Army repels insurgents in Damboa, Maiduguri
The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri said on Thursday that it successfully repelled an attack on Damboa community in Damboa Local Government Area of northeastern Borno State by suspected...
View ArticleTraditional rulers in Anambra have called on President Goodluck Jonathan to...
Igwe Gibson Nwosu of Awka and Igwe Chijioke Nwankwo of Nawfia in Njikoka Local Government Area made the call while speaking with newsmen in Awka on Thursday. They expressed dissatisfaction with the...
View ArticleThe Speaker of the Ebonyi House of Assembly, Mr Chukwuma Nwazunku, on...
Nwazunka made the call when members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists paid him a courtesy visit in Abakaliki. He said that such virtue would save the nation from...
View ArticleGov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo on Thursday commended individuals, groups and...
Okorocha made the commendation at the hand-over of a new primary school building donated by the U.S. chapter of the Ulakwo People’s Assembly in Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area. The governor,...
View ArticleNo fewer than 10 motorists driving against the traffic on the Onitsha-Owerri...
Mr Daniel Asanya, the Unit Commander of FRSC in Ihiala, said in Ihiala near Onitsha that the attitude of the motorists had been an increasing cause of crashes on the road. Asanya said the trend had...
View ArticleThe Imo Sports Council has inaugurated a 10-man governing board to pilot its...
The Chairman of the board is Chief Tony Ajaelu, a former cricket coach in the state, while the acting Director of Sports in the state, Mrs Chizotam Aritola, is the secretary. In his inaugural speech...
View ArticleMissing funds: NNPC claims spending $8.49bn on subsidy
The controversy surrounding the allegedly missing $10.8bn meant to be remitted to the Federation Account by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation took another turn on Friday as the NNPC claimed...
View ArticleFCTA issues two-year eviction notice to Defence College
The FCT Administration has given the National Defence College, Abuja, two years to complete and move to their permanent site along the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Expressway (Airport Road). The FCT Minister,...
View ArticleWhy FG sacked Enejere as UNN Pro Chancellor.
The Federal Government suspended and dismissed Dr. Emeka Enejere as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council of the University of Nigeria following evidence that Enejere was polarising the...
View ArticleTotal ‘to invest in UK shale gas’
How fracking recovers natural gas from shale French oil and gas company Total is to invest in the UK’s shale gas industry, it is to be announced on Monday. Total will be the first of the so-called “oil...
View Article100 Nigerians languish in Moroccan Prisons, says Ambassador
Sen. Abdallah Wali, Nigeria’s ambassador to Morocco, on Sunday said no fewer than 100 Nigerians were currently languishing in Moroccan Prisons. Wali told Newsmen in Sokoto that most of them were being...
View ArticleIPMAN refutes threat to commence nation-wide strike
The National Body of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on Sunday debunked reports in the news saying that some of its members threatened to embarked on nation-wide...
View ArticlePolice deny shooting Sen. Abe
The Rivers Police Command on Sunday denied allegations that its personnel shot and wounded a member of the National Assembly, Sen. Magnus Abe. Its spokesman, Ahmad Muhammad, a Deputy Superintendent of...
View ArticleAMMC demolishes recreation spots in Abuja
The Abuja Metropolitan Management Council, Department of Development Control, on Sunday demolished two recreation spots, FESCO Security Gardens and Deos Gardens in Imo Crescent Area 1, Garki, Abuja....
View ArticleBorno elevates two emirs to first class status
The Borno Government on Sunday announced the elevation of the Emir of Uba, Alhaji Ismaila Mamza and that of Gwoza, Alhaji Idrisa Timta to First Class status. A statement issued in Maiduguri by Mr...
View ArticleBP loses bid over Gulf oil payouts
BP has lost an appeal to cancel the terms of its multi-billion-dollar settlement with businesses over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster. A US federal appeals court on Saturday upheld the terms...
View ArticleIsraelis pay respects to Sharon
Thousands of Israelis have filed past the body of ex-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who died on Saturday aged 85 – after eight years in a coma. Draped in a flag, his coffin lay in state outside the...
View ArticleAPGA clears Anambra LG polls
The ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra has won 20 chairmanship seats out of 21 in Saturday’s local government elections in the state. The Acting Chairman of the Anambra State...
View Article2015: Group urges Chime to contest Enugu West Senatorial seat
The Enugu State Stakeholders Advisory Group, an assembly of eminent persons from the state, has called on Gov. Sullivan Chime to contest the Enugu West Senatorial seat in 2015. The group made the call...
View ArticleMore Customers Win Cars, Cash at FirstBank’s Big Splash Promo Draw
The second quarterly draw of the on-going FirstBank ‘Big Splash Promo produced 3 more winners of the brand new Toyota Corolla cars at the quarterly draw which took place at Ibadan Civic Center in...
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