APC slams Fayose for “mocking” workers on strike
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of mocking workers by declaring a solidarity strike for them. Public workers in the state...
View ArticleBuhari not ill, but pray for him -Adesina
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, had insisted in an interview he had with journalists that the President is not ill....
View ArticleBREAKING: Jide Kosoko loses wife
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta Yoruba actor, and movie producer, Prince Jide Kosoko, has lost one of his wives, Henrietta Kosoko. Henrietta who was also an actress, was said to have died at the Sacred Heart...
View ArticleNew Electoral Act ready before December -Saraki
Sunday Aborisade, Abuja Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Monday, said that a new Electoral Act, which would be an amendment to the 2010 version of the document, earlier amended in 2011 and 2015,...
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10 gruesome killings in the name of religion
A 74-year old Igbo market woman, Mrs Bridget Agbahime, was on Thursday beheaded at Kofar Wambai Market, Kano, by an irate mob, who accused her of blaspheming Prophet Mohammed. The incident occurred at...
View ArticleGroup hails FG’s deployment of more aircraft in N’Delta
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa A non-governmental organisation, Rescue Mission, has applauded the Nigerian Air Force deployments of additional aircraft to the Niger Delta in search of the Niger Delta Avengers....
View ArticleBuhari should return home for treatment – CMA
Friday Olokor, Abuja The Commonwealth Medical Association on Monday faulted the decision of President Muhammadu Bubari to proceed on foreign medical trip for a persistent ear infection, saying he...
View ArticleNUPENG threatens strike over sacked workers
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt THE Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers has threatened to embark on strike over the sacking of its members who are workers of two oil firms operating in...
View ArticleN1.5tn spent by Nigerians on overseas’ education is alarming – Dogara
John Ameh, Abuja The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, said on Monday that an urgent solution must be found to the “over N1.5tr” spent by Nigerians in search of education...
View ArticleDasuki asks judge to consolidate arms scam charges
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The immediate past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), on Monday asked a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama, Abuja, to direct the Economic...
View ArticlePublishing names of looters’ll jeopardise investigation -Osinbajo
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said the Federal Government refrained from publishing names of those it recovered looted funds from in order not to jeopardise...
View ArticleCourt okays N360m campaign debt suit against PDP, Gana, Usman
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja A former Minister of Finance and ex-Director of Finance of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential Campaign Organisation for the 2015 election, Nenadi Usman, lost her bid to...
View ArticleNadal to miss Wimbledon with wrist injury
Rafael Nadal will miss Wimbledon after failing to recover from the wrist injury which also forced his early withdrawal from the French Open, the Spanish star announced on his Facebook page. “Hi...
View ArticleAdegboruwa sues FG over killing of pro-Biafran protesters
Ramon Oladimeji Lagos-based lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has urged a Federal High Court in Lagos to order the immediate release of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra who are being allegedly...
View ArticleWest Africa marks end of Ebola after 11,300 deaths
Liberia said Thursday it was free of Ebola, meaning there are now no known cases in West Africa of the tropical virus that has left more than 11,300 people dead in the region since late 2013. Liberia...
View ArticleBanker jailed 39 years for stealing N30m from dead customer
Eniola Akinkuotu A Lagos State High Court on Thursday sentenced a banker, Mr. Olawale Garuba, to 39 years imprisonment for stealing from the dead. He will, however, spend only three years in jail. The...
View ArticleN25bn employment fund will be fairly distributed – Ambode
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has assured Lagosians that the N25bn Employment Trust Fund recently established by the state will be distributed through a credible and transparent...
View ArticleNHRC to create database for missing insurgency victims
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The National Human Rights Commission said on Thursday that Nigerians who were missing as a result of the insurgency activities of Boko Haram in the North East were more than the...
View ArticleRight to life meaningless with poverty, says Osinbajo
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday said the right to life as provided in the nation’s constitution will be meaningless if a large number of Nigerians are poor. According...
View ArticleLagos Assembly confirms ex-chief judge as LASIEC Chairman
The Lagos State House of Assembly has confirmed the appointment of the immediate past Chief Judge of the state, Justice Ayotunde Philips, as the Chairman of the Lagos State Independent Electoral...
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