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Oyo State Confirms Outbreak Of Lassa Fever

Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Oyo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, has confirmed the outbreak of Lassa fever in the state…

Fire Guts Bodija Market

Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Property worth millions of naira were lost to fire disaster which occurred at Better Life plank section of…

Dogs nab Nigerian after jumping White House fence

A suspect who climbed over the White House fence Wednesday was nabbed by Secret Service agents and dogs, a spokesman…

$8.39m Fraud: Court Orders Separate Trial For Ajudua’s Co-Accused

Henry Ojelu A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja today ordered a separate trial for a court registrar, Mrs Idowu…

2015: Ambode Declares At Onikan Stadium Friday

Lagos state gubernatorial aspirant and former Accountant General of the state, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode, will on Friday 24 October, formally…

Rwanda ends Ebola checks on travellers from US, Spain

Rwanda lifted Thursday Ebola travel restrictions on travellers who had been in the United States and Spain after the president…

Boko Haram abducts more women, pays N1,500 dowry

No fewer than 60 women have now been confirmed abducted by Boko Haram militants from Wagga Mangoro and Garta villages…

Five dead in Bauchi bus station blast – Police

A bomb blast at a bus station in a north Nigeria area previously targeted by Boko Haram killed five people,…

Fayose begins political intimidation, shuts Speaker’s petrol station

The drama and tension in Ekiti state had barely doused when newly sworn-in governor, Ayodele Fayose seems to have taken…

Senator accuses journalists of phone theft

Journalists who covered the official visit of the Senate Committee on Privatisation at the Kano Electricity Distribution Company, Kano, were…

Explosion rocks bus station in Bauchi

A large explosion rocked a bus station Wednesday in a north Nigeria area previously targeted by Boko Haram, witnesses said,…

FG, States, share N603.5bn in Sept

The Minister of State for Finance, Mr Bashir Yuguda,on Wednesday announced that Federal, States and Local Governments shared N603.5 billion…

David Mark denies imposing governorship candidate on Oyo PDP

Senate President David Mark has dismissed reports that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Integration Committee for the South West was…

HND Discrimination Bill narrowly scales second reading

The Bill for an Act to Abolish and Prohibit Dichotomy and Discrimination between First Degrees and Higher National Diploma in…

Man Pays N20m Ransom After 9 Days in Captivity

Cyriacus Izuekwe The managing director, Dapsey Oil, Chief Oladapo Coker who was recently kidnapped has regained his freedom after he…

Nigeria spends N796bn on fuelling generators, says Expert

Jethro Ibileke/Benin An estimated sum of N796.4 billion is spent annually on fuel to power electric generators in Nigeria. Godfrey…

Ogun APC Chairman Loses Wife in Auto crash

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State All Progressives Congress (APC) state chairman, Alhaji Roqeeb Adeniji lost his wife yesterday in an…

Attorney General Takes over Okorodudu Prosecution

Henry Ojelu The office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) has taken over the prosecution of the Managing Director…

Jonathan reshuffle cabinet, replaces Wike, others

Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday announced a minor cabinet reshuffle to fill the vacancies created by the resignation of…

‎Oduah Bullet-Proof Cars: Court Fixes October 27‎ for ruling

A Federal High Court in Lagos, western Nigeria, will deliver judgment on 27 October in a suit filed against the…

2015: APC denies adopting presidential candidate

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa state on Wednesday denied insinuations that its leadership had adopted a presidential candidate…

IG orders audit of police armouries nationwide

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, has ordered a thorough audit of the force armouries nationwide. The directive…

Insecurity should not stop voting in any part of Nigeria – APC

Nigeria’s main opposition party on Tuesday expressed concern that swathes of voters could be disenfranchised by Boko Haram violence at…

Asari Dokubo threatens to deal with Lai Mohammed, APC tells IG

The All Progressive Congress (APC) has written the Presidency, Police and State Security Service over statements attributed to the leader…

Ikuforiji launches guber campaign Oct. 26

By Simon Ateba Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, would launch his governorship bid on 26…

SURE-P has impacted lives of Nigerians positively, says Sambo

Vice President Namadi Sambo on Tuesday assured Nigerians that the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) of the Federal Government…

FG saves N160 bn from ghost workers

Federal Government says it has saved N160 billion in salaries after weeding out 60,000 ghost workers from the service using…

2015: No automatic waiver for PDP members – Mu’azu

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, said in Abuja that there would be no…

Amosun has incurred N200bn debt in Ogun – Daniel

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The former governor of Ogun state and a former chieftain of Labour Party in the state, Otunba Gbenga…

Rape victims to get compensation in new Kano law

The Kano State House of Assembly on Tuesday approved the amendment to the Kano State Rape Prohibition Bill 2014. NAN…