Guinness sues NAFDAC over controversial N1bn fine
Guinness Nigeria Plc has dragged the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, before a Lagos High Court in Igbosere over the N1b fine imposed on it by the agency. The...
View Article986 senior police officers promoted
The Police Service Commission (PSC), has approved the promotion of 986 senior police officers and appointed Mr Emmanuel Ibe as its acting Secretary. This is contained in a statement issued by the...
View ArticleBayelsa Government declares N1.27billion deficit for October
The Bayelsa State Government has declared a deficit balance of N1.27bn as funds available, after meeting its financial obligations amounting to N6.9 billion for the month of October, 2015. The State...
View ArticleTwo suspects arrested with cocaine in Ondo
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ondo State Command has confirmed the arrest of two suspected drug pushers with 500grammes of Cocaine in Ondo West local government area of the state....
View ArticleI didn’t collect N2.8bn from Jonathan, pay me my money – OPC leader tells Buhari
Founder of the Odua Peoples Congress, OPC, Dr. Fredrick Fasehun yesterday requested the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to pay him and his organisation the money owed them for the...
View ArticleSuspected kidnappers kill ASP, two policemen in Rivers
An Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, and two other personnel of the force were on Tuesday shot dead while foiling an alleged abduction of the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Rivers...
View ArticleSenate commences fresh review of constitution
The eighth Senate has constituted a 38-man committee to commence a fresh process of amending the 1999 constitution. While announcing the setting up of the committee during Tuesday’s plenary in Abuja,...
View ArticleGovernor Ugwuanyi proposes N85bn budget for 2016
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Wednesday presented the State’s 2016 budget of (N85,179,449,000) eighty five billion ,one hundred and seventy nine million, four hundred and forty nine...
View ArticleFG cancels oil and gas pre-shipment tender exercise
The federal government has cancelled the engagement of Pre-Shipment Inspection and Monitoring agents for oil and gas. A statement from the federal ministry of finance signed by Mr. Marshall Gundu, the...
View ArticleLagos: No street carnivals, no fireworks – Police warns
CSP Adebowale Lawal, Public Relations Officer, Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, on Wednesday reaffirmed the ban on street carnivals and the use of fireworks during the Yuletide. The News Agency of...
View ArticleFC Taraba players paid one month salary
Players of FC Taraba have been paid one month salary out of the 11 months owed them by the club’s management. The money was paid by the League Management Company (LMC), from the sponsorship and...
View ArticleBleak Christmas for Super Eagles coaches as NFF fails to pay salaries
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), faield to pay coaches and officials of the Super Eagles, as camp closed for Christmas break on Wednesday. Last week, the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon...
View ArticleNewspaper Proprietors open up on N120 compensation scandal
The Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has opened up on the controversy surrounding the N120m compensation paid to media houses. The group said its action was widely misrepresented in...
View ArticleAPC to suspend Senator Sani over fight with El Rufai
The Kaduna State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC is set to suspend Senator Shehu Sani. It was gathered that the ruling party has concluded plans to suspend Sani because of the unresolved...
View ArticleDasukigate: EFCC places restriction on bank accounts of Rep members, PDP chiefs
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has directed banks to place restrictions on the accounts of some suspects fingered in the alleged mismanagement of $2.1bn meant for the procurement...
View ArticleFire razes UNN female hostel
A female hostel at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, named Okeke hostel was on Wednesday reportedly razed by fire following an alleged spark from a wire when the school generating set supplied...
View ArticleFull text of Buhari’s Christmas message to Nigerians
I felicitate with all Nigerians, especially our Christian brothers and sisters, on the joyous occasion of this year’s Christmas. On this occasion of the commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ, let...
View ArticleFull text of Buhari’s Christmas message to Nigerians
I felicitate with all Nigerians, especially our Christian brothers and sisters, on the joyous occasion of this year’s Christmas. On this occasion of the commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ, let...
View ArticleFive persons confirmed dead as bus plunges into Oji River
The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, in Anambra State has confirmed the death of five persons on the Onitsha-Enugu express way, as a commuter bus heading towards Enugu plunged into Oji River, near...
View ArticlePolice apprehends two gay men in Delta
Two gay men, Mr. Monday Ehikwe and Godwin Chukwueku Okwuoseh have been ‘caught in the act ‘ in a building at Agbor-Alidinma in Ika South Local Government area of Delta state. The accused persons, both...
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