreign Exchange: We are aware of your difficulties – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has sympathised with Nigerians over the current hardship experienced in accessing foreign currency for their different transactions.…

Deaf children have 95% chance of hearing – Expert

Prof. Milan Profant, an expert on Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT), on Tuesday said many children born deaf in Nigeria…

Police promise to investigate Army, Shiite clash

The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Solomon Arase has promised to carry out a professional investigation into the recent clash…

Oshiomhole scraps Customary Court of Appeal

The Edo Government on Tuesday repealed the Act establishing the Customary Court of Appeal in the state. Governor Adams Oshiomhole,…

FIFA committee was ‘asleep for four years’ – Michel Platini

Banned Uefa president Michel Platini has accused world football’s ethics committee of “sleeping” for four years before barring him from…

Fashola gets N433.4bn for Power, Works and Housing

fashola The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja earmarked N433.4 billion in the 2016 budget for its services in the…

Yuletide: FG declares Dec. 24, 25, 28 public holidays

ambazau The Federal Government has declared December 24, Dec.25 and Dec. 28 public holidays to mark Maulud Nabiy, Christmas Day…

Saraki promises quick passage of 2016 budget

Eromosele Ebhomele President of the Nigerian Senate and chairman of the National Assembly, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday promised a…

DPO clears illegal street traders off Lion Building area

Paul Iyoghojie The female Divisional Police officer, DPO, in charge of Lion Building Division, Lagos Island, western Nigeria, CSP Anthonia…

Female ticketing officer sent to prison for theft

Paul Iyoghojie A female ticketing officer with Main One Cable Company in Lagos, western Nigeria, Joy Nakpodia, 38, has been…

Manager faces trial over theft of employer’s SUV

Paul Iyoghojie Edeh Joshua, 41, a marketing manager with Gladys Felix Service Nigeria Limited, a car sales firm at Agbor,…

Of Gbadegesin’s Sense of Duty

By Kunle Ajibade William Faulkner, the winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature, wrote in one of his novels,…

Buhari, Amaechi named ‘Men of the Year’

•Demands immediate sack of Gesila Khan INEC Rivers REC Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives…

Britain deploy military personnel to fight Boko Haram in Nigeria

The British Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Fallon, has said his country will deploy additional military advisers and trainers…
Nigeria's ex-oil minister Diezani arraigns in UK Court charged with bribery

Diezani ties suspended indefinitely by Caribbean country

The Prime Minister of Dominican Republic, Roosevelt Skerrit, has suspended his country’s ties with Diezani Alison-Madueke following are arrest in…

Nigerians set to have ‘single identification numbers’

The Federal Government has directed all agencies capturing the biometrics of Nigerians to urgently aggregate their records so as to…

Boko Haram forces one million children out of school – UN

Violence in northeast Nigeria and neighbouring countries targeted by Boko Haram has forced more than one million children out of…

Wounded Shiite members dying in detention – Spokesman

Nigerian Shiites wounded in military raids are dying in military and police detention because they are being denied medical care,…

Buhari to present 2016 budget to National Assembly today

All is set for presentation of the 2016 national budget to the National Assembly on Tuesday, Lai Mohammed, Nigeria minister…

Police arrest 980 crime suspects in Ogun

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun state Police Command have arrested 980 suspects for various alleged criminal offences ranging from armed robbery,…

Wike assents to Rivers 2016 budget

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has assented to the 2016 budget passed by the Rivers State…

Ambode commissions Ipaja-Ayobo, Ikotun-Ejigbo roads

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday commissioned the Ipaja-Ayobo and Ikotun-Ejigbo roads and unveiled blueprint to transform…