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More heads to roll at NNPC, says GMD

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The gale of sack state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) where at least, 38 senior managers have been…
Ibrahim Lamorde, former EFCC Chairman is dead

We welcome constructive criticisms, says Lamorde

The chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Lamorde, says the Commission is not adverse to constructive criticisms that…

Publicize your inventions for all to see, Buhari tells NASENI

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital urged the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) to…

How Godswill Akpabio hijacked election materials – Okori

The Justice Goddy Anunihu led the election petition tribunal sitting at the Customary Court, Dutsen Alhaji in Abuja on Thursday…

Nigerians criticise senators, lawmakers for rejecting pay cut

Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have criticised the rejection of a pay cut by members of the…

Ambode approves N188.5m for scholarship awards

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has approved N188.5 million for the payment of 2014/2015 local scholarship and subsequent payments…
EFCC alleges foul play, approaches Court of Appeal to quash no-case ruling ex-governor Babangida Aliyu and Tanko Beji in N4bn fraud trial

Niger Assembly set to probe ex-governor, Babangida Aliyu

The Niger state House of Assembly on Thursday directed Governor Abubakar Bello to probe the activities of the immediate past…

Ooni: Fayemi Condoles With Sijuwade Family

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has commiserated with Sijuwade family, the Ile-Ife people and the government of…

NSCDC To Train Private Guards On Crime Prevention

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Thursday said it was set to train private security guards to…

Buhari sacks NPA boss, Ado Bayero

President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated the appointment of the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Alhaji Sanusi Ado…

Six Cameroon villagers massacred by Boko Haram

YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Boko Haram militants massacred six villagers in Cameroon before the overnight attack was repelled by government soldiers,…

Lagos Police dismiss GT Bank bomb story

The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday said that the scary story that a car bomb was planted at a…

We Sacked 38 Senior Managers To Save Cost –NNPC GMD

The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, said on Thursday the task of restructuring the corporation into a lean, efficient, and…

Trader Stabs Woman Over Alleged Dating Of Husband

A 22-year-old trader, Kuburat Sanni, on Thursday, in Lagos, appeared in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stabbing a woman.…

Don’t truncate The Fight Against Corruption –APC Warns

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned against any attempt to truncate the ongoing fight against corruption under any guise,…

Senate approves $75 million World Bank loan for Edo

The Senate on Thursday approved a 75 million World Bank loan for Edo state’s Development Policy Operation (DPO) as requested…

Bodies of crashed helicopter pilot, co-pilot recovered

The bodies of the remaining two persons missing from Wednesday’s Bristow helicopter crash in Lagos have been recovered by the…

Rivers Govt. receives report on bird flu, takes samples for test

The Rivers Government said on Thursday that it had received reports of new bird flu outbreak in the state. Dr…

Police recover 42 cows in Plateau

The police in Plateau on Thursday said it recovered 42 of the 500 cows rustled in Kadunung village in Mangu…
Sijuwade

Oba Sijuwade’s legacies will endure for generations – Atiku

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the deceased Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade Olubuse (II) as…

We sacked 38 senior managers to cut cost- NNPC GMD

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC said on Thursday tjay task of restructuring Corporation into a lean, efficient,…

Plateau imposes curfew in Riyom, Bakin Ladi LG

The Plateau Government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in Riyom and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas following a resurgence of…

Group Faults Odumakin Over Petition Against Aregbesola

Taiwo Adelu National Publicity Secretary of the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, has come under attack over the petition…

Ooni’s Passing: Exit Of  An Icon —Awolowo Foundation

The passing of His Imperial Majesty, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II,  the Ooni of Ife, has been described as an…
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Fake Female Lawyer Docked After 10 Years In Practice

Cyriacus Izuekwe The police in Lagos have arrested a fake female a legal practitioner who has allegedly been defrauding unsuspecting…

Buhari asks Service Chiefs to end Boko Haram in three months

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja “You need to brace up and continue to team up with other stakeholders to come up with a…

Copter Crash: Bristow pledges assistance to, survivors, families of deceased

Bristow Helicopter Limited on Thursday promised to assist survivors and families of the dead victims of its ill-fated chopper that…
RMAFC on Tuesday reacts to ongoing controversies over the salaries and allowances being paid to members of the National Assembly.

We will not cut our pay, allowances, Senators say

The Senate after an hour close door session on Wednesday, stood down the report of its ad hoc committee on…

6 killed in Boko Haram attack near Maiduguri

Maiduguri (Reuters) – At least six people have been killed during a raid by Boko Haram militants outside Nigeria’s northeastern…

For aiding Al-Qaeda, US jails Nigeria’s ‘Ayatollah Mustapha’ for 22 years

A Nigerian accused of receiving weapons training from al Qaeda’s Yemeni affiliate and writing rap lyrics, among other contributions, for…