Boko Haram gave me N200 to detonate explosive, says suicide bomber
Maiduguri – An 18-year-old Boko Haram suicide bomber, Amina, who was intercepted by men of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Tuesday in Maiduguri, said she was given N200 for the...
View ArticleSenate confirms receiving President Buhari’s letter to extend vacation
Abuja – The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the receipt of President Muhammadu Buhari’s letter to extend his 10-day vacation in UK. Sen. Aliyu Sabi, spokesperson of the senate, made this known to newsmen...
View ArticleNigeria to stop fuel importion by 2019 – Kachikwu
Abuja – Nigeria will stop importing refined petroleum products by 2019, Mr Ibe Kachikwu, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, said on Tuesday in Abuja. Kachikwu made the disclosure at a...
View ArticleCourt issues order to freeze Mike Ozekhome’s account
Lagos – A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the temporary forfeiture of the sum of N75million in the account of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, domiciled with Guaranty...
View ArticleHow PDP, Ize-Iyamu’s witnesses strengthened Obaseki’s case at tribunal
Petitioners of the 2016 Edo gubernatorial election – People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and her candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu – yesterday, brought more witnesses before the election tribunal sitting...
View ArticleHerdsmen kill Okowa’s aide, mother-in law, police in Benin
The mobile police sergeant attached to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s Executive Assistant, Mr. Hillary and the mother-in law have been shot dead last weekend by an unknown gunmen along Benin bye pass, Edo...
View ArticleWAEC Endorsed Aregbesola’s Opon Imo, Recommend It To Other States
The West African Examination Council, WAEC, has endorsed Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s policies, especially in the education sector. Delivering a frame of endorsement to the governor on Friday, 3rd...
View ArticleFG to implement 71-point economic council retreat resolutions
Abuja – The Federal government has pledged its commitment to implementing the 71-point National Economic Council (NEC) retreat resolutions aimed at improving socio-economic and political development in...
View ArticleEnang debunks insinuations on Buhari’s request for vacation extension
Abuja – The Presidency has debunked insinuations by some Nigerians that the Senate may void President Mohammadu Buhari’s request for extension of his vacation period. Mr Ita Enang, Special Assistant to...
View ArticleEkiti 2018: Current campaigns illegal, says INEC
Ado Ekiti – Ahead of the governorship election in Ekiti in 2018, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday declared as illegal the current campaigns being embarked on by some...
View ArticleOsun is under siege of disinformation
There is a partial media blackout of positive developments in Osun – there is almost no reporting on the condition of developmental strides of Governor Rauf Aregbesola. Those reports that make it to...
View ArticleRivers rerun: We have not been informed of police panel report – INEC
Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it was yet to receive the report of the Police panel that investigated activities surrounding the Dec. 10, 2016 parliamentary re-run...
View ArticleFG may reverse forex restriction of 41 items, says Customs
Ibadan – The Zonal Coordinator, Zone `A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Assistant Comptroller-General Monday Abueh, has said that the Federal Government may reverse the foreign exchange...
View ArticleArmy arrests 2 soldiers for allegedly maltreating physically challenged...
Onitsha (Anambra) – The Nigerian Army says it has arrested two Military Police who allegedly maltreated a physically challenged person on New Market Road, Onitsha, on Feb. 7. The physically challenged...
View ArticleBetsy Obaseki @ BOITC: The Coward, the Web and Morality
It was with immense sadness and genuine pity that I witnessed a deliberate misuse of the cyberspace by a malicious mind. This abuse of the internet assumed the form of a libelous story directed to the...
View ArticleObaseki tasks Pensions Fund Administrators on quality service delivery
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has assured the Pensions Fund Managers of his administration’s support in ensuring quality service delivery to Edo State workforce who are currently keying into...
View ArticleWaste Is Our Greatest Challenge As a Country – Obaseki
BENIN CITY: Edo State Governor Mr. Godwin Obaseki disclose that the greates challenge facing Nigeria as a nation is that of waste, saying that there is so much waste in this country and the time to...
View ArticleOsinbajo lauds NLC, TUC for joining anti-corruption crusade
Abuja – Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has applauded leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) for joining the ongoing anti-corruption campaign in the country....
View ArticleNo sacred cow in fight against corruption, Labour tells FG
Abuja – The Organised Labour Movement in Nigeria on Thursday called on the Federal Government to ensure that there was no sacred cow in the fight against corruption in the country. The Nigeria Labour...
View ArticleArik Air management to challenge AMCON’s takeover
Lagos – The management of Arik Air on Thursday said it would challenge the taking over of the airline by the Assets Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) in court. Capt. Ado Sanusi, Senior Vice...
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