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March 10, 2016

Text of a speech by the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, at the launch of endowment fund of Oba...

Ahmed to Kwara workers: No BVN, no salaries

by Femi Adewale

Kwara State Government has declared that any worker that failed to submit his/her Bank Verification Number (BVN) within seven days...

FG grants automatic employment to Ocholi’s children, inaugurates 13-man burial committee

The Federal Government on Wednesday in Abuja announced automatic employment to two of the four children of the late Minister...

Kachikwu: We are not unbundling NNPC; NUPENG, PENGASSAN talk tough, say ‘no retreat, no surrender’

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Ibe Kachikwu, on Wednesday in Abuja dismissed the assertion that the Federal Government...

FRSC: Ocholi’s driver has no valid licence, attributes crash to excessive speeding

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Wednesday identified excessive speed, burst tyre and sudden application of brake as factors...

Reps to MTN: You must pay N1.04trn fine

House of Representatives Committee on Telecommunications on Wednesday insisted that MTN must pay the N1. 04 trillion fine imposed on...

N400m fraud: Metuh has case to answer, court rules

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court on Wednesday ruled that the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples...

Police arrest Lekki collapsed building contractor as death toll rises to 30; Lagos Govt halts construction

by Femi Adewale

Detectives from Lagos State Police Command have arrested Mr. Odofin Taiwo, the contractor handling the collapsed five-storey building in Lekki...

Afghani women’s soccer team gets jersey with integrated hijab

With a little tuck here and a little tuck there, Shabnam Mabarz hides her long hair under a red headscarf...

Kachikwu: FG to end importation of petrol in 18 months

by Ola Simeon

Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, said Federal Government planned to end importation of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS)...

Nigeria, S/Africa must unite to lead Africa’s economic growth, says Zuma; seeks reform of UN organs

South African President, Jacob Zuma, has called for unity between Nigeria and South Africa to drive economic growth in Africa....

Ese Oruru’s alleged abductor arraigned, court hears bail application March 14

by Chidi Roberts

Yunusa Dahiru, alleged abductor of Ese Eruru was arraigned before a Federal High Court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on Tuesday...

Agony of a trapped worker

One of the trapped workers at the Lagos collapsed building in Lekki...on Tuesday.

Buhari receives Zuma

President Muhammadu Buhari (left) welcoming President Jacob Zuma of South Africa at the Presidential Villa, Abuja...on Tuesday.

Survivor of Lagos collapsed building

One of the survivors of the Lekki, Lagos collapsed building being taken to the hospital by rescue workers...on Tuesday.

Ten dead, 10 rescued in Lagos collapsed building

by Femi Adewale

Ten people were confirmed dead on Tuesday after a five-storey building collapsed in Lekki area of Lagos State. Ten others...

Mobile Number Porting: MTN Nigeria loses 8,430 customers to other networks

by Ola Simeon

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Tuesday said that telecommunications operators engaged in 29,515 Mobile Number Porting (MNP) activities in...

Brent hits three-month high on hopes for producer price support

Oil prices rose one per cent on Tuesday with benchmark Brent prices hitting a three-month high on hopes for a...

More than 150 killed as U.S. strikes al Shabaab training camp in Somalia

March 7, 2016

The United States (U.S.) has carried out an air strike in Somalia, killing more than 150 fighters with the al...

Suspected hoodlums paraded in Lagos