After recession, focus on non-oil sector, Utomi, others advise FG
Oyetunji Abioye A professor of Political Economics, Pat Utomi, has advised the Federal Government to come up with specific and deliberate policies that will enhance the growth of the non-oil sector in...
View ArticleFayose faults exit from recession claim
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has faulted the claim by the National Bureau of Statistics that the country has climbed out of economic recession. The governor said...
View ArticlePDP threatens to sanction members suing party
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has said the party will sanction members, who take legal actions against...
View ArticleAdeyeye, others kick as Fayose’s deputy emerges PDP gov candidate
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti The Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, has emerged as the consensus candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2018 governorship election. Olusola...
View ArticleBuhari’s administration producing results – FG
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja Federal Government has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is working and that the results are showing in the various sectors of the economy. The Minister of...
View ArticleMinisters, doctors in marathon meeting to end strike
Eniola Akinkuotu, Femi Makinde, Bukola Adebayo and Ife Ogunfuwa Three ministers and tens of medical doctors were on Wednesday engaged in a marathon meeting over the strike embarked on by the National...
View ArticleEFCC clears CJN as Onnoghen declares readiness for probe
Eniola Akinkuotu and Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, said on Wednesday that he was not aware of his reported ongoing investigation by the Economic and...
View ArticleVarsity, poly, non academic workers begin strike Monday
Fidelis Soriwei and Olaleye Aluko, Abuja Despite the meeting on Thursday (today) between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities to seek an end to the indefinite strike in...
View ArticlePolice recant, say Misau’s retirement letter genuine
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Police Service Commission has declared as genuine, the retirement letter issued to the Senate Committee Chairman on Navy, Senator Isah Misau. The special panel set up by the...
View ArticleWoman arrested in Ogun for abducting 7-year-old girl
A 20-year-old woman, Ajoke Owolabi, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly abducting a seven-year-old girl, Rachael Olorunshola, for 19 months. The girl was said to have been...
View ArticleRiders, soldiers’ clash: Police arraign suspects in Abia
Ogbonnaya Ikokwu, Umuahia The Abia State Police Command on Wednesday arraigned 10 suspects arrested on Monday in connection with the clash between soldiers and tricycle operators in Umuahia, the state...
View ArticleOne feared killed as soldiers attack protesting youths
Friday Amobi, Port Harcourt ONE person has been feared killed as military men attached to Greenville Oil Company in Rumuji community, in the Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, attacked...
View ArticleCommunity seals pastor’s house for burying charms in land
Peter Dada, Akure The Ipinsa community in the Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State has accused a pastor, identified as Abiodun, of involving in fetish activities in the town. It was gathered...
View ArticleMan fights armed robber for stealing girlfriend’s phone, collects gun
Samson Folarin A suspected armed robber, Michael David, has been arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Lagos State, after he robbed a lady, identified simply as Kate, of her phone....
View ArticleOAU SUG leaders in bloody fight over N3.8m largesse
Sodiq Oyeleke Two people have been injured in a fight that ensued between Students Union Government leaders of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on Tuesday. During the fight, the Vice President...
View Article2019: Minister pledges to back Atiku against Buhari
Niyi Odebode, John Alechenu, Eniola Akinkuotu, Leke Baiyewu and Olaleye Aluko The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Alhassan, has declared her readiness to support former...
View ArticleSodjes keep mum on £80,000 laundering charges
’Tana Aiyejina The Sodje family has kept mum over accusations of laundering cash from an £80,000 international fraud in 2013. Retired Premier League star Sam Sodje was allegedly involved in channelling...
View ArticleViral video sign of bad blood between Pinnick, players – Nigerians
’Tana Aiyejina and Idris Adesina Football-loving Nigerians have reacted to the Super Eagles video that went viral after Leicester City’s Ahmed Musa and Chelsea star Victor Moses appeared to have...
View ArticleVenus battles Stephens in US Open semis
Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams became the oldest semi-finalist in US Open history at age 37 on Tuesday by defeating two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7/2). US...
View ArticleOkey Bakassi Channels humour to another level
Chux Ohai Popular comedian, Okey Bakassi, seems to be taking humour to a different level nowadays, especially with his newest engagement: an unusual news programme titled The Other News, aired on...
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