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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution of the Governing Boards of Federal Parastatals, Agencies and Institutions with effect from...

Buhari: Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers will ensure peace in Middle East

President Muhammadu Buhari said Thursday in Abuja that under his leadership, Nigeria will continue to support the use of nuclear...

APC rejects Adamawa governorship supplementary election date

With INEC’s registration of DPC, Nigeria now has 29 parties

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the registration of a new party entitled: ‘Democratic Peoples Congress’ (DPC), bringing...

Buhari sacks NIMASA DG, Akpobolokemi

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, sacked the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Patrick Ziakede...

PDP lied on alleged interference with tribunals, says APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of engaging in brazen lies by alleging interference...

Prompt News Online loses Reporter, Gracious Akujobi

The management of PNO Dynamic Media Limited, Publishers of Prompt News Online, has announced the death of its Sports Reporter,...

NSA job: My story, by Dambazzau

Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd), on Thursday said he was not desperate about holding any...

Kwara Govt: No worker died due to salary arrears

The Kwara State Government has described as false, speculative and unfounded a report that some of its workers died waiting...

PENGASSAN to Agip: Obey court order or face industrial action

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has called on the management of Nigerian Agip Oil...

Amina Zakari: Buhari’s admittance of relationship justifies our demand, says PDP

Katsina bye-election holds August 8

The Independent National Electoral Commission has released the time table for bye-election into the Katsina Federal Constituency. In a statement...

Serena wins 40th match of the year

Serena Williams, on Wednesday, became the first player to achieve a 40-match win in a year at the Swedish Open...

APC: NNPC’s plan to move $1.2b from banks to CBN linked to missing NLNG dividends, renews call for probe

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has renewed its call on the Federal Government to probe the whereabouts of the dividends...

13 killed, seven injured, 56 houses razed in Kaduna

PENGASSAN faults el-Rufai’s call for scrapping of NNPC

Oil workers under the auspices of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) have faulted the...

Buhari to reunite with American War College classmates during U.S. visit

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Sunday to Washington D.C. on a four-day official visit during which he will...

Babangida: Movement of Boko Haram suspects to Anambra shouldn’t have been made public

Let me convey my warm wishes to all Muslims home and abroad for the successful completion of the Ramadan exercise....

el-Rufa’i retires 20 Perm Secs, appoints 13

The Kaduna State government on Wednesday announced the retirement of 20 Permanent Secretaries from the service. The government also announced...

Another building collapses in Lagos

Less than one week after a building collapsed in Yaba, Lagos, another three-storey building on Wednesday collapsed in Ebute Metta....

Oil dealer calls for ban on petrol importation

An oil dealer in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Mr Kingsley Irofuala, on Wednesday, said that a ban on petrol importation...

72 Battalion lost 28 soldiers to insurgency in four years

The Commanding Officer, 72 Special Forces Battalion, Makurdi, Benue State, Colonel Timothy Lagbaja, has said that the battalion lost 28...

UN puts Nigeria’s electricity access rate at 57%

Meter manufacturers want NERC to open market for free competition