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Hausa traders, hoodlums clash in Benin, 6 injured

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

No fewer than six persons were severely injured when some suspected hoodlums attacked some Hausa foreign exchange traders at Ekiosa…

Apapa Gridlock: Military, LASG, order truck drivers to vacate bridge

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

Stakeholders, including the Nigerian Military and the Lagos State Government(LASG) on Wednesday, gave a 48-hour ultimatum to all tanker drivers…

Buhari to inaugurate ERGP Labs Tuesday

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, says the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) Focus…

Prison inmate begs for freedom

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

An inmate of Warri Prison in Delta State, Mr. Lucky Ishaka, has pleaded with the Delta State Advisory Council on…

UN issues global call for refugee girls’ education

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The UN on Wednesday issued a global call to close what it called a critical gap in refugee girls’ education,…

UTME 2018: JAMB to fight malpractice

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said on Wednesday that measures had been put in place to fight all…

Benue approves N12.3 billion for roads

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The Benue Executive Council on Wednesday approved a total of N8.3 for the construction of 30 township roads in four…

Lagos Seeks Support Of Police To Stem Tide Of Social Vices

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The Lagos State Government has sought the deployment of more specialized personnel of the Nigeria Police Force to assist the…

Tambuwal: High interest rate hurting small businesses

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The prevailing interest rate charged by banks is hurting small businesses in the country and should be reviewed downwards to…

6 injured in hoodlums, Hausa traders’ clash in Benin

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

No fewer than six persons were severely injured when some suspected hoodlums attacked some Hausa foreign exchange traders at Ekiosa…

Osinbajo at 61: Ndoma-Egba extols VP, describe him as highly dependable

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Chairman, Governing Board of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN) has described the Vice President, Prof.…

DPR seals 26 petrol stations in Ibadan over sharp practices

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The Head of Operations of Ibadan office of the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Sadiq Ibrahim Danjuma on Wednesday stated…

How to handle herdsmen/farmers clashes — Oshiomhole

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Former Edo Governor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, has urged Nigerians not to politicise the herders/farmers problem affecting some parts of the…

Meningitis strikes again, kills 14 in Jigawa

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Jigawa Government says meningitis has killed 14 persons as 51 suspected cases were recorded in 10 local government areas…

Rooftop train riding: Standard gauge line will end practice – NRC

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says the imminent introduction of the standard gauge line will permanently end the practice of…

Telecom industry: Danbatta calls for renewed thinking in policy framework

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Prof. Umar Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has called for renewed thinking by global policymakers and…

International Women’s Day: Council advises FG to address hunger in Nigeria

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The National Council for Women Societies (NCWS) has called on the Federal Government to take adequate steps in addressing the…

IMF praises Nigeria’s effort in foreign exchange reserves recovery

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday welcomed Nigeria’s exit from economic recession and lauded its strong recovery in foreign…

Benin Republic woman jailed 6 years for stealing employer’s N76m property

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

An Igbosere Magistrate Court, Lagos has sentenced a Cotonou, Republic of Benin woman, Janet Ketu aka Iya Bidemi, 44 to…

Staff Unions commend appointment of Omokungbe as Yabatech Rector

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Two non-academic staff unions of the Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech), on Wednesday hailed the appointment of Mr Obafemi Omokungbe…

Land Use Charge: Lagos Govt. extends period for discounted payment

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said it had extended the period for tax payers to enjoy discount of 15…

Man Sent To Prison For Duping Businessman $30,000

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

A 31-year old man, Anthony Okonji has been arrested and arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court for allegedly obtaining the…

Enugu State First Lady blasts women over failure to secure LG chairmanship positions

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Wife of Enugu State Governor, Mrs Monica Ugwuanyi has blamed women of the state for failure to secure a chairmanship…

Nigerian Senate approves conference report on NFIU autonomy

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Senate on Wednesday approved the conference committee report on a bill that will grant autonomy to Nigerian Financial Intelligence…

Small businesses affected by High interest – Gov. Tambuwal

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Wednesday appealed to financial institutions to review downwards the interest rates charged on…

Improved energy management can boost economic growth – ECN

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) on Wednesday said the economy of Nigeria would improve if energy was well managed…

Nigeria deserves the best of FIFA World Cup – NBC

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Managing Director of Nigeria Bottling Company (NBC), George Polymenakos, on Wednesday in Abuja said Nigeria deserves the best of…

Mathematics Day: Teachers urged to make subject attractive

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Association for Promoting Interest in Mathematics and Sciences (APRIMATHS), has called on mathematics teachers to device practical ways of…

No crisis in Lagos APC over Oyegun, says party chieftain

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, Chief Tajudeen Olusi, says there is no crack in the…

Chinese national nabbed with pangolin plates valued at N1.73bn

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ says it has apprehended a suspect, Chinese national with 329 sacks of Pangolin’s…

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