Ailing economy: We’ve learnt our lesson in a hard way – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that Nigeria has learnt the hard way on how to diversify its economy. Buhari made this remark while receiving a Special Envoy from the President of Islamic...
View ArticleEFCC arrests former Deputy Speaker over N5.6bn fraud
A former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Chibudom Nwuche, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, for an alleged N5.6bn contract scam. Nwuche, who was a...
View ArticleBuhari mourns former deputy governor of Kano, condoles Ganduje
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday described the death of a former deputy Governor of Kano state, Engr. Magaji Abdullahi, as the demise of his close associate who immensely contributed to the...
View ArticleBayelsa got N3.5bn federal allocation in July – Information Commissioner
Contrary to claims in some quarters, the Bayelsa State government said it received N3.5 billion from the federal allocation for the month of July. This was disclosed on Tuesday by the Commissioner for...
View ArticleNiger Delta Republic: People of South South will not support you – Group...
A group, the Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, on Tuesday urged the militant group, Adaka Boro Avengers, ABA, to give peace a chance, stressing that no indigene of the region will...
View Article10 teachers die every month in Lagos – Perm Sec
The Lagos State Teachers’ Establishment and Pension Office, TEPO, has revealed that an average of 10 teachers die monthly in the post-primary teaching service of the state. The Permanent Secretary of...
View ArticleNo one can stop APC from winning Edo State – Oshiomhole
Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has carpeted a book written by his former Commissioner for Transport, Orobosa Omo-Ojo, about his emergence as the state governor and his leadership style....
View ArticleKogi Speaker, Jimoh Lawal resigns
Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon. Momoh Jimoh Lawal, has resigned from the post. Lawal was the arrowhead of the G-15 group of lawmakers. He tendered his letter of resignation to the...
View ArticleGod brought Buhari, APC into power for a reason – Osinbajo
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has expressed hope that Nigeria will surely overcome its many challenges. Osinbajo said there was hope for Nigeria despite the nationwide hardship beinng...
View ArticleInsecurity: DG of DSS summons Wike, Amaechi, others to security meeting
A security meeting has been held in Abuja with the botched rerun elections in Rivers State in view. The meeting was held at the instance of the Director General of the Department of State Services,...
View ArticleStop using projects as excuse for non-payment of salaries, pension – Workers...
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in Abia, yesterday urged the state government to settle workers’ salary arrears. A communiqué issued by the State Chairman, Comrade Uchenna Obigwe and the acting...
View ArticleClash between Yorubas, Hausas leaves three dead, scores injured in Lagos
A shootout on Tuesday between hoodlums and some officers attached to the Federal Operations Zone A, Ikeja, of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, at White Sand community in Ijora Badia area of Lagos...
View ArticleHunger made me steal from farm – 45-year-old man tells court
A 45-year-old bricklayer, Akinbami Ayeyemikan, on Wednesday told an Okitipupa Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State that it was hunger that made him to steal from a farm. The accused of no fixed address is...
View ArticlePDP youths protest alleged plans to scuttle National Convention
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Youth Movement, has protested what it alleged to be a plot to use the Federal High Court to scuttle the rescheduled PDP national convention. The placard...
View ArticleFG to start free feeding of 5.5million students in September
The Federal Government has confirmed that it will commence its National Home Grown School Feeding Programme in September with 5.5 million pupils nationwide. National Programme Manager, Mrs Abimbola...
View ArticleDon’t use force on Niger Delta militants – Dickson begs Buhari
Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson has advised President Muhammadu Buhari against using force on the Niger Delta militants. Dickson opined that dialogue remained the best way to stop the groups...
View ArticleSeven persons to face prosecution as FCTA bursts beggars’ syndicate
In its efforts to stamp out street begging in the Federal Capital Territory, the FCT Special Task Force on Abuja Environmental Protection has broken a syndicate of suspected suppliers of beggars to...
View ArticleAsari Dokubo’s first wife dies in motor accident
Alhaja Zainab Asari Dokubo, the first wife of Mujahid Dokubo Asari, is reported dead. Zanab died alongside a friend in an auto crash on her way to Ibadan. Alhaji Ishaq Kunle Sanni, chairman Oyo state...
View ArticleMy rival is sick, ignore his opposition to sack of NLC Chairman – Kebbi...
A faction of the Kebbi state chapter of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has backed the sack of the state chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Alhaji Murtala Usman. The News Agency of Nigeria...
View ArticleGovernors owing workers’ salaries are wicked – Kaigama
The Trade Union Congress, TUC, President, Bobboi Bala Kaigama, yesterday described as sheer wickedness the act of some governors owing salaries of civil servants in the states for over eight months,...
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