40 terrorrists, 11 soldiers killed…As troops capture armed tank, other weapons
Forty Boko Haram members were killed in Konduga, Beneshek and Damboa in the North-east when units of the Nigerian Armed Forces launched major offensives against the insurgents last Thursday and...
View ArticleN7b debt: GTBank in Court to stop sale of Arisekola-Alao’s assets
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered that the assets of late billionaire businessman, Alhaji Abdul-Azeez Arisekola-Alao should not be sold, a plea sort by Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank). The...
View ArticlePort Harcourt-Maiduguri railway rehabilitation to be completed December...
Substantial portions of the ongoing rehabilitation of rail track in the Eastern corridor from Port Harcourt to Maiduguri will be completed latest by December this year to enable trains to move from...
View ArticleGovernors of NDDC States to Tackle Poor Funding of Commission
The Advisory Council Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has resolved to urgently address the funding challenges facing the commission so as to re-position it for better service delivery to the...
View Article$9.3m: Falana accuses Oritsejafor of breaching company law
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has accused the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, of breaching the provisions of Company and Allied Matters Act...
View ArticleWe’ll not rush Synagogue building collapse probe -Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Monday said the government would follow due process in the investigation of the September 12 building collapse at the Synagogue Church of All Nations,...
View Article2,000 Physically Challenged Persons Get N20m Support In Katsina
Katsina State Government has disbursed N20 million and food items to 2, 000 physically challenged and less privileged persons in 34 Local Government Areas. The wife of the state governor, Hajia Fatima...
View ArticleAnambra signs MoU with Ekcel Farm for tomato, cassava production
Anambra State Government yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an indigenous organisation, Ekcel Frams Limited, for the production of tomato and cassava. It was gathered that the...
View Article10 Nigerian pilgrims die in S’Arabia
Ten Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia have died , according to the Coordinator of the National Hajj Commission in Mecca, Aliyu Tanko. Tanko said Monday that at least 50,000 Nigerian pilgrims had so...
View ArticleNNPC retirees seek dissolution of Board for incompetency
The Retired Staff Association of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation.(NNPC), has asked Federal Government to immediately dissolve the board of the corporation for lack of competence and...
View ArticleCourt orders SSS to apologize to El-Ruufai for unlawful detention
A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has ordered the State Security Service to apologize to a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nasir El-Rufai, and to pay him N2 million...
View ArticleIgbo must rule Nigeria after Jonathan – Ohanaeze insists
Apex Igbo organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo yesterday vowed that the South East would produce the next leader of the country after President Gooodluck Jonathan’s second term. Ohanaeze’s position came just...
View ArticleAMCON: Court vacates order against Babalakin’s Bi-Courtney
Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, vacated the orders made by his brother judge, Justice Okon Abang, appointing Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON,...
View ArticleMark derides governors for running councils like personal estate
Senate President, David Mark, on Monday condemned the current practice in some state governors who are running the various local government councils in their domain like their personal estates, with...
View ArticleEnugu 2015: Adada Media Forum commends Chime, PDP
The Adada Media Forum has commended stakeholders in the Enugu State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for adopting Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi as the consensus candidate for next year’s...
View ArticleAmaju Pinnick, Delta FA Boss, emerges as new NFA President
Mr Amaju Pinnick, Chairman, Delta Football Association, has been elected as the new President of the Nigeria Football Association. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Pinnick scored a total...
View ArticleObasanjo goes back to school for Ph.D
A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has enrolled for an MA/Ph.D. in Christian Theology at the National Open University ... The post Obasanjo goes back to school for Ph.D appeared first on The...
View ArticleNigeria at 54: Military rule slowed down Nigeria’s progress -Yuguda
The Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda has said that Nigeria could have done better in its 54 years of independence if not for military interventions and some other challenges that bedevilled her....
View ArticleGovt warns foreign airlines against mistreating Nigerians
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said it will come down hard on foreign airline operators that treat Nigerian passengers with disregard. According to the regulator, steps are been taken...
View ArticleFG adopts new pre-shipment inspection for ‘Tokunbo’ vehicles
The Federal Government on Tuesday said it would begin a new pre-shipment verification of conformity to standards on used vehicles coming into the country. The Director-General, Standards Organisation,...
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