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Teachers protest over backlog of salaries in Bayelsa

The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) in Bayelsa on Monday protested over unpaid four months’ salary arrears. The…

EFCC arrests fake lawyer over N7m scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says it has arrested one Thankgod Echem it described as a fake lawyer…
Tinubu appoints ex-LAMATA boss Mobereola as NIMASA DG

Lagos begins construction of alternative road to decongest Oworoshoki traffic

The Lagos State Government has begun the construction of alternative road from Olopomeji areas of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria in order…
Ali Modu Sheriff

Breaking: Court suspends PDP National Convention

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday suspended the planned convention of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), slated for Aug.…

Ejeh of Ankpa – Ahmodu dies at 73

Alhaji Yakubu Ahmodu, the Ejeh of Ankpa in Kogi State, died in his place on Monday at the age of…

Primary school teacher allegedly rapes 7 girls

The Katsina State Police Command has arraigned Hamisu Galadima, a primary school teacher, before a senior magistrate’s court for allegedly…

South African woman jailed 10 years for child theft

A woman who snatched a newborn from a South African maternity ward 19 years ago was sentenced to 10 years…

Saudi Arabia arrests Nigerian pilgrim with kolanuts

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A yet-to-be identified Nigerian pilgrim has landed in trouble in Saudi Arabia for taking kolanuts to the holy…

Zambia’s President Lungu re-elected as rival cries foul

Zambia’s incumbent President Edgar Lungu was on Monday declared the winner of a closely-fought election in the southern African country,…

Horror as bus crash kills at least 33

At least 33 people were killed Monday when a passenger bus skidded off the road and plunged down a hill…

Reps have no power to insert projects in budget – SERAP

Against the background of allegations of budget padding and abuse of public trust by the leadership of the House of…

Imo to host deaf football championship in November

The Secretary-General, Nigeria Deaf Sports Federation (NDSF), Lukman Agbabiaka, on Monday, announced that Imo State would host the 5th National…

Send me flight ticket, I’ll be in Nigeria pronto – Wanted Journalist

Ahmad Salkida, the Nigerian journalist based in Dubai who was declared wanted on Sunday by the Nigerian Army has asked…

Man in court for stealing turkeys

The police on Monday docked a 27-year old man, Olawale Olatunji, at an Iyaganku Senior Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan…

Kebbi to rehabilitate all public schools before Sept

The Kebbi Government on Monday said it would rehabilitate all primary and secondary schools in the state before September when…

Ambode signs Bill to jail land grabbers 10 years

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday signed into law the Lagos State Properties Protection Bill that recommends…

5 dead as flood sacks thousands from homes in Louisiana

Swollen rivers in Louisiana are expected to keep rising Monday as deadly floodwaters have displaced tens of thousands of people…

2016 Hajj: 3,500 depart from Sokoto

Alhaji Abubakar Kaoje, the Sokoto Zonal Coordinator of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), said on Monday that a…

KWASU VC backs scrapping of diploma programmes in varsities

The Vice Chancellor, Kwara State University, Prof. Abdulrasheed Na’Allah has supported the recent announcement by the Federal Government, stopping universities…

Kebbi gov. urges communities to vacate flood-prone areas

Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has advised farmers and residents in flood-prone areas to vacate their communities due to the…

Edo governorship candidate to introduce E-Governance

Mr. Godwin Obaseki, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Sept. 10 governorship elections in Edo, says he will…

NDLEA appeals to religious bodies to fight drug trafficking

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Monday, appealed to religious institutions to mobilise their members and resources to…

Japan to sponsor 29 Nigerians for Masters degree

The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) says it is sponsoring 29 Nigerians to Japan for their Master’s degree under the…
Chibok girls

Boko Haram: Security agencies tasked on Chibok girls video

The Girl-Child Right Awareness Initiative in Africa, an NGO, has called on security agencies to act swiftly on the latest…

Lagos charges councils to embrace cashless revenue collection

The Lagos State Government has charged the Sole Administrators of the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas,…

Sheriff has come to destroy PDP– Fani-Kayode

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister has reacted to a comment credited to the factional national chairman of the People’s Democratic…

EFCC to quiz Jibrin over alleged N418m contracts fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is set to quiz a former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Mr.…

Father identifies daughter among kidnapped Chibok girls

The father of one of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped from the remote area of Chibok more than two years ago…

Bolt still the world’s fastest man, wins Rio Olympics 100m gold

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt on Sunday became the first athlete to win three Olympic 100m titles by edging out American Justin…
Lagos Airport to undergo brief power shutdown on Wednesday

Hajj 2016: NAHCON transports 20,000 pilgrims in a week

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says no fewer than 20,000 pilgrims have been transported to Saudi Arabia for…