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Our committee will be fair to all – Kogi Auditor-General

The location and work schedule of the Kogi State Staff Screening Review and Complaints Committee will be announced next Wednesday.…

Facts on Osun: Salaries and pensions

Since the problem of non-payment of salaries for public sector workers across states of the federation became national issue early…

Troops recover cache of arms and ammunition in Gamboru

The Nigerian Army on Sunday said it had recovered cache of arms and ammunition in Gamboru. This is contained in…

Kogi jailbreak : 2 robbery convicts among inmates on the run

Two armed robbery convicts and 11 awaiting trial suspects were among the 13 inmates who escaped from Koton Karfe prison…

2 more Nigerians killed in South Africa

Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, President, Nigeria Union in South Africa, has confirmed that two Nigerians were killed in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province.…

Breaking News: JAMB withdraws 2016 admission lists

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has withdrawn the list of recommended candidates for admission earlier sent to tertiary…

Poll: Ambode leads as Nigeria’s top performing governor

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode is leading other Governors in the poll organised by the African Leadership Magazine to…

Lagos arrests 85 sanitation offenders

The Lagos State Taskforce on Saturday arrested 85 people for violating the environmental sanitation law of the state. Taskforce’s Head…

Eko Atlantic City’ll boost Lagos economy, IGR-Ambode

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday embarked on an extensive tour of the Eko Atlantic City project, expressing…

Police arrest 15 suspects for allegedly stealing school computers

Superintendent of Police (SP), Dolapo Badmos of the Lagos State Command, on Sunday said that the police had arrested 15…

Govt reminds workers of no-work-no-pay rule

With workers of Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) set for a fresh strike over the non-payment of April and May…

Lagos pays N142 million to deceased staff’s families

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government at the weekend paid N142 million to families of deceased staff as insurance claim.…

EKO Disco throws National Theatre into darkness

The Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EKEDC) on Sunday confirmed that electricity supply to the National Arts Theatre in Lagos…

Peacekeeping: Police warn officers against offering bribe

The Nigeria Police Force on Sunday in Abuja warned personnel of the force against giving money for selection for Peace…

Suicide bombers kill 5 in Somalia

At least five people were killed and several others were injured on Sunday in twin car bomb blasts at the…

SERAP asks Dogara, principal officers to resign

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Mr…

Breaking: Tokyo elects first female governor

Former Japanese defence minister Yuriko Koike has been elected as the Japanese capital’s first woman governor, exit polls project. Public…

Lebanese Mathematics teacher murdered in Sokoto

The Sokoto State Police Command has confirmed the alleged murder of a Lebanese, Mr Moin Amsuri, a Mathematics Teacher, at…

Austerity Measures: Buhari bans conference bags, T-shirts at workshops

The Federal Government has banned the procurement and distribution of conference bags, T-shirts and other souvenirs at events such as…

APC wins Minjibir constituency by-election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano State has declared Alhaji Tasi’u Ibrahim of the All Progressives Congress as…
Northern State Governors’ Forum pays tribute elder statesman and Chairman of PANDEF, Chief Edwin Clark who died on Tuesday.

FG, militants dialogue useless without Ijaw leaders – Clark

The Ijaw national leader Chief Edwin Clark said on Saturday that any dialogue between the Federal Government and militants in…

A country of honorifics, but no honour

Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò Not too long ago, a report in the social section of one of our national dailies caught my…

Rep denies shutdown of committee secretariat

The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Rep. Mustapha Dawaki (APC-Kano), has denied the alleged shut down, seizure, relocating…

13 inmates escape in fresh jailbreak at Koton karfe prison

Thirteen inmates escaped in fresh jailbreak recorded at Koton Karfe prison in Kogi in the early hours of Saturday. A…

9,000 women die of cervical cancer yearly in Nigeria

An Oncologist, Dr Kehinde Okunade, has said that no fewer than 9,000 Nigerian women die yearly as a result of…

Breaking: 16 killed in hot air balloon fire

A hot-air balloon carrying at least 16 people caught fire and crashed in central Texas on Saturday, federal officials said,…

Over 500 killed in Rivers’ cult clashes

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Over 500 people have been reportedly killed in cult clashes in two local government areas of Ahoada-East…

People will reject PDP which looted nation’s treasury — Oshiomhole

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State says people of the state will not allow the PDP loot and deplete the…

Abducted Iba traditional ruler yet to regain freedom

Prince Saheed Oseni, the son of the kidnapped Oba Yushau Oseni, traditional ruler of Iba town in Lagos state ,…

Environmental Sanitation: Mobile courts convict 105 residents

Kano State Government on Saturday said 105 people were arrested and convicted by mobile courts operating under the Kano Sanitation…