Boko Haram: 18 die as explosion hits Maiduguri market …Kaduna blast injures 2
At least 18 people have been killed in an explosion at a market in Maiduguri, north-eastern Nigeria ... The post Boko Haram: 18 die as explosion hits Maiduguri market …Kaduna blast injures 2 appeared...
View ArticleEbola epidemic: WHO summons W/African Health ministers to crucial meeting
Health ministers from across western Africa gathered on Wednesday to plan “drastic action” against the world’s deadliest-ever Ebola epidemic as dozens of new cases continued to emerge. There have been...
View ArticleLagos begins clampdown on illegal siren users
Embarrassed by indiscriminate use of siren in Lagos State, the government yesterday directed law enforcement agencies to begin apprehension of offenders as well as their prosecution. The Attorney...
View ArticleHeated debate greets Confab Committee report on state creation
Intensive debate on Wednesday greeted the Report of the National Conference Committee on Political Restructuring and Forms of Government, presented to the Conference on Tuesday by the Committee’s...
View ArticleFG appraises Super Eagles performance at World Cup, charges Sports minister...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting reviewed the Super Eagles performance at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil. According to Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, the Minister of Sports, Tamuno...
View ArticleReps okay 42.5mpa grade cement to check buildings collapse
The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, approved the recommendation of its ad hoc committee on composition and pigmentation of cement that 42.5mpa grade cement should be the minimum standard for...
View ArticleMaintenance: FAAN shuts Abuja Airport for 3 days
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, said on Wednesday that the runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in the country’s capital will be closed to traffic for maintenance from...
View ArticleNigeria’s break-up less probable under Boko Haram insurgency – Soyinka
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, on Wednesday, said that the Boko Haram insurgency has made the prospects ... The post Nigeria’s break-up less probable under Boko Haram insurgency – Soyinka appeared first...
View ArticleStates yet to access N53.6bn UBEC intervention funds – Govt
he Federal Government on Thursday disclosed that about N53.6 billion has not been accessed by some states under the Universal Basic Education intervention grants. The government however stated that its...
View ArticleOshiomhole cancels teachers’ competency test
The Edo State Government has reversed the planned competency test for teachers in the state and recalled the 936 teachers whose names were deleted from the payroll over certificate discrepancies and...
View ArticleOko Poly withdraws from ASUP strike, resumes lectures next week
The Academic Board of the Federal Polytechnic, Oko in Anambra State yesterday announced the withdrawal of the institution from the ongoing national strike of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP....
View ArticleAdamawa: Nyako loses battle to restrain impeachment process
A High Court sitting in Yola has thrown out an application filed by the Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako, seeking to restrain the state House of Assembly from commencing impeachment process...
View ArticleEbola: W’African states agree on strategy
Health ministers from 11 West African countries have adopted a common strategy to fight a deadly Ebola outbreak in the region. At an emergency meeting in Ghana, ministers promised better collaboration...
View ArticlePandemonium as BRT bus knocks down soldier in Lagos
Soldiers Friday morning went on rampage at the Palmgroove area on Ikorodu Road, Lagos after a BRT bus allegedly knocked down a soldier on a motorcycle. It could not be ascertained if the soldier died...
View ArticleENSG denies involvement in Enugu-USA elections
The Enugu State Government has described as false and mischievous, a report in a national daily claiming that the government was involved in the recent elections of the ENUGU-USA- an organization...
View ArticleFidelity implements new solution to protect Verve, MasterCard holders
Fidelity Bank Plc in its drive towards protecting customers’ interest, has implemented a state of the art security solution which effectively protects the bank’s Verve and Debit MasterCard cardholders...
View ArticleOrji urges Jonathan to declare for 2015
Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State has declared that he has no regrets for his continued support for President Goodluck Jonathan, saying his support for the President is not cosmetic but total....
View ArticleConfab’s recommendation for additional 18 states willn’t fly- Ijaw Youth
The Ijaw ethnic nationality Friday rejected the recommendation of the National Confab on the creation of eighteen additional states allegedly skewed in favour of some ethnic nationalities will not fly....
View ArticleOutrage trails Ogboni pastor’s revelations
■ He’s an agent of darkness –CAN Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, and Christian leaders across the country have lambasted Prophet Solomon Oladimeji, the Cherubim and Seraphim Church prophet who...
View ArticleI did not mean to embarrass anybody, I am cultured—Charley Boy
Following last weekend’s reports that Charles Oputa (a.k.a Charly Boy) embarrassed Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State at the funeral mass of his late father, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa. The maverick...
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