APC chieftain hails El-Rufai’s move to recover lands, livestock
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State, Alhaji Ali Gidado Idris, has lauded Nasir El-Rufai’s bold steps to recover over a thousand livestock stolen by cattle rustlers at...
View Article“Our father stopped taking care of us after he married second wife” –...
The children of a 53-year-old petitioner, Hakeem Jimoh, 28; and Bolu Jimoh, 24, on Thursday at an Ikorodu Customary Court, Lagos, testified against their father in a divorce suit, alleging that their...
View ArticleWe are working to end Boko Haram quickly – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja reaffirmed his conviction that the end of the Boko Haram insurgency is in sight, given the added vigour with which the war against the terrorist sect is now...
View ArticleKaduna Refinery Production Company ends kerosene scarcity in filling stations
Following the recent reactivation of the Kaduna Refinery Production Company, the state indigenes have started reaping the benefit as major filling stations are now selling kerosene that use to be a...
View ArticleGTBank releases 2015 Half Year Audited Results, reports profit before tax of...
Guaranty Trust Bank plc has released its audited financial results for the half year ended June 30, 2015 to the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges. A review of the half year performance, shows...
View ArticleAmbode not behind Fashola’s website saga – Group
A group, Lagos Indigenes Network Organization (LINO) has dissociated Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode from the N78m website upgrade scandal rocking his predecessor, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN)....
View Article“You are just disillusioned” – David Mark’s campaign director attacks Dan Onjeh
A former director of Door2Door Campaign to David Mark, James Oche has literally engaged his boss’ opponent, Dan Onjeh in a social media ‘war of words’. Oche, who led Door2Door, David Mark’s official...
View ArticleAmbode orders Lagos agencies to obey pension law
The Lagos State Government has directed its agencies, suspected not to be fully complying with the provisions of the Lagos State Pension Reform Law to commence their contributions into the employees’...
View ArticleBala Mohammed, five others eye PDP chair
There are indications that a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Senator Bala Mohammed, and five others are warming up to square it up for the vacant position of the National...
View ArticleUS pledges support for NNPC reforms
The United States government has pledged to support the ongoing reforms of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, adding that it is ready to work with the corporation’s new management in...
View ArticleThere should be no sacred cows in anti-graft war – Dogara
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has warned that there should be no sacred cow in the ongoing war against corruption being waged by the administration of President Muhammadu...
View ArticleBuhari appoints Obasanjo as special envoy to Guinea Bissau
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concerned over the unfolding political situation in Guinea Bissau following the dismissal of the Prime Minister, Mr Domingos Pereira, and his cabinet by...
View ArticleAirstrikes by US kill ISIS Deputy leader, Haji Mutazz
The United States-led coalition has killed the deputy leader of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Hajji Mutazz. A terse statement by the White House Friday night says Mutazz was “prominently...
View ArticleWorking long hours may increase risk of stroke – Researchers
Researchers on Friday revealed that working 55 hours or more per week, might be associated with greater risk of stroke and developing coronary heart disease, compared with working a standard 35 to 40...
View ArticleFlood submerges Aper Aku’s house, Winners Chapel, 200 houses in Benue
Residents of Makurdi, the Benue State capital are currently battling with flood, which has rendered over 500 people homeless. Problem started on Friday, following a four-hour torrential rainfall...
View ArticleOliseh pleased with home-based players after win in test game
Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh, has expressed his delight with the players from the domestic scene, after they beat an academy team 1-0 in a test game. Gbolahan Salami converted the only goal of the...
View ArticleI’m not protecting Jonathan from Buhari’s probe – Bishop Kukah
Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev Hassan Kukah, has faulted interpretations given his comment on the Federal Government’s anti-corruption war in the media, declaring that he was not trying to protect...
View ArticleDPR, IPMAM lock horns over pricing of products
The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR has said it will not be deterred in its effort to clamp down on any filling station that sells fuel above the official pump price of eighty seven naira per...
View ArticlePDP accuses Aregbesola of awarding over bloated contracts
The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Friday, said it would not oppose any legitimate tax introduced by Governor Rauf Aregbesola, encouraging Osun people to cooperate with...
View ArticleStop excluding South-East in your government – Igbo leaders warn Buhari
The umbrella association of political leaders in the South-East, Igbo Political Forum, IPF, has expressed concern over the recent appointments made by the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal...
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