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2019: Lanlehin obtains ADC governorship forms.

Oyo State Governorship aspirants increase on daily as Senator Olufemi Lanlehin of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, obtained expression of…
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American businessman arraigned for allegedly stealing $155,000

Paul Iyoghojie A businessman, Dominic Labiran, 56, from Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria has been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court…

Lagos Principal suspends five students for wearing hijab

No fewer than five students of Isolo Senior Secondary School were sent out of school by their principal for putting…

Flood submerges 5 Benue communities, rice mill

Mr Emmanuel Shior, the Executive Secretary, Benue State Emergency Management Agency (BSEMA), said on Wednesday that the rampaging flood has…
Adeleke warned against violence among transport workers’ unions in the state.

Osun poll: Saraki, Atiku, Secondus rally support for Adeleke

Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Osun, the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday in Osogbo, canvassed support for…

Liberia loses $104m in central bank cash, bans 15 from foreign travel

Fifteen Liberians, including the son of former president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, are banned from leaving the country while the government…

Mexico marks twin anniversaries of powerful quakes

Mexico on Wednesday marked the anniversaries of two earthquakes that hit the Country on the same date in 1985 and…
Why NCC shutdown telecommunications services in Zamfara for two weeks

NCC boss tasks telecom companies on funding researches, innovations

Prof. Umar Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has tasked telecommunications companies on the need to fund…

Kwara politics: Imposition era over — Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the era of imposition is over in Kwara politics and…
Daddy Showkey makes touching revelation about Pasuma

Politics: Daddy Showkey to run for elective position

Veteran singer, Daddy Showkey said he might go into politics to address the decay in his neighbourhood.

Put Nigeria first in all you do, military chief tasks cadets

The Director Sport, Defence Headquarters, AVM Dayo Adeluoye, on Wednesday urged graduating cadets of the Nigerian Defence Academy to put…

Food insecurity: Gambia calls for global support

The Gambian government had declared on Wednesday a status of food insecurity and called on global partners to swiftly respond…
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Lafarge Africa spends N661.63m on CSR in Nigeria

Lafarge Africa Plc said on Wednesday that the company spent N661.63 million on corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives across Nigeria…

Osinbajo directs NEMA to supply building materials for Niger IDPs

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has directed the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to supply building materials for resettlement of Internally…

Gov. Ganduje swears in new deputy governor

The new Deputy Governor of Kano State Alhaji Nasiru Yusuf-Gawuna has been sworn-in on Wednesday at a ceremony presided over…
Kate Middleton

Gossip magazine loses appeal over topless pictures of Princess Kate

French Gossip Magazine Closer lost its appeal on Wednesday against hefty fines issued over topless pictures it published of Kate,…
Nigerian Government expresses condolences to the government and people of Zambia over the passing of its former president, Edgar Lungu,

Misapplication of funds: Zambian President fires Minister

Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Wednesday fired a Minister responsible for the administration of a social cash transfer scheme after…

Nigerians demand review of child adoption laws

Some Nigerians have called for a review of child adoption laws to discourage individuals or couples from patronising baby factories…

Funding structure for Ajaokuta-Kano gas pipeline project almost ready – NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it has made significant progress in negotiating the funding terms and payback structure…

UK warns British-Iranian dual Nationals over travel to Iran

Britain on Wednesday advised British-Iranian dual Nationals against travel to Iran, tightening up its existing travel advice and warned that…

Nigerian Army sets up rehabilitation center for injured soldiers

The Nigerian Army has set up a modern rehabilitation centre for soldiers injured in combat and non-combat operations in the…
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)

Customs confiscates hard drugs worth N7m in Gombe

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized suspected hard drugs worth N7 million in Gombe.

Lagos ports expect 22 ships carrying various products

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), says it is expecting 22 ships to berth at Apapa and Tin Can Island Ports…

German Police Officer suspended after xenophobic incident

A Police Officer has been suspended while investigations proceed into an apparent xenophobic incident in an ice cream cafe in…

INEC lauds U.S. IRI support toward credible General Elections

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commended the U.S.-based International Republican Institute (IRI) for sustained support toward a hitch…

Man allegedly defrauds Stanbic IBTC Bank of N60 million

A 54-year-old man, Tajudeen Oladega, was on Wednesday arraigned for allegedly obtaining the sum of N60 million from a new…

Railway Corporation decries incessant vandalism of equipment

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has decried incessant vandalism of equipment on its Eastern Corridors saying that the act hinders…

NAPTIP arrests child abuse suspect

The Benin Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) said it had arrested…

Ondo Assembly passes OSOPADEC 2018 Appropriation bill

The Ondo State House of Assembly has passed the Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC) 2018 Appropriation Bill…

Enugu Govt. nullifies district health system

The Enugu State Government has nullified the district health system and adopted the World Health Organisation (WHO) system as part…