Don’t sack workers now – FG begs investors
The Federal Government yesterday pleaded with investors in the private sector against sacking workers at the moment, noting that the nation’s economy is in a critical stage. This was as the government...
View ArticleBuhari assures Burkina Faso of Nigeria’s support after terrorist attack
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday, assured President Roch Marc Kabore and the people of Burkina Faso, of Nigeria’s solidarity and support, following the Friday night’s terrorist attack on...
View ArticleSenate gives NEMA, Refugees Commission six weeks to resettle IDPs
Son of ex-Adamawa State governor, Senator Abdul-Aziz Murtala Nyako, who chairs the Senate committee on special duties has handed a six-week ultiamatum to the National Refugee Commission and the...
View ArticleWoman dozes on steering, knocks down street light-pole in Abakaliki – Police
A middle-aged woman on Sunday morning was involved in an accident at the Fati Lami Abubakar Park junction of Ezza Road, Abakaliki, Ebonyi state. The Ebonyi Police Command’s Officer-in-Charge of...
View ArticleFamily sources aided our work by giving us information – Kidnap suspects confess
The Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Alkali Baba Usman, Saturday, paraded five members of a kidnap syndicate who reportedly abducted a woman in the Oghara area of the state. While parading the...
View ArticleAPC Reps members sue Dogara over mace-protection rule
Eleven members of the House of Representatives have dragged Speaker Yakubu Dogara to an Abuja High Court over the new rules passed by the House on October 8, 2015. Joined in the suit are the House of...
View ArticleBurning of refuse kills – Physician warns Nigerians
Doctor Nnabuchi Chidi, a Consultant Physician at Bwari General Hospital, on Sunday advised against burning of refuse, saying it could cause respiratory infection. Chidi told the News Agency of Nigeria...
View ArticleNnamdi Kanu not ill, bubbling in detention – Lawyer
Lawyer to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Vincent Obetta, has revealed that the embattled leader is not ill and has not been tortured while in custody of the Department of State...
View ArticleAkpabio truncated zoning arrangement that brought peace to Akwa Ibom – Ex-PDP...
One time Peoples Democratic Party chairman in Akwa Ibom state, Chief Otu Ita-Toyo has accused the immediate past Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, of deviating from the ‘power...
View ArticleGovernor Okowa reads riot act to perpetrators of attacks on oil facilities
The Delta State governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has strongly condemned recent attacks on the oil and gas facilities across the state and urged all residents of the state to cooperate with the security...
View ArticleBarcelona wanted Aguero, not Suarez – Zubizarreta
Former Barcelona sporting director, Andoni Zubizarreta, has revealed that the club signed Luis Suarez, because they failed in their attempt to land Sergio Aguero from Manchester City. Suarez was signed...
View ArticlePresidential candidate, Donald Trump to send ‘corrupt’ Nigerians away from US
The Republican Presidential Candidate of the United States of America, USA, Donald Trump, has threatened to evacuate Nigerians from the country once he becomes President. The American Billionaire, who...
View ArticleLassa fever: Ekiti records first case, patient isolated
Barely 48 hours after the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Kola Oluwawole, described Ekiti as example to other states in the management of Lassa fever, a case of the dreaded disease has been...
View ArticleBuhari appoints Muhammad Abdallah new NDLEA boss
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Muhammad Abdallah as the new director of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The Secretary to Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, who...
View ArticleKeep your promotion if you don’t pay arrears – Akwa Ibom workers tell Udom
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Akwa Ibom State Council, on Monday reacted to the recently released promotion of Civil and Public servants in the state. NLC asked the state government to accompany...
View ArticleMilitary invasion of Gbaramatu Kingdom an act of aggression – FHRACC
A non-governmental organization, Foundation for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusade, (FHRACC), has stated that the military garrison currently stationed in Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West...
View ArticleAny airline that maltreats Nigerians will be dealt with – Aviation Minister...
The Federal Government has warned international airlines against maltreating Nigerian passengers. The Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, who handed this warning on Monday averred that...
View ArticleHow Lagos residents smoked out thief from bush
Residents of Gberigbe, Ikorodu, Lagos state, yesterday, smoked out a young man whose gang always terrorize the Jabe area of the community, especially on Sundays. According to reports, the unidentified...
View ArticleRCCG pastor in court for alleged N30m fraud
The Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police Force has arraigned a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Felix Fadare, before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court for his alleged involvement...
View Article2016 budget won’t work if corruption is not tackled – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has identified corruption as the major reason poverty is on the increase despite the steady growth in the amount budgeted for each year...
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