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House of Reps Deputy Speaker vows not to dump APC

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Mr Yusuf Lasun, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, says he will not leave the All Progressives Congress…

Banking sector records N32.90trn transactions in Q2 2018

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says a total of 509,668,433 transactions valued at N32.90 trillion was recorded in the…

Reuters reporters case: Myanmar judge fixes Aug. 27 to deliver judgment

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The judge in the trial of two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar on accusations of obtaining secret state documents, on…

Iran urges EU to accelerate efforts to salvage nuclear deal

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Iran on Monday urged the European Union (EU) to accelerate its efforts to salvage a 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran…

India floods: 6,000 still stranded, over 1m in camps

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Authorities and military on Monday stepped up rescue and relief efforts in the flood-ravaged India’s state of Kerala where an…

UNILAG to launch centres of excellence to boost research

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) says it has concluded arrangements for its research agenda setting workshop and launch of the…

Italy threaten not to return 177 migrants to Libya

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Italy threaten not to return to Libya 177 migrants at the centre of a diplomatic stand-off if the European Union…

1 killed, 5 wounded as Ugandan police quell protest

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Police in Uganda said one person was killed and five others were wounded on Sunday, as security forces used…

NIRSAL launches new agric insurance product

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has developed a new insurance product to mitigate the impact…

Economic Commission for Africa mourns Kofi Annan

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Ms Vera Songwe, the Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), has joined the United Nations family in mourning the…

Attack on economy no different from attack on flag – Erdogan

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday cast a recent currency crisis as an attack on Turkey’s economy, no different from a…

Lagos Govt seeks support of residents as 3rd Mainland Bridge undergoes test

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Lagos State Government has said that the Third Mainland Bridge will be temporarily shut down for from midnight of…

Tears, joy as 90 Korean families separated by war reunite

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Some 90 families from the two Koreas were reunited in the North on Monday, weeping and embracing each after being…

Turkey: Shots fired at U.S. Embassy, no casualties – Police

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Several gunshots were fired early Monday morning from a vehicle at the U.S. Embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, causing…

India successfully tests anti-tank guided missile, guided bombs

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

India successfully flight tested its indigenously developed helicopter launched anti-tank guided missile and guided bombs — Smart Anti-Airfield Weapons (SAAW)…

Victims Support Fund earmarks N700m to reconstruct Benue public buildings

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Presidential Task Force on Victims Support Fund (VSF) said on Sunday that it had set aside N700 million for…

IDP delivers quadruplet in Zamfara

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Thirty-three 33-year-old Zainab Salisu, an internally displaced person (IDP) in Maradun camp, Zamfara, has been delivered of a set of…

Pakistanis likely to spend $24m on Eid festival

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

People in Pakistan are likely to spend over 24 million dollars on the forthcoming festival of Eid-ul-Adha to be marked…

Plateau lauds Nigerian Govt over law establishing Jos medical school

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Plateau Government has lauded the efforts of the Federal Government for signing into law, the Act establishing the Federal…

Taliban militants kidnap dozens of bus passengers in Afghanistan

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Taliban insurgents kidnapped dozens of passengers after stopping three buses in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province, a government official said on…

Hajj climax: Over 2m Muslims converge on Mount Arafat

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

No fewer than two million pilgrims converged on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Monday to mark the climax of…

Pakistani new PM declines to live in lavish official house

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Pakistan’s newly-elected Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that he will not live in the lavish Prime Minister House which has…

2019: We will send APC packing from Lagos – ADP

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The Action Democratic Party (ADP)on Sunday said it would dislodge the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos by winning the…

PDP condemns demolition of Aiyefele’s studio

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the demolition of a building belonging to musical maestro, Yinka Aiyefele, in Ibadan by…

Falana rubbishes report that Lagos is 3rd most dangerous city in the world

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has said that he does not believe in the report that Lagos State was…

SPDC recovers 95% spilled oil in Aghoro, Odimodi – Spokesman

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) says it has recovered more than 95 per cent of spilled oil…

Shettima dispels misinformation on alleged bombing of dam by insurgents

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima has dispelled speculations on Saturday that a lake in Alau town, a distance of about…

DisCos fault planned implementation of N72bn distribution network financing initiative

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos), says government’s plan to implement the N72 billion distribution network financing initiative through the Transmission Company…

Eid-el-Kabir: Police deploy 3, 000 personnel in Nasarawa

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The Nasarawa State Police Command on Sunday said it has deployed 3, 000 personnel to ensure a hitch-free Eid-el-Kabir celebration…

Firm launches MSMEs courier app, targets theft prevention

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

After examining challenges confronting courier services in Nigeria, Getittome Africa has launched a new mobile application, getittome, to assist Micro,…

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