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Fashola Appoints 14 New Perm Secs

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola on Thursday held a send-off for 13 Permanent Secretaries who retired from the civil service…

School Curriculum Blamed For Unemployment

The Secretary General, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ilorin branch, Mr Sulyman Abaya, says  the present education curriculum is responsible for…

Senate Passes N4.99tr Budget

The Senate on Thursday passed the 2013 Appropriation bill of N4.99 trillion into law. The Senate Deputy President,  Ike Ekweremadu,…

1 Killed, 3 Injured In Accident

Tragedy struck in the early hours of Thursday in Omu-Aran, Kwara State, when a motorcyclist was killed while three others…

‘Red Meat Good For Health’

A nutritionist in St. Patrick Hospital, Kaduna State, Mrs Deborah Luka, has said that red meat contains important nutrients required…

Ex-CJN Wants Separate Regulator For Judges

A former Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Dahiru Musdapher, on Thursday in Lagos canvassed for the establishment of an…

PDP Slams LASIEC, Wants Body Dissolved

The Lagos State chapter of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the frequent stakeholders fora organised by Lagos State…

Mushin LG Boss Clears Air On Ownership Of Ladipo Market

The Chairman of Mushin Local Government, Mr Babatunde Adepitan has answered the lingering question about the ownership of Aguiyi-Ironsi International…

Isolo LCDA Chairman Marks 400 Days In Office

The chairman Isolo LCDA, Mr Shamsudeen Abiodun Olaleye marked 400 days in office on Wednesday at the council secretariat, Aswani,…

Yakowa, Azazi’s Death: Lawmakers Call For Probe

Two members of the House of Representatives and a lawmaker in the Lagos State House of Assembly have called for…

Cement Palaver: Dangote, Ibeto At War

A silent war is currently brewing between cement manufacturing giant, Dangote Group and Ibeto Cement Company, the sole importer of…

Pope: Mankind at stake over gay marriage

Pope Benedict XVI on Friday weighed in on a heated debate over gay marriage, criticising new concepts of the traditional…

Nigeria police warns on bombs in Xmas gifts

The Police in Nigeria’s Gombe State on Thursday urged residents of the state to be on the look out for…

Nigeria’s aviation analysts question military aircraft use by civilians

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent A group of Nigerian aviation analysts under the aegis of Aviation Round Table, ART, on Thursday questioned…

Nollywood star, Nkiru set free

Nkiru Sylvanus, the Nollywood actress and Special Assistant to Imo State governor on Public Affairs, who was kidnapped last Sunday…

Toure edges out Drogba for CAF Player Award

Ivorian Yaya Toure of Manchester City won Africa’s top football honour on Thursday, edging out his countryman Didier Drogba and…

Aregbesola extols Justice Eso at farewell session

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Nigeria’s state of Osun on Thursday said in Osogbo that the late jurist, Justice Kayode Eso,…

State of Osun to send 50 graduates to Germany

Nigeria’s state of Osun has concluded plans to send no fewer than 50 members of the state’s Youth Empowerment Scheme…

Hollande vows to free abducted citizen in Nigeria

French President Francois Hollande confirmed on Thursday that a French national, Francis Colump, had been kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria…

Nigerian court declines to keep bomb exhibits

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday admitted in evidence, 200 explosives allegedly seized from four suspects of the…

Michael Jackson’s glove breaks auction chart

One of Michael Jackson’s iconic single gloves sold for nearly $200,000 in Los Angeles, an auction house said Thursday. At…

21-12-12: Hours away to a new era or end of the world?

TIKAL, Guatemala (AFP) – Tucked away in thick forest, an exquisite site of Mayan ruins began hosting winter solstice ceremonies…

Nigeria: Jonathan, Kukah praise Yakowa at burial

The remains of former Governor of Kaduna State Patrick Yakowa were buried at his country home at Fadan Kagoma on…

Fire outbreak throws MMI Airport into chaos

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent The Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, was thrown into confusion Thursday when a thick…

Lagos Blacklists 244 Hotels

The Lagos State Government of Nigeria has blacklisted 244 hotels, event centres and restaurants in the state for failing to…

Falana queries use of military planes for shuttles

Following the crash of a naval helicopter on 15 December which led to the death of Kaduna State Governor, Patrick…

Woman Returns Stolen Kids

A middle-aged woman, Eloho Igwe who allegedly stole two young children last week in Benin City, has surrendered herself to…

Gov. Aliyu Berates Those Who Celebrated Yakowa’s Death

Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State has chided those Nigerians reported to have celebrated the death of late Governor Patrick…

Justice Eso begins final home journey

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The remains of eminent jurist and retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Justice Kayode Eso, left…

EFCC Nabs Courier With $130,000

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, arrested one Bash Abdu at the…