Kaduna farmers get 60% subsidy on fertiliser
Kaduna State are to enjoy 60 per cent subsidy on prices of assorted fertiliser procured by the state government for distribution in preparation for this year’s farming season. Speaking on Monday at...
View ArticleCBN orders banks to refund monies to ATM shortchanged customers
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed all deposit money banks (DMBs) in the country to return all monies in their possession as a result of Automated Teller Machines’ (ATMs’) non-dispense or...
View ArticleBoko Haram writes Chibok, threatens fresh attack •486 ‘Boko Haram suspects’...
There was panic in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, where over 200 female students of Government Girls’ Secondary School were abducted by Islamic militants, Boko Haram, following a letter...
View ArticleAir Peace acquires additional aircraft, vows to create jobs
Air Peace says that it has taken delivery of another aircraft, a Boeing 737-500 with registration number 5N-BQS. A statement by the airline on Tuesday said the aircraft, which landed in Lagos from the...
View ArticleNational Confab rejects plans for new national carrier
Members of the National Conference have voted against any plan to either revive the defunct Nigeria Airways or set up a new national carrier. The delegates arrived at this position while considering...
View ArticleRivers CP orders dissolution of PCRC Exco
The Commissioner of Police in Rivers, Mr Tunde Ogunsakin, has ordered the dissolution of the executive committee of the Police Community Relations Committee in the state. The Police Public Relations...
View ArticleBoko Haram: DHQ arrests wanted terror kingpin
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) yesterday revealed that one of the most wanted terror kingpins was among the 486 Boko Haram suspects arrested in Abia State Soldiers attached to the 144 Battalion of the...
View ArticleInsecurity: Explosion rocks football viewing centre in Yobe
Scores of football lovers were on Tuesday feared killed in a blast that rocked a football viewing centre in Damaturu, Yobe State. The victims were watching one of the World Cup matches involving Brazil...
View ArticleKeyamo, 22 others in shortlist for SAN
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee has shortlisted a Lagos lawyer, Mr. Festus Keyamo, and 22 others for an interview preparatory to the conferment of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria...
View ArticleYouth leader saga: Jalo is 52, not 49 – PDP tells APC
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed shock over a statement by the All Progressives Congress (APC) regarding the actual age of its National Youth Leader, Ibrahim Jalo. The PDP National...
View ArticleJet Probe: Alison-Madueke, NNPC, PPMC decline Reps’ summons
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, the Nigeria National Petroleum ...
View ArticleNUPENG suspends nationwide strike
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) on Tuesday suspended its planned ...
View ArticleEnugu: Judge confiscates journalists’ ID cards
An Enugu High Court Judge, Justice Eno Oluedo, on Tuesday confiscated the identity cards of two journalists from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu. Oluedo also caused the journalists, Mr...
View ArticleI haven’t made love to my wife in 16 years, husband tells court
A 56-year-old man, Adebayo Ajibode, on Wednesday urged an Alakuko Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve his 30-year-old marriage to Bosede because of his wife’s alleged fetism. Adebayo, a mechanic, who...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea PM sacks anti-graft body for probing him
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill, has disbanded the country’s anti-corruption body after it had served warrant for his arrest on corruption allegations. O’Neill said on Wednesday in...
View ArticleArisekola-Alao will be remembered as a great Entrepreneur – President Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has received with great shock and sadness, news of the death of the renowned Nigerian businessman and religious leader, Alhaji Abdul-Azeez Arisekola-Alao. On behalf of...
View ArticlePresident Jonathan appoints Ajayi Executive Secretary PTDF
President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed Mr. Olufemi Ajayi as the Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF). Mr. Ajayi is from Ekiti State and until this new...
View ArticleNIMASA begins implementation of MLC 2006
The Nigeria Maritime Safety and Administration Agency on Wednesday began the implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention, one year after its ratification. The MLC 2006, a composition of over 68...
View ArticleAlison-Madueke approves sale of Conoco assets to Oando
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison Madueke, has finally given her consent to the acquisition of Conoco-Phillips Nigerian asset by Oando, the leading Nigerian indigenous oil company....
View ArticleOAU announces indefinite closure over school fees
The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, has shut the university indefinitely following sustained protest of students over increment in school fees. The university management...
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