Metuh funded PDP publicity during Jonathan’s campaign – Witness
A witness, Richard Ihediwa, told a Federal High Court on Thursday that embattled Olisa Metuh, solely funded publicity activities during Jonathan’s re-election campaign. Metuh, a former National...
View ArticleOil remains key out of economic crisis – Buhari
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Despite the Federal Government’s claimed resolve to diversify the nation’s economy, President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday admitted that oil and gas resources remain the most...
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PHOTOS: Accident scene on Third Mainland Bridge
There was an accident at the tail end of the Third Mainland Bridge at Adeniji Adele Bus Stop, Lagos, on Thursday. However, no death was recorded in the accident according to eye witnesses. See photos:...
View ArticleLabour blasts Senate over planned re-introduction of toll gates
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Thursday in Abuja berated the Senate over its approval for the re-introduction of toll gates across the country. The NLC General Secretary, Dr Peter Ozo-Eson, while...
View ArticleBuhari, Gowon meet again inside Aso Rock
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met behind closed doors with a former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting was held...
View ArticleAPC crisis: Timi Frank dismisses panel of inquiry
John Alechenu, Abuja The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Timi Frank on Thursday, dismissed a five man panel set up by the party to investigate a petition...
View ArticleHow we’ll spend $29.96bn loan – FG
The Federal Government says that within the next three years, it plans to borrow $29.96bn from the World Bank, African Development Bank, and Japan International Co-operation Agency. The other...
View ArticleEx-Governor Odili’s N6bn suit against Peterside fixed for Nov 29
Chukwudi Akasike A Rivers State High Court has adjourned till November 29, 2016 the N6bn defamation suit brought before it by a former governor of the state, Dr. Peter Odili, against the governorship...
View ArticleNational Assembly takes over CCB/CCT control from president
*Lawmakers limit CCB membership to five-year tenure Leke Baiyewu, Abuja In a tensed atmosphere on Thursday, the Senate passed a bill amending the Code of Conduct and Tribunal Act, which transfers the...
View ArticleNB declares N7.93bn as interim dividend for Q3 2016
The Board of Directors of the Nigerian Breweries Plc has announced an interim dividend of N7.93bn, translating to N1 per share for the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2016. The company’s Secretary/Legal...
View ArticleEdo suspends traditional ruler over alleged assault
Alexander Okere, Benin The Edo State Government on Thursday said it has suspended the Onojie of Uromi, His Royal Highness Anselm O Aidenojie, from office for seven days over alleged assault. In a...
View ArticleUS election: Michelle Obama, Clinton join forces in North Carolina
Democrat Hillary Clinton hits the campaign trail Thursday with Michelle Obama, surprise star of the 2016 White House race, as the former and current first ladies fight to lock in battleground states...
View ArticleCorruption in oil industry exaggerated, says Kachikwu
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, said corruption in the oil and gas industry was overblown. Kachikwu said this in Abuja on Thursday at a news briefing shortly after the...
View ArticleUS election: Russia’s Pussy Riot attacks Trump
Russian punk feminists Pussy Riot on Thursday turned their fire on Donald Trump with a graphic, dystopian video that imagines the United States if the Republican candidate wins. The provocative band,...
View ArticleResidents discover toddler’s corpse in Osun river
Femi Makinde, Osogbo There was confusion in Osogbo, the Osun State capital following the discovery of a toddler’s corpse floating on the Osun River. Our correspondent gathered that the corpse was...
View ArticleExxonMobil discovers one billion oil barrels in Nigeria
Femi Asu United States-based Exxon Mobil Corporation on Thursday said it had discovered up to one billion barrels of oil on the Owowo field offshore Nigeria. The oil major said it was “a significant...
View Article‘Dasuki didn’t steal $2.1bn’: Nigerians react
There are two sides to the story now. Some people say he (Dasuki) stole the whole money; some are saying he didn’t steal the money. Between the two of them, let them sort themselves out. People take...
View ArticleGirls in Aba start sex at age 10 – Study
A medical practitioner, Dr Godwin Uwaoma, said on Monday that girls in Aba, Abia engage in active sexual activities from the age of 10, raising higher chances of contracting HIV. Uwaoma, the Chairman...
View ArticleN5.1bn fraud: ‘How EFCC arrested Dudafa’s account officer’
Ramon Oladimeji A Compliance Officer with Heritage Bank Plc, Tunde Adeniyi, has narrated to a Federal High Court in Lagos how his colleague, Joseph Iwuejo, became a co-defendant with a former aide to...
View ArticleLecturers risk 5-year-jail term for sexual advances, as Senate passes bill
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate on Thursday passed a bill to outlaw sexual advances from lecturers to students of tertiary institutions in the country. Any lecturer found guilty to have broken the law,...
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