Lagos court orders Fani-Kayode’s remand in EFCC custody for 3 weeks
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday ordered the remand of Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for three...
View ArticleFear of sack grips Kogi workers
Tension has gripped workers at state and local levels in Kogi following the release of an interim report of workers’ verification in the state. The workers fear that no fewer than 10,000 among them...
View ArticleFG planning genocide against Ndigbo – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Monday, alleged of plans by the federal government to carry out genocide in the South-East Nigeria using security operatives. The Biafra secessionist group’s...
View ArticleOsinbajo represents Nigeria at ADB’s 51st Annual General Meeting in Lusaka,...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will be travelling to Lusaka on Tuesday to represent Nigeria at the 51st Annual General Meeting of the African Development Bank, holding this week. According to a...
View ArticleBuhari not ill, but pray for him – Adesina
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina on Monday maintained that the President was not sick. Speaking shortly after Buhari addressed reporters at the...
View ArticleBoko Haram re-occupies Bosso town
Boko Haram has re-taken the town of Bosso in southeastern part of Niger after clashes with soldiers from Niger and Nigeria. A military source told Reuters on Monday that Boko Haram first took the town...
View ArticleRecruitment: No chance for people with tattoos – Police
The Police Command in Enugu State said persons with tattoo on their bodies would not be allowed into the ongoing nationwide recruitment into the force. The Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr...
View ArticleProtest: Uniport VC suspended
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt, Prof. Ndokwa Lale, has been suspended by the governing council of the university after Its meeting today, Monday 6th June 2016. The Vice...
View ArticleCrack in Ijaw Youth Council widens as 6 members suspend National President
The crack within the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC the umbrella body for all the youths in Ijaw ethnic nationality is widening. IYC worldwide had in an initial statement announced the indefinite suspension...
View ArticleManchester City chairman expects mass exodus this summer
Manchester City chairman, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, has admitted he expects several players to leave the club this summer, as Pep Guardiola prepares to take over as manager. Guardiola has already signed...
View ArticleKano: Killing of Christian woman a litmus test of Buhari’s religious concerns...
The Bishop of Nsukka Anglican Diocese, Rt. Revd Aloysius Agbo has condemned in strong terms the brutal murder of Mrs. Bridget Agbahime by suspected Islamic mob over allegation of blasphemy at Wambai...
View ArticleNiger Delta Avengers: Osinbajo meets Governors, Service Chiefs
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is currently holding a meeting with governors from oil producing states and the nation’s service chiefs. The meeting, which is taking place at the Conference...
View ArticlePolice confirm abduction, slaughter of 10-year-old boy in Kano
The Kano State Police Command have confirmed that suspected kidnappers abducted and slaughtered a 10-years-old boy in the state. Police spokesman in the state, Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP,...
View ArticleTeachers in Rivers state complain about unpaid salaries
The Rivers State Council of the Nigeria Union of Teachers has expressed disappointment over the continued delay in the payment of salaries of most of its members for over five months. State Chairman of...
View ArticleFG sets up national task force on rice, wheat production
The Federal government has established a National Rice and Wheat Task Force to set up targets that will yield comprehensible and self-evident results in rice and wheat production in the country. “What...
View ArticleOnazi warns NFF against frequent changing of Super Eagles coaches
Lazio midfielder, Ogenyi Onazi, has urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), to put an end to how they change national team coaches frequently. The Super Eagles have had four coaches over the last...
View ArticleKeshi’s corpse deposited in Faith Mediplex mortuary
Chairman, Edo State Football Association (EFA), Frank Ilaboya, has confirmed that the remains of former Super Eagle’s coach, Stephen Keshi, had been deposited in a mortuary in Benin. The...
View ArticleCourt grants Jonathan’s cousin, wife N500m bail
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of an Abuja Federal High Court on Wednesday granted the cousin to former President, Goodluck Jonathan, Mr Roberts Azibaola and his wife Stella, bail in the sum of N500m. The...
View ArticleKaduna announces N1.068m Hajj fares for 2016 pilgrims
An intending pilgrim from Kaduna State for the 2016 Hajj is to pay one million, sixty-eight thousand, six hundred naira (N1,068,600:00). Overseer of the Kaduna State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Imam...
View ArticleOndo Poll: 336,445 eligible voters yet to collect PVCs – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday announced that 336,445 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) out of the 1,543,787 received in Ondo State are yet to be collected. The INEC...
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