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Kano PDP tasks INEC, security agencies on fairness in re-run election

Michael Adesina

7 years ago

The Kano State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and…

Gov. Ikpeazu reiterates commitment to run inclusive government

Michael Adesina

7 years ago

Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia on Wednesday reiterated his resolve to run an all inclusive government to ensure speedy and…

VAT: Fowler Didn’t Call For 50 Percent Increase – FIRS

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has dismissed media reports quoting its Chairman, Mr. Tunde Fowler, as suggesting an increase…

EFCC seeks tougher stance against oil thieves

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr Ibrahim Magu, has called for concerted efforts to…

Police detain 2 officers for allegedly killing NSCDC personnel

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) says it has taken into custody two of its officers…

FG approves N27.4bn for victims of conflicts, insecurity, flooding

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N27.4 billion as intervention funds for states affected by conflicts, insecurity and…

Lagos Task Force arrests 7 miscreants, cultists over Mile 12 attack

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Operatives of the Lagos State Task Force have arrested seven suspected miscreants and a cult leader over an attack on…

Oyo begins biometric data verification for retired teachers, LG workers

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Oyo State Government has begun bio metric data verification exercise for retired primary school teachers and local government workers in…

Naira weakens marginally against dollar at parallel market

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The Naira on Wednesday lost marginally to the dollar at the parallel market in Lagos exchanging at N358.2 to the…

Zamfara Assembly extends Council Chairmen’s tenure

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The Zamfara State House of Assembly on Wednesday extended the tenure of all the 14 local government chairmen in the…

Edo Assembly issues arrest warrant on Chinese business man

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Edo State House of Assembly has issued a warrant of arrest on the Managing Director of Rongtai Aluminum Company, Mr.…

Cyclone Idai: WHO sending urgent health assistance to displaced thousands in Mozambique, others

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The World Health Organization (WHO) is providing urgent assistance to meet the health needs of thousands of people impacted by…

Cult invasion: Obaseki orders police to apprehend gang members

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has condemned the invasion of two secondary schools on Tuesday in Benin, by suspected cult…

Osinbajo receives VGC leaders despite polling unit loss

Michael Adesina

7 years ago

By Adeshina Michael The leaders of the Victoria Garden City (VGC) Residents Association, visited Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in his…

Cultists kill barber, polytechnic student in Edo

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

A barbing saloon operator whose identity still remains unknown, was Wednesday morning murdered by gunmen suspected to be cultists.

UCTH Resident doctors’ strike unnecessary, says CMD

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

The Chief Medical Director (CMD), University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Prof. Thomas Agan, has described as ‘unnecessary’ the strike action…

Nasarawa Govt. clears N40bn debt – Al-Makura

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Nasarawa State Governor, Umaru Al-Makura, on Wednesday said the state government had cleared more than N40 billion debt incurred before…

Pregnant woman, 2 children killed in Anambra fire — Police

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

The police command in Anambra has confirmed the death of a pregnant woman and her two children in a fire…

Rain destroys palace, 46 houses in Ekiti

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

No fewer than 46 houses and a monarch’s palace were destroyed by a rainstorm in Are Ekiti, a town in…

Rivers Election: Court declines AAC petition against INEC to stop result compilation.

Michael Adesina

7 years ago

The Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday declined to give an order stopping the collation of results of the Governorship…

PDP challenges elections results in Nasarawa at tribunal

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The Nasarawa state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has filed cases at the election tribunal to…

EU fines Google €1.49bn, citing anti-competitive ad service

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

The European Commission is fining Google 1.49 billion Euros (1.7 billion dollars) for breaching EU competition rules by abusing its…

Nassarawa PDP to challenge results of election at tribunal

Michael Adesina

7 years ago

The Nasarawa state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has filed cases at the election tribunal…

NDLEA discovers illegal laboratory in Enugu

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The National Law Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Enugu State Command, says it has discovered an illegal laboratory manufacturing methamphetamine in…

Court sentences 2 coy executives for forging tax clearance certificate

Michael Adesina

7 years ago

Justice Adeniyi, convicted Sabastine and Anthony, after finding them guilty of conspiracy and forgery of tax clearance certificate and financial…

Man kills wife’s alleged secret lover

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

A 25-year old man, Ajibade Olumuyiwa has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly killing…

Court fixes March 25 for NDLEA to arraign applicant for peddling 10kg of cannabis

Michael Adesina

7 years ago

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday fixed March 25,for the arraignment of a 24-year-old applicant, Sunday Smart, who…

Billing: BEDC begins enumeration of customers

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

The Management of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) said on Wednesday that it had begun enumeration of its customers…

Nigeria ranks 85 on Global Happiness Report

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

As the world marks the International Day of Happiness, Nigeria is ranked 85 out of 156 countries and second in…

Fire outbreak destroys fabric shops, goods worth millions in Anambra

Michael Adesina

7 years ago

Anambra State Fire Service says she averted the late Tuesday night fire incident that destroyed goods worth millions of Naira…

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