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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja decried the current situation in which teachers go without being paid their salaries...

Buhari sacks Kuku, appoints Boroh as Amnesty Programme Co-ordinator

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, sacked Kingsley Kuku as Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme for former Niger Delta militants. The...

Alleged corruption: EFCC interrogates Saraki’s wife for six hours

Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday interrogated Mrs Toyin Saraki, wife of the Senate President,...

Bayelsa: APC, PDP spar over Nov 16 polls

PDP advises FG, APC on due process in fight against corruption

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the Federal Government and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to follow due process...

FAAN: We only denied Patience Jonathan’s convoy access to foot of aircraft for safety reasons

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Tuesday said that it never denied Dame Patience Jonathan, the wife of...

Dame Jonathan deserves her humiliation at Port Harcourt Airport, says APC

Former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, deserves the humiliation she suffered last week when she was denied access to the...

Buhari, Biya strategise against Boko Haram in Yaoundé

The Cameroonian Minister of Communication, Issa Bakary, said on Tuesday that security issues are expected to domination talks as Paul...

Man electrocuted by high tension wire in Kano

A resident of Kano, Musa Lalaji, 39, of Gadun Albasa quarters, has been electrocuted by high tension wire at Kano...

Senators: Nobody can remove Saraki, Ekweremadu

Senators on Tuesday unanimously passed a vote of confidence on President of the President, Bukola Saraki, and Deputy President, Ike...

Buhari orders distribution of 150 trucks of seized rice to Nigerians

Customs seal four major rice importing firms over N23.6 bn debt

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday sealed the warehouses and business premises of four major rice importing firms over...

Ondo Govt assures pensioners of payment soon

The Ondo State Government on Tuesday assured pensioners on its payroll of payment of their outstanding pension and gratuity. This...

Dickson pledges facelift for Odi General Hospital

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has promised to give a facelift to the general hospital in Odi community as...

U.S. human rights group protests as court sentences Gaddafi’s son, eight ex-officials to death over 2011 killings

A Libyan court on Tuesday sentenced to death Saif’ al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the late dictator, Muammer Gaddafi, and eight...

Tanker conveying 33,000 litres of aviation fuel tumbles at Lagos airport

An oil tanker conveying 33,000 litres of Jet A-1, otherwise called aviation fuel, on Tuesday tumbled near the access gate...

Buhari seeks Senate confirmation of Service Chiefs

The Senate on Tuesday announced the receipt of a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari, requesting the confirmation of Service Chiefs,...

Senate passes revised 2020 Budget of N10.8trn

Senator protests as Saraki announces Akpabio, Olujimi, others as Principal Officers

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the Senate on Tuesday in Abuja, announced the appointment of Senator Godswill Akpabio...

BP profits slump two-thirds after huge oil spill charge

British Petroleum (BP's) second-quarter profit slumped by nearly two thirds from a year ago on Tuesday as it grappled with...

Sleep helps in remembering events, says research

A study published on Monday by the University of Exeter, London, has shown that sleep not only protects events from...

APC: Buhari’s probe of Jonathan’s administration in Nigeria’s interest

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed strong support for President Muhammadu Buhari's decision to probe the immediate past federal...

Treasure hunters find $1m worth of shipwrecked Spanish Gold off U.S. Coast