UNIJOS shut as students protest increase in levies
Students of the University of Jos on Monday morning paralysed activities at the Main Campus of the Institution, resulting in the shutting down of the school. The students were protesting the refusal of...
View ArticleRivers’ Court Registrar abducted
The chief Registrar of the River State High Court, Leonard Adoki, has been abducted by gunmen. Adoki was reportedly kidnapped on Sunday afternoon at his home town in Abua/Odual local government area of...
View ArticleAbuja court upholds Enugu PDP ward congresses, as Enugu Judge withdraws from...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja Monday upheld the November 1, 2014 ward congresses conducted by the Enugu State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The position of the court was made...
View ArticleJonathan congratulates Awolowo’s widow at 99
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday congratulated Chief Hannah Awolowo as she clocks 99. Mrs. Awolowo, the widow of the sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, will be 99 years old on Tuesday. Jonathan’s...
View ArticleWike sponsoring petitions against us -PDP gov aspirants
The crisis rocking the Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party seems unbaiting as 16 aggrieved governorship aspirants on Monday accused the immediate past Minister of State for Education,...
View ArticleEFCC raises objection on Babalakin’s move to quash fraud charges
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has raised objection to the move by the Chairman of Bi-Courtney Limited, Wale Babalakin, to quash the allegation of N4.7bn fraud leveled against him....
View ArticleFG names Nigeria’s top 100 firms
The Federal Government has named Dangote Group, FirstBank, Chevron and Elizade among the top 100 companies operating in the country, even as it disqualified trading companies and those with labour...
View ArticleNational debt rises to N10.8tn
The total debt of the Federal Government, the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory rose from N8.32tn on September 30, 2013 to N10.84tn on September 30, 2014. This means that...
View Article2015: Buhari returns nomination form
Former Head of State and presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari, yesterday, returned his completed nomination form to the party secretariat. At...
View ArticleAmbassadors to be Good Example to Youth
The telecommunications sector is the first genuine platform that has taken over virtually every aspect of human development since the revolution began via the Digital Mobile Licences 2001, according to...
View ArticleDon’t blame me for your woes, Gov Orji tells Kalu
Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has told his predecessor, Orji Uzor Kalu to stop pointing accusing fingers to his direction for his (Kalu’s) political woes. Governor Orji who spoke through...
View ArticleChibok: BBOG Group to storm Chadian embassy over alleged complicity with Boko...
The #BringBackOurGirls group will today storm the Chadian Embassy in Abuja to protest against the alleged supply of weapons by its government official. The group, which has been advocating for the...
View ArticleFG dangles hammer over Discos for rejecting power allocations
The Federal Government, Tuesday, accused some electricity distribution companies of refusing to accept electricity allocated to them, despite widening power distribution gap in the country....
View ArticleBuhari slams Jonathan, says President not ready for free polls
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant Gen. Muhammadu Buhari yesterday knocked President Goodluck Jonathan administration for the invasion of the APC’s data centre in Lagos. He said...
View Article2 suicide bombers kill 45 in Maiduguri market
Two suicide bombers – a male and female – attacked a heavily populated Maiduguri market, killing scores of people ...
View ArticleEx-Stationery Stores captain, Yomi Peters, dies at 71
A former captain of the defunct Stationery Stores of Lagos, Yomi Peters, 71, who has been hospitalised at the Lagos State University Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, is dead. It was reported that the late...
View ArticleObiano to build doctors quarters in 37 general hospitals
In continuation of his administration’s three-pronged strategy for the development of the health sector which takes into account infrastructure development, provision of medical equipment to health...
View ArticleTerrorism threatens Nigeria’s oil fortunes – Dangote
Africa’s richest man and founder, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has raised the alarm over rising threats to Nigeria’s oil and gas fortunes owing to the rising spate of terrorism in the country. He said...
View ArticlePDP, Mu’azu oppose Tukur’s return as party chairman
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, on Wednesday at a Federal High Court in Abuja opposed the move by Alhaji Bamanga Tukur to return as the leader of the...
View ArticleCourt orders DSS to open APC data centre
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos yesterday ordered the Department of State Security Service DSS to immediately unseal the office and data warehouse of the All Progressive Congress, APC. Justice...
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