Spain readies to impose direct rule as Catalonia fights back
Spain’s premier urged senators Friday to impose direct rule on Catalonia, where separatists fought back with a proposed independence bid. As a months-long standoff between Spain and the rebel region...
View ArticleHIV-positive man intentionally infects 30 women, risks life imprisonment
An HIV-positive man accused of intentionally infecting 30 women is set to learn the verdict on Friday in his trial for allegedly targeting victims for unprotected sex over nearly 10 years. Under the...
View ArticleUS releases Russian defense firms sanctions list
The United States published Friday a list of 39 firms with ties to Russia’s military and intelligence agencies whose clients and partners face sanctions under a new US law. The companies named include...
View ArticleCorruption: Buhari’s government rotten – Fayose
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has described the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government as one that is rotten and covered with scandalous...
View ArticleCourt decides Evans’ applications to quash murder charges Nov. 10
Oladimeji Ramon The Lagos State High Court in Igbosere has fixed November 10 to rule on whether or not to quash the murder and illegal sales of firearms charges filed by the Lagos State Directorate of...
View ArticlePDP has hijacked Buhari’s govt, says Hameed Ali
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Colonel Hameed Ali (retd.), has said the ruling All Progressives Congress has not fulfilled its promises after two years in government. Ali also...
View ArticleUPDATED: Spain PM dissolves Catalan parliament
Spain dissolved Catalonia’s parliament on Friday and called new regional elections after separatists voted for independence in a sharp escalation of a constitutional crisis that has stoked alarm in...
View ArticleUNILAG appoints Ogundipe as new VC
Sodiq Oyeleke The University of Lagos has appointed Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, a professor of Botany, as its new vice-chancellor. He becomes the 12th vice-chancellor of the university and will succeed...
View ArticleDesist from drugs, crime, Military urges youths
Umar Muhammed, Lafia The Nigeria military authorities on Friday urged youths across the country to always engage in meaningful ventures that would add value to their lives, warning that drugs and crime...
View ArticlePatronage of quacks responsible for most maternal and infant mortality – Expert
Ogbonnaya Ikokwu, Umuahia The President, Association of General Private Nursing Practitioners of Nigeria, Rev. Joseph Olawale has identified the patronage of quack nurses as one the causes of maternal...
View ArticleLeadership tussle tears schools’ association apart in Kano
Ted Odogwu, Kano An alleged imposition of the Chairman of National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools in Kano has led to the formation and registration of a parallel association known as...
View ArticleTechnology can reduce unemployment –Rector
Jesusegun Alagbe The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, Mr. Olusegun Aluko, said that if graduates embraced technology, it would reduce unemployment among them. The rector also said...
View ArticlePolitical parties sign peace accord ahead Enugu LG polls
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu About 20 political parties have signed a ‘peace accord’ ahead of the November 4, 2017 local council elections in Enugu State. The Peace and Exemplary Conduct Bond was...
View ArticleANCOPPS tasks teachers on professionalism
The Lagos State President, All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools, Mr. Olatunde Isaac, has called on teachers to improve their passion for the profession. He said it was necessary...
View ArticleLemo, Ashiru, others to discuss recession
Jesusegun Alagbe A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Tunde Lemo, and the Ogun State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Chief Bimbo Ashiru, have been billed to discuss how...
View ArticleAromolaran at 80
The Osun State House of Assembly has congratulated the Owa Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Gabriel Aromolaran, on the celebration of his 80th birthday. A statement by the Chairman, House Committee on...
View ArticleTwenty-two parties for Sokoto bye-election
Adeniyi Olugbemi, Sokoto Around 22 political parties are expected to participate in Saturday’s bye-election to occupy the vacant Kware/Wamakko Federal Constituency seat in Sokoto State. Resident...
View ArticleSacked oil workers protest unpaid severance packages in Rivers
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt Some sacked oil workers, who were formerly with multinational company, Baker Hughes Nigeria Limited, took to the streets on earlier in the week to protest an alleged...
View ArticleGlo pledges support for SMEs at Jos Trade Fair
Tunde Ajaja Globacom says it has pledged support for Small and Medium Enterprises at the ongoing Jos Trade Fair in its bid to encourage the economic advancement of Nigeria. In a statement on Friday,...
View ArticleGroup declares support for Emmanuel’s re-election
A socio-political organisation, The Ibom Patriots, says its members have resolved to work for the re-election of Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, in the 2019 governorship election. The group,...
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