Yobe LG elections to hold February 11
The Yobe State Independent Electoral Commission has scheduled election into the 17 Local Government Council Areas of the state for February 11, 2017. The Chairman of the commission, Alhaji Muhammad...
View ArticleI can still play for 10 more years – Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo signalled his intention to keep playing for 10 more years after rounding off a “dream year” by signing a bumper new five-year contract with Real Madrid on Monday. The deal, expected...
View ArticleWhy Nigerians shun banks, keep money at home
Some experts have identified greed, corruption and instability of the financial sector as reasons why people keep money at home. In South-West, a financial analyst, Mr. Rotimi Agboluaje, bemoaned the...
View ArticleICPC questions ex-council boss over alleged N500m diversion
Etim Ekpimah, Uyo The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has grilled former chairman of Esit Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Ibanga Etang, over the...
View ArticleUNICEF urges Gombe to enact child right law
The United Nation Children’s Fund has urged the Gombe State Government to enact the Child Right Law to ensure proper protection of the lives of children in the state. Ms Ladi Alabi, the UNICEF Child...
View ArticleN136m fraud: EFCC closes case against ex-NIMASA boss, Obi
Ramon Oladimeji The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday closed its case in the trial of a former acting Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency,...
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PHOTO: Buhari in Benin, inaugurates hospital
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View ArticleAgip Oil pipeline leak pollutes Bayelsa community
An oil leak from Tebidaba-Ogboinbiri crude line operated by Nigerian Agip Oil Company has discharged massive volume of crude into the surrounding environment, a field report by Environmental Rights...
View ArticleNSE ETFs assets hit N4.26bn in five years– Onyema
The Nigerian Stock Exchange on Monday said the Assets Under Management of the eight listed Exchange Traded Fund stood at N4.26bn as at September, 2016. The NSE Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Oscar...
View ArticleInvestment inflow into Nigeria rises by 74% to $1.8bn – NBS
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The National Bureau of Statistics on Monday released the capital importation report for the third quarter of 2016 with the country recording an increase of 74.84 per cent in...
View ArticleCommuters stranded in Lagos as LAGBUS operators embark on strike
Hundreds of commuters in Lagos were on Monday stranded at various bus stops in due to strike embarked on by operators of Lagbus Asset Management Ltd.. LAGBUS manages the Lagos State owned branded red...
View ArticleNigeria’s capital import drops by 34% in one year
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The National Bureau of Statistics on Monday released the capital importation report for the third quarter of this year, with the country recording an increase of 74.84 per cent or...
View ArticleWorld Cup qualifier: Algeria hit by injury crisis
Festus Abu Algeria have been dealt a huge blow ahead of their Russia 2018 World Cup Group B qualifier against Nigeria in Uyo on Saturday. According to the Afikfoot on Monday, Napoli left-back...
View ArticleMalaria outbreak: Sokoto treats 2000 in eight days
No fewer than 2,000 patients have been treated at the malaria camp set up by the Sokoto State Government at the Murtala Specialist Hospital, Sokoto in the last eight days. The State Commissioner for...
View ArticleUS election: Clinton wins in Dixville Notch
Voters in a New Hampshire hamlet, Dixville Notch have kicked off voting in the US presidential election. Residents of the hamlet cast their votes at midnight. Out of the six votes cast, Hillary...
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PHOTOS: Buratai weeps as commander, six soldiers get national burial
Lt. Col. Muhammad Abu-Ali and six troops who were killed during a Boko Haram attack at Mallam Fatori on November 4, 2016 were given a national burial at the military cemetery, Abuja on Monday. See...
View ArticleNew Hampshire hamlet casts first US votes
The US presidential election got under way — on a small scale — with the seven voters of a tiny New Hampshire village who cast the nation’s first ballots at the stroke of midnight. Dixville Notch has...
View ArticleMilitants bomb oil pipeline in Warri
Nigerian militants on Tuesday bombed a state-run oil pipeline near the southern port city of Warri, the second attack within a week, a community leader and army officer said. “The line which was...
View ArticleINEC not ready for diaspora voting – expert
A lecturer at the Federal University Dutse in Jigawa, Dr. Abdulhakeem Adejumoh, on Tuesday cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission not to venture into diaspora voting. Adejumoh said...
View ArticleTight security as Supreme Court rules on Bayelsa gov election
Residents of Yenagoa woke up on Tuesday morning to witness increased security around Government House and strategic areas of the capital in anticipation of Supreme Court judgement on Bayelsa...
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