Customs denies planning to shut down Intercontinental Hotel
Nigeria Customs Service has clarified its position on its on-going battle to compel defaulting rice importers pay outstanding duties owed the Federal Government of Nigeria. Its spokesman, Wale Adeniyi,...
View ArticleAl-Makura employs 10 persons living with HIV/AIDS
Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has offered employment to 10 persons out of 40 persons living with HIV/AIDS who had just concluded a skills acquisition programme in the state. Al-makura...
View ArticleNigeria assumes UN Security Council presidency for fourth time in 5 years
Nigeria, Saturday, assumed the one-month rotational Presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council. The country’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Prof. Joy Ogwu, takes over from Ambassador...
View ArticlePolice arrest suspected mastermind of failed kidnap of Bayelsa LG chairman
The police command in Bayelsa said it had arrested the suspected mastermind of a failed kidnap attempt on the Chairman of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Chief Remember Ogbe. The Police Public...
View ArticleMetuh betrayed Jonathan for Fani-Kayode – PDP workers
The Peoples Democratic Party Staff Welfare Association has described as “an absolute bunkum, a clumsy, and blundering blackmail”, an allegation by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Olisa...
View ArticleDSS arrests 28 kidnap masterminds within one week
The Department of State Services, DSS, on Saturday disclosed that it arrested 28 suspected kidnappers nationwide within six days. The service stated that it apprehended the suspects across various...
View ArticleNigerians banks reject dollar deposits
Commercial banks in the country have suspended the acceptance of cash deposits in dollars. This was done to curb the large speculation on the currency. Making this disclosure, the chief executive of...
View ArticleBoko Haram converts abandoned Dikwa College lab to bomb-making factory
Nigerian Army have mopped up Dikwa and environs of Boko Haram terrorists. Col. Sani Kukasheka, Acting Director, Army Public Relations, who disclosed this, said troops of 7 Division carried out the...
View ArticleUS indicts Nigeria of using children to fight Boko Haram
United States’ government has accused Civilian JTF of recruiting children to fight Boko Haram insurgents, adding that Nigeria also remains a source, transit and destination country for women and...
View ArticleWe have no hand in Marilyn Ogar’s ordeal – APC
The All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday dissociated itself from the ordeal faced by the former spokesperson of the Department of State Services, DSS, Marilyn Ogar, who was demoted and redeployed...
View ArticleBadeh should be prosecuted for colluding with Jonathan to massacre...
A Borno elder, Dr Bulama Mali Gubio, has called for the prosecution of the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, at the International Criminal Court, ICC, for deliberately leading an...
View ArticleCleric warns Buhari against religious, regional biases in setting up his cabinet
A cleric, Bishop Innocent Ordu of the Anglican Church, has cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari against lopsidedness in the composition of his cabinet. Ordu, who is the Bishop of the Diocese of Evo,...
View Article56 UK, Nigerian coys explore opportunities in Shell-sponsored business summit
A total of 100 delegates, representing 56 companies from Nigeria and the United Kingdom, explored opportunities for collaboration at the annual Nigeria-UK Supplier Engagement programme organised by...
View ArticleQatar bans Nigerian travellers over polio
Qatar has banned Nigerian travellers who do not have valid polio vaccination certificate from entering the country. A statement by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) said the...
View ArticleIkpeazu condemns burning of INEC Office in Abia
The offices of the INEC at Mgboko, headquarters of Obingwa Local Council was set ablaze around 11am on Sunday by yet to be identified assailants. Reacting to the incident, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu...
View ArticleWe don’t have a leader in Yoruba land – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has affirmed that the Yoruba nation does not have any individual who can be regarded as the leader. Obasanjo stated this in his controversial autobiography entitled,...
View ArticleGive us 40% appointments – Taraba women tells Governor Ishaku
Mrs Virginia Bambur, the President, National Council for Women Societies (NCWS), Taraba State chapter, said women in the state would not accept anything less than 40 per cent appointments in Governor...
View Article“Don’t come and add to our problems” – Buhari tells Nigerians abroad
President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to Nigerians abroad to remain wherever they are as the country battles the challenge of unemployment. Buhari said this at a meeting with members of the Nigerian...
View ArticleJooMah launches in Nigeria, brings recruiters fast automated applicant screening
JooMah.com, a U.S based, Africa focused web platform, has launched in Nigeria. The software company aims to use advanced computer modeling algorithms to help recruiters automatically identify the best...
View ArticleAPC advises Niger Governor against sparing corrupt party members
Niger State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has advised the state governor, Abubarkar Sani Bello, to be All-encompassing in dealing with anyone found to have corruptly or enriched himself...
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