FCT Perm Sec condemns Abuja bomb blasts
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Capital Territory Administration, John Chukwu, has commiserated with the victims of the Friday bomb blasts, particularly those who lost their loved ones in the...
View ArticleSuper Eagles hit by visa hitch ahead of Belgium friendlies
Players from the Nigeria Professional Football League (NFPL) and some officials will not fly out to Belgium on Sunday as planned, as they failed to get entry visas. The Super Eagles are scheduled to...
View Article4-year-old girl goes dumb, private part rottening after constant rape by father
A four-year-old unnamed girl, has reportedly gone dumb following several sexual assaults on her by her 37-year-old father, identified as Ademola. Punch reports that the victim’s 32-year-old mother,...
View ArticleAPC describes Abuja bomb attacks as last kicks of a dying monster
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has come out to condemn Friday night’s bombings in Kuje and Nyanya areas of Abuja which killed and injured many people. The party asserted that no amount of...
View ArticleDon’t cave in to terror – Dogara tells Nigerians
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has condemned Friday’s bomb attacks in Kuje and Nyanya areas of the Federal Territory (FCT), urging Nigerians not to cave in to terror. In a...
View ArticleKogi Guber: Audu tells supporters to ‘kill’ PDP thugs on election day
Former Kogi state governor and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC),Prince Abubakar Audu has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is already training thugs ahead of...
View ArticleCollapse: Lagos government trying to shift its indictment on TB Joshua, SCOAN...
Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CCSOs) has accused the Lagos State Government of trying to subvert justice in the ongoing trial involving Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) and the...
View ArticleIf Chelsea wants to sack me, they can sack me – Mourinho speaks after...
Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho, has dared owner of the club, Roman Abramovich to fire him, after his team were beaten 3-1 by Southampton on Saturday night. Although the Blues took the lead thanks to...
View ArticleNiger Government vows to recover stolen funds, engages EFCC, ICPC
Niger State Government says it will use the services of the anti-graft agencies to recover public funds misappropriated in the state. Dr Ibrahim Dooba, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Abubakar...
View ArticleUS counter-terrorism squad trains 200 Police, NEMA, Red Cross personnel
The United States Government’s Anti-terrorism Assistance Program (ATA) on Saturday conducted a mass casualty exercise to culminate a yearlong training program with Nigeria’s emergency management agency...
View ArticleGT Bank, AFD launch N3bn initiative for SMEs
The Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has launched a N3 billion scheme in partnership with Agence Française de Development (AFD) to promote Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) development in the country. This is...
View ArticleNo cholera outbreak in Akwanga – LG Chairman
Mr Abashiya Koto, Chairman of Akwanga Local Government of Nasarawa State has denied rumours of cholera outbreak in the area. Koto told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Akwanga that...
View ArticleEFCC arrests former Benue Governor, Gabriel Suswan
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, reportedly arrested the immediate past governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswan, over alleged corruption during his tenure as governor....
View ArticleUNICAL students protest water scarcity, poor electricity
Students of the University of Calabar, UNICAL, on Monday carried placards protesting against neglect of their welfare by the authorities of the university. The protest, which began at about 5.30 a.m.,...
View ArticleHajj stampede: Nigeria death toll rises further, now 168
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Tuesday said the number of Nigerian pilgrims killed during the Sept. 24 stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia, had risen to 168. More than 769 pilgrims from...
View ArticleMany feared dead as Boko Haram bombs Maiduguri again
The Boko Haram sect has again hit Maiduguri, capital of Borno state. The incident occured Tuesday night. Number of persons is unknown as at time of filing this report. Army spokesman, Sani Usman, did...
View ArticleEnugu lawmakers wave tax for pregnant women
The Enugu State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a motion urging the State Government to abolish tax payment as a precondition for accessing the state Free Maternal and Child Healthcare in all the...
View ArticleComplete ongoing projects in Edo, avoid new ones – Fashola urges Oshiomhole
A former governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, has urged Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State not to initiate new projects but rather concentrate on the ongoing ones to reach completion before...
View ArticleBuhari begins probe of MDAs, requests all 2014 procurement records
Federal Government has directed its Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to collate and submit all procurement records for 2014 to the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) by Oct. 26. The...
View ArticleAlamieyeseigha’s death, trying times for Bayelsa – Governor Dickson
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has described the recent sudden death of the first executive governor of the state, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha as a trying time in the history of...
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