I take a walk twice weekly — 90-yr-old ex-health worker
Ninety-year-old Titilola Thomas tells Gbenga Adeniji the story of her life When were you born? I am Titilola Thomas (nee Fadairo). I was born in Ogun State on June17, 1924. There were few schools at...
View ArticleEnugu Councillor, 9 others nabbed for kidnapping, murder
Department of State Security (DSS) Anambra State Command has arrested a serving councilor in Enugu State, Kingsley Chukwuka Eze, and nine other suspects over alleged involvement in kidnapping and...
View ArticleSmugglers attack Customs officers, destroy patrol vehicle
The Deputy Comptroller of Customs, Shallangwa Hassan Sule, the Co-ordinator, Customs headquarters Anti-smuggling Task-force, has condemned the brutal attack carried out by suspected smugglers, who also...
View ArticleNigeria offers to step in if Russian gas to EU is interrupted
Nigeria says it is prepared to help Europe meet its long-term needs for gas at a time when there is concern about the western flow of Russian gas through Ukraine. The office of Diezani Alison-Madueke,...
View ArticleNasarawa to build special school for Taraba refugees
NasarawaState governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, has reiterated his administration committed to establish a special school at the temporary refugees camp at Shabu to take care of the educational needs of...
View ArticleASUP Strike continues as NEC awaits Senate meeting
TheNational Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) at the end of its 77th National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Lagos has announced that the nine months old strike...
View ArticleSuarez Ban: FIFA leaders are ‘sons of bitches’— Uruguay president
Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica has slammed FIFA leaders as “sons of bitches” for banning the country’s star striker Luis Suarez over his infamous World Cup bite. Mujica called the four month ban on...
View ArticleMixed reactions trail FG’s release of 200bn capital votes
Government to re-examine its management of the economy, especially the application of national capital votes. The mixed reactions followed the federal government’s recent release of the 200 billion...
View ArticleAbuja hotels to submit daily list of guests to SSS, police
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed, on Monday, directed all hotels in Abuja to, henceforth, forward the list of their guests to the FCT Directorate of State Security...
View ArticleConfab leadership absolved from premature conference report
Proceedings at the National Conference started on Monday with lengthy arguments over a newspaper publication alleging that the leadership of the Conference was involved in premature preparation of a...
View ArticleNCC destroys N26.3m illegal broadcast equipment in Enugu
The Nigerian Copyright Commission has destroyed illegal broadcast equipment valued at N26.3m during an anti-piracy operation in Enugu. Most of the items destroyed, including cable wires and boosters,...
View ArticleCourt acquits suspected killers of Funsho Williams
A Lagos High Court, Igbosere, presided by Justice Ebenezer Adebajo, Monday discharged and acquitted six suspected killers of a former Lagos State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial...
View ArticleFG to issue $300m Diaspora bond
The Federal Government is planning to issue a bond of $100m-$300m aimed at the country’s Diaspora by the end of the year, the Director-General, Debt Management Office, Dr. Abraham Nwankwo, has said....
View ArticleSenate moves against CBN on N35m BDC capital base
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, on Monday described as unfair the N35m minimum capital base imposed on Bureau de Change operators. Makarfi, who addressed journalists...
View ArticleNdigbo Lagos decries Boko Haram’s incursions into Southeast
Ndigbo Lagos, the umbrella organisation of all Igbo groups in Lagos has condemned in very strong terms what it called the incursions of the Islamist terror group, Boko Haram, into Igboland. In a...
View ArticlePresident Jonathan mourns Umaru Dikko
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Tuesday expressed sadness at the news of the passing away of prominent politician and elder statesman, Alhaji Umaru Dikko. The President, in a statement by his...
View ArticleFG seeks Chinese partnership for national carrier
The Federal Government on Tuesday asked investors from China to partner Nigeria in floating a national carrier for the country. According to the government, Nigeria being the largest economy in Africa...
View ArticleLagos bans unlawful use of siren
The Lagos State Government has banned the indiscriminate and unlawful use of siren in the state, saying anyone who contravenes the law would be prosecuted and jailed for three years. The State...
View ArticleSuspension: Sanusi withdraws suit against Jonathan, AGF, IGP
The Emir of Kano and former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Lamido Sanusi, has discontinued the suit filed against President Goodluck Jonathan, the Attorney General of the Federation...
View ArticleJAMB releases 2014 UTME, Poly, COEs cut-off marks
The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has released the cut-off marks for the 2014 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), retaining the existing 180 cut-off mark for admission...
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