Nigeria needs progressive economic policies – Sanusi
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has said that the country needs policies that will boost economic growth. Sanusi spoke in...
View ArticleSome candidates forget expo in answer booklets – WAEC
Folashade Adebayo In a hurry to submit their answer booklets to invigilators, some candidates forget their expo (materials used for examination malpractice) in the booklets, the West African...
View ArticleEnugu Assembly sacks 200 newly-employed teachers
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu The Enugu State House of Assembly on Thursday sacked the 200 teachers recently employed by the State Universal Basic Education Board. In a resolution passed by the lawmakers...
View ArticleNiger defends renovation of six schools with N2.1bn
Folashade Adebayo The Niger State Government has said that the N2.1bn it spent on repair works in six schools was not inflated. The Commissioner for Education, Hajiya Fatima Magudu, said this in a...
View ArticlePolice uncover fraudsters’ den in Ogun
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta The Ogun State Police Command has uncovered a “fraudsters’ den” at Pokuku Village in the Abeokuta North Local Government Area of the state. The den, which was nicknamed...
View ArticleCrucifying Buhari: Foul play or fair game (2)
Fola Ojo Continued from last week If adherents of the President and backers of this administration are in search of men who will always concur and stand in agreement with all their steps and missteps...
View ArticleDangote plans to own Arsenal in next three years
Aliko Dangote has not given up on his plan to acquire Arsenal. The Nigerian reportedly worth $10.9bn says he plans to take over the club by the end of the decade. Dangote stated last year that he was...
View ArticleCholera kills six in Lagos, 39 under observation
Bukola Adebayo Six people have died of cholera in Isolo Local Government Area of Lagos State after eating contaminated Abacha, a local delicacy of the people of the South-East geopolitical zone. The...
View ArticleAI report: IG warns SARS operatives against suspects’ torture
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has warned the Special Anti-Robbery Squad operatives against torture and extra-judicial killings, saying no policeman in the...
View ArticleChibok girls: BBOG endorses Buhari’s appeal to UN on negotiation
Fidelis Soriwei, Adelani Adepegba and Eniola Akinkuotu President Muhammadu Buhari has told the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, that Nigeria will welcome intermediaries from the global...
View ArticleOndo: APC ignores protests, sends Akeredolu’s name to INEC
Olusola Fabiyi and Fisayo Falodi The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress has forwarded the name of Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) to the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abuja...
View ArticleNiger senator offers 41 pupils scholarship
Enyioha Opara Forty one indigent pupils from villages in Niger State have been chosen to benefit from a scholarship programme of Senator David Umaru lawmaker, representing the zone at the National...
View ArticleSuspected polio case discovered in Kano
Not less than three weeks after the discovery of three new polio cases in Borno State, there is growing concern and anxiety among residents of Takai and Tofa Local Government areas of Kano State over...
View Article15 insurgents, two soldiers killed in B’ Haram attack
Fidelis soriwei, Abuja The troops of the Nigerian Army and their counterparts from the Multinational Joint Task Force have killed 15 Boko Haram members during a gun battle with the insurgents in Borno...
View ArticlePDP may declare Dariye’s seat vacant
Jude Owuanamanam The former Organising Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Plateau State, Mr. Mike Dachom, said the party may declare the seat of a former governor of the state, Mr. Joshua...
View Article5,000 Bama indigenes to secure town against insurgents
Around five thousand men from Bama in Borno State will secure the town against attacks by Boko Haram insurgents, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. The people said that they had also contributed money to...
View ArticleStrike looms over FG, Govs’ plan to sell national assets
Niyi Odebode, Fidelis Soriwei, Friday Olokor and Okechukwu Nnodim Plan by the federal and state governments to sell national assets, including the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, has elicited reactions...
View Article‘Yahoo boy’ steals US soldier’s identity, dupes American lover
Eniola Akinkuotu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested an alleged 26-year-old Internet fraudster, Egbedayo Semilore, for allegedly stealing the identities of two United States Army...
View ArticleJonathan could have given $20m to Patience, says lawyer
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja A self-professed solicitor to Dame Patience Jonathan, Mr. Charles Ogboli, says the $20m found in the five accounts traced to Patience could have been given to her by her...
View ArticleN25.7bn theft: A’Court overrules Atuche’s acquittal
Ramon Oladimeji The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal has overruled the judgement of a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja which discharged and acquitted a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank...
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