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President Muhammadu Buhari and his Cameroonian counterpart, Paul Biya, have agreed to work towards the completion of the demarcation of...

U.S. gives $997m to Dangote Refinery

The United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) on Thursday in Lagos announced a grant of $997.4 million dollars (about...

Senate passes revised 2020 Budget of N10.8trn

Agriculture

Senate wants all waivers on rice, other agric products revoked

The Senate on Thursday passed a resolution urging the Federal Government to revoke all import waivers on rice and other...

UITH performs first open heart surgery

University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) has performed its first Open Heart Surgery on two young girls. This was disclosed...

APC not responsible for Saraki’s travails, says Odigie-Oyegun

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has distanced the party from Mrs Toyin Saraki's travails....

School fees: Student stabs female colleague in Oyo

From Bode Durojaiye, Oyo. A student of one of the higher institutions in Oyo State is on the run after...

Power surge destroys properties in Oyo community

From Bode Durojaiye, Oyo. Properties worth millions of naira have been destroyed by power surge at Awe town, Afijio Local...

DPR to grant NDPR licence to operate 1000bpd modular refinery

Port Harcourt, Warri Refineries commence preliminary production, says NNPC

Port Harcourt and Warri refineries have commenced preliminary production of petroleum products after successful test-runs. This was revealed in a...

Profiteering: DPR seals Oando, 21 other filling stations in Abuja

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed 22 filling stations in Abuja and environs for profiteering. This is contained...

Wike loses as tribunal says Peterside qualified to contest Rivers guber poll

The Rivers State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, struck out a motion filed by Governor Nyesom...

NUPENG backs Buhari’s move to split NNPC

The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), on Wednesday, commended President Muhammadu Buhari's plan to split the...

Lagos residents bemoan re-emergence of street parties

Some Lagos residents on Wednesday decried the re-emergence of road blocks around the metropolitan city caused by inhabitants organising social...

Access Bank director: Techno Oil LPG Plant, a big dream

Executive Director of Access Bank Plc., Mr Roosevelt Ogbonna, has described the LPG plant being built by Techno Oil as...

Aregbesola: I will pay backlog of workers’ salaries soon

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has assured that workers' backlog of salaries would be paid soon. This promise is...

Palace chiefs debunk reports of Ooni’s death, say monarch hale, hearty

The Royal Traditional Secretary of Ooni's Palace, Ile-Ife, Osun State, High Chief Adetoye Odewole, on Wednesday, debunked media reports claiming...

Ajimobi: Buhari, Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu, Fayemi, Oyetola, Ambode, PDP, others mourn

‘Ajimobi running Oyo State like family business’

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and National Leaders of the party have been...

Blind man defrauds accommodation seeker of N550,000

A visually-impaired man, Sule Akinyemi, and a woman, Olajumoke Awosika, were on Wednesday charged with defrauding an accommodation seeker of...

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

Bayelsa PDP chief to Buhari, APC: Any attempt to rig guber polls will cause anarchy

Pioneer Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, Charles Dorgu, has asked members of the All Progressives...

Lawyer apologises as Osun petitioner Judge fails to appear before Assembly panel

The ad-hoc investigative committee set up by the Osun State House of Assembly to investigate the petition by a serving...

After 35 years on the throne, Ooni of Ife joins ancestors at 85