Although PDP is not exciting, I have not defected to APC – Nwodo
Erstwhile National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and former Governor of old Enugu state, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo has noted that inasmuch as happenings in the party is “embarrassing and...
View ArticleEmir Sanusi urges FIRS to resolve multiple taxation
The Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi II, has called on the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, to look into the issue of multiple taxation suffered by Nigerians. Sanusi made the call when the FIRS...
View ArticleLagos begins prosecution of tax defaulters
The Lagos State Government on Monday said its Rapid Tax Prosecution Unit had begun prosecution of recalcitrant tax payers. This is contained in a statement by the state Attorney-General and...
View ArticleDon’t scrap JAMB, ban post UME instead – Provost tells FG
The Provost, Federal College of Education, Okene, Kogi State, Dr Ajayi Iyela has reacted to calls for the scrapping of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Speaking in Okene, Iyela said:...
View ArticleMan rapes 10-year-old boy in Ebonyi
A 35-year-old man, Stephen Ude of Amuzu community, Amasiri Afikpo North local government area of Ebonyi State has been arrested for allegedly defiling a ten year old boy, Victor Agha. The victim, who...
View ArticleFrance, Ireland, China, others storm Enugu for investment summit
A strong delegation from so many countries, including France, Ireland and China arrived Enugu State on Monday ahead of the State’s maiden investment summit, which kicks off today (Tuesday). Governor...
View ArticleHerdsmen, farmers clashes may become national crisis – Oshiomhole warns
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has disclosed that the state would neither ban grazing nor farming, even as he warned Fulani herdsmen and local farmers in the state to maintain the peace or face...
View ArticleSaraki’s CCT trial: Senate moves to amend CCB, administration of Criminal...
The Senate having resumed from two weeks recess on Tuesday has moved to amend the Code of Conduct Bureau Act and that of Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015, suggesting an effort towards...
View ArticleAccident claims six lives in Delta
Six persons have been reportedly killed in an auto crash involving a Lexus sports utility vehicle and a motorcycle along the Emede Expressway in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta state. Three...
View ArticleFuel scarcity: We are suffering with the oil God gave us – Methodist Church...
Methodist Church Nigeria has urged the Federal Government to urgently halt the perennial fuel scarcity that has adversely affected economic activities across the country. Rt. Rev. Lawson Elom, the...
View ArticlePolice parades suspected criminals in River, recovers over 150 fire arms
The Rivers State Police Command has paraded over one hundred suspected criminals, who were recently arrested in various parts of the state. The State Police Command also presented over one hundred and...
View ArticleFG probes report that Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria is gay
The Federal Government has directed an investigation into an alleged defamatory article in a Nigerian newspaper against the Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation to Nigeria, Mr Eric Mayooraz . The...
View ArticleKogi Assembly passes N99.9bn 2016 Appropriation Bill
Kogi House of Assembly on Tuesday passed N99.9 billion as the State’s Appropriation Bill for 2016 and called on the executive to ensure its proper implementation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),...
View ArticleNigeria’s football already in pieces – Laloko blast Giwa over NFF crisis
Former Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Kashimawo Laloko, has lashed out at Chris Giwa, for returning to court to fight for the federation presidency. Giwa’s case had...
View ArticleGeneral who lost Barracks to Boko Haram discharged, acquitted
The trial by a military court martial of Brigadier General J. O. Akomolafe, who was the former Brigade Commander of HQ 21 Brigade, Bama in Borno State, has finally been concluded. The officer was...
View ArticleMan allegedly robs prostitute after rounds of sex in Edo hotel
A 27-year-old man, Monday Efe, has been arrested by the Edo State Police Command for allegedly robbing a commercial sex worker after a romp of sex with her in a hotel within Ofunmwegbe town in Benin,...
View ArticleChibok girls: You have failed us – BBOG tells Buhari, sets to march to Aso Rock
Aisha Yesufu, co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls, BBOG, a leading group pushing the Nigerian government to rescue the Chibok school girls kidnapped on April 2014, has accused President Muhammadu...
View ArticleAGF can’t use military panel report on 2014 poll to prosecute anybody – Ekiti...
The Ekiti State Government has told the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami SAN that he cannot prosecute anybody using the report of a military panel set up...
View ArticleFamine looms in Ondo as farmers threaten to stop farming this year; one...
Farmers in Ondo State, Wednesday raised an alarmed that they may not farm this year owing to incessant attacks by Fulani herdsmen. Chairman of Agricultural Commodities Association (ACA) in Ondo State,...
View ArticleI am yet to receive any court order on NFF – Sports Minister
The Minister of Youth and Sport, Solomon Dalung, said on Wednesday he was yet to receive any court order nullifying Amaju Pinnick’s Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) presidency. Dalung said this at the...
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