Mourinho will keep faith with struggling Mkhitaryan
Jose Mourinho admits Henrikh Mkhitaryan is struggling to adapt to life at Manchester United but insists he has no intention of selling the Armenian just three months after his £26m ($31m, €28m)...
View ArticleKogi SUBEB warns headteachers against sale of books
The Chair of the Kogi State Universal Basic Education Board, Mrs Josephine Abanida, on Friday warned public school headteachers against selling books given free of charge to schools by Government....
View ArticleOPEC considers freeze on production
Members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries on Friday met in Vienna for talks about a possible freeze on production. Ahead of the meeting, Iranian representatives said the country had...
View ArticleNSCDC warns operatives against reckless use of firearms
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa The Commandant-General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Abdullahi Mohammed, has threatened to arrest and prosecute operatives of the corps engaged in corrupt practices...
View ArticleBuhari is Godsend, says Oyegun
The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Mr. John Oyegun, says God sent President Muhammadu Buhari to save Nigeria from collapse. Oyegun made the observation in Sokoto on Friday when he...
View Article#NIS2000: Immigration regularises recruitment of 888 personnel
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Nigeria Immigration Service, has finally employed 888 applicants who met all the criteria out of the 2000 aggrieved applicants, who had been protesting against their...
View ArticleIrrigation projects to get more funds in 2017 budget – Minister
The Federal Government would allocate more funds in the 2017 budget to revitalise existing irrigation projects in the country, Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, has said. The minister said...
View ArticleAlleged assault: Apologise to us, Edo women tell monarch
Alexander Okere, Benin The Edo State women wing of the All Progressives Congress, Mrs. Aisosa Amadasun, has called on the suspended Enojie of Uromi, His Royal Highness Anselm Aidenojie II, to tender...
View ArticleSuspend planned strike – Ngige begs NUPENG, PENGASSAN
The Federal Government has advised the National Union Of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria to shelve their planned strike over the...
View ArticleCan you identify the people in the picture?
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View ArticleNigerian becomes first black VP of South African Association of Political...
A South Africa-based Nigerian don, Prof. Christopher Isike, has been elected as the first black Vice President of the South African Association of Political Studies. Isike, the Head of Department,...
View ArticleINEC working with APC to rig Ondo election – Fayose
The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, says the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission to accept Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party was evidence...
View ArticleFG didn’t budget N3.4bn for ‘Change Begins With Me’– Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has debunked report in the social media that N3.4bn was budgeted for the national reorientation campaign “Change Begins With Me”. The...
View ArticleOyeyemi wants driver who killed three FRSC marshals prosecuted
The Corps of the Federal Road Safety Corps has called for the trial of a driver who killed three of the Corps’ marshals in Tsafe, Zamfara State. A statement by the Head, Media Relatiosn and Strategy,...
View ArticleNigeria lost N2tn to militancy, pipeline vandalism – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation said from January 2016 till date, government lost $7bn, about N2.1tn, to the activities of militancy groups and oil pipeline vandals in the Niger Delta...
View ArticleFinance Ministry uncovers 33,000 ghost workers
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, says the ministry has succeeded in reducing the Federal Government’s monthly wage bill from N165bn to N142bn by eliminating 33,000 ghost workers. Adeosun,...
View ArticleFAO raises alarm over severe malnutrition, food insecurity in 16 states
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations on Friday raised alarm over the low food consumption level and malnutrition in 16 states of the country. The Country Representative of the...
View ArticleBuhari’s daughter, Fatima, marries
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, formally married off his daughter, Fatima, to Malam Yau Gimba Kumo in Daura, his home town in Katsina State. The wedding took place at the president’s residence...
View Article$2.1bn arms cash: Ex-leaders, top monarchs, clerics among beneficiaries
Fidelis Soriwei, Abuja There were indications on Thursday that former Nigerian leaders, traditional and religious leaders from across the country were listed as beneficiaries of the $2.1bn arms funds...
View ArticleBuhari congratulates Gaya on election as IPU Vice President
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday congratulated Senator Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya on his election as Vice President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union for Africa at the...
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