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The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Tuesday said the number of Nigerian pilgrims killed during the September 24...

Fleeing robbers abandon N27m cash in Lagos

Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday foiled a robbery attempt on Access and Diamond banks in Festac area of the...

Senate passes revised 2020 Budget of N10.8trn

Ogbeh, Dambazzau, Lai Mohammed, others screened for ministerial positions

After over six hours of questioning by lawmakers, Chief Audu Ogbeh, Lt.- Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazzau, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and seven...

Fayemi: We must close gap between rich, poor Nigerians

Former governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has underscored the need for Nigeria to close the gap between the...

Lagos warns military officers against plying BRT lane, embarks on enforcement of traffic law

Lagos State Government, on Tuesday, urged security personnel to comply with the State Traffic Law and desist from plying Bus...

Court remands suspected killers of Lekki Free Trade boss

An Ebute-Metta Magistrate's Court on Tuesday granted the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) leave to remand in custody, 17 suspects...

NNPC: We have not reduced petrol pump price to N57

by Roland Edwards

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has debunked reports of a purported reduction in the current pump price of petrol...

Amaechi in NASS

Former Rivers State Governor and ministerial nominee, Rotimi Amaechi (right); Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters (House...

Boko Haram: Obasanjo leads Colombian security experts to Buhari

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday led a team of Colombian security experts to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari to...

UN Secretary-General unveils $5.57bn budget for 2016-2017

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, on Monday, presented a budget proposal of $5.57 billion for the 2016-2017 biennium that...

Police arrest man hired for N50,000 to commit murder

The Bauchi State Police Command has apprehended a 40 year-old man who was allegedly hired for N50,000 to abduct and...

Bayelsa polls: Police read riot act to political parties, politicians

Alamieyeseigha: Bayelsa declares seven-day mourning, as flags fly at half mast

by Chidi Roberts

The Bayelsa State Government has declared seven days of mourning in honour of the first civilian governor of the South-South...

Ambode orders police to arrest killer of Lekki Free Trade Zone boss, Disu

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday expressed shock and sadness over the murder of the Managing Director of...

NUJ to Daily Independent owners: Ted Iwere must go

National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr Abdulwaheed Odusile, has called on the owners of Independent Newspapers...

Saudi stampede: Nigeria’s death toll rises to 145, 165 pilgrims missing

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Sunday confirmed that 145 Nigerians were killed in the September 24 stampede...

Fayose: FG killed Alamieyeseigha because of Bayelsa election

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the death of former Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, as painful...

Dangote inaugurates 3m mtpa cement plant in Tanzania

Nigeria’s President and his Tanzanian counterpart have described business mogul, Aliko Dangote, as Africa’s economic stimulant whose investments have sustain...

Bayelsa APC crisis deepens as faction drums support for Dickson

by Chidi Roberts

Efforts to reconcile aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Bayelsa State by the leadership of the party...

Police allay fears of residents as ‘operation flush out criminals’ begins in Lagos

October 10, 2015

Lagos State Government on Saturday explained the heavy presence of security operatives in Ikorodu and its environs, saying the onslaught...