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April 8, 2016

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday dismissed two applications brought by the National Publicity Secretary of the...

Fayose: Help! Buhari going to China to borrow $2bn, says N1.84trn loan to fund 2016 Budget will mortgage Nigeria’s future

April 8, 2016

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has raised the alarm over President Muhammadu Buhari’s scheduled trip to China to borrow...

UNILAG closure: Dean, Students Affairs sad as some students vow to stay on

April 8, 2016

Deputy Dean (I), Students' Affairs, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Dr Karo Ogbinaka, has described the action of the students that...

Syria civil war: ISIL kidnaps 300 factory workers

More than 300 workers at a cement factory near Damascus, the Syrian capital, have been kidnapped after an attack earlier...

Garba Shehu: President Buhari at Nuclear Summit and its takeaways

Today, we live in a world that is troubled by the fear of nuclear terrorism. The Black Sea region of...

Buhari receives Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria executive members

President Muhammadu Buhari (centre) receiving a plaque from the President, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Ahmed Yakassai, as he received...

Buhari to doctors: Shelve your planned strike

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to shelve its threatened strike action and give...

Eagles drop five points in FIFA ranking

The Super Eagles of Nigeria dropped five spots in the latest FIFA ranking released on Thursday at world football governing...

Czech Ambassador visits Fashola

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN (left), Ambassador of the Republic of Czech, H.E Pavel Mike...

Waiting for fuel

Vehicles at the Mobil Filling Station, Maryland, Lagos...on Thursday.

NLC proposed strike on electricity tariff: FG warns Labour

by Robby Akeju

The Federal Government has warned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) not to go on its proposed strike over hike in...

Over 1,000 tankers commence petrol loading at Apapa depots

by Ola Simeon

Oil marketers in the South-West have commenced loading of petrol in Apapa, Lagos as the major depots offer 24 hours...

Fashola: Is it possible for states to pay same minimum wage?

Text of an address by Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), at the third triennial national delegates...

Buhari receives 2016 Budget details, hosts Obasanjo

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja formally received the details of the 2016 Appropriation Bill from the National Assembly....

Fayose: INEC partisanship reason for renewed electoral violence

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, to first...

Leaders must take tough decisions to grow economy, says Ambode at The Nation Forum on Economy

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday said that for Nigeria’s economy to improve, its leaders must have the...

Allow Dasuki access to his counsel, court orders prosecution

A High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday ordered the prosecution to allow former National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo...

Arase: Policemen to undergo drug abuse test

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Solomon Arase, has said that, henceforth, all policemen will undergo snap urine tests to...

EFCC to tribunal: $10,000 lodged into Saraki’s account 18 times, he authorised transfer of $3.4m to U.S. account through GTBank

An official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Michael Wetcast, on Wednesday, told the Code of Conduct...

Five soldiers killed in Adamawa, Bayelsa