Insurgency, communal crisis hinder immunisation coverage in Nigeria – NMA
Mudiaga Affe, Calabar The Nigeria Medical Association in Cross River State has identified insurgency in the north-east and communal crisis in some parts of the country as factors hindering immunisation...
View ArticleCourt decides Evans’ applications to quash murder charges Nov. 10
Oladimeji Ramon The Lagos State High Court in Igbosere has fixed November 10, 2017, to rule on whether or not to quash the murder and illegal sales of firearms charges filed by the Lagos State...
View ArticleOgun Customs seize 1,401 bags of smuggled rice in one week
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun Area Command, said it had seized 1,401 bags of rice and three used cars within the last one week. The goods were reportedly smuggled into the...
View ArticleNCS burns N25m raw donkey hides in Kano
Ted Odogwu, Kano The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service Compliance Team on Thursday in Kano destroyed over 2,700 pieces of raw donkey hide, estimated at about N25m. The items were...
View ArticleImmigration puts Maina on watch list
…orders border officers to prevent ex-pension boss’ escape Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Nigeria Immigration Service says it has directed its operatives at border formations and other command posts to...
View ArticleKenya gripped by tension as Kenyatta leads in disputed poll
Kenya was stuck in a dangerous limbo Saturday as President Uhuru Kenyatta took an unassailable lead in a disputed poll that has sparked violent protests in which nine have died. Kenyatta was leading...
View ArticleUnlawful detention: Court orders el-Rufai, police to pay Maikori N40m damages
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday awarded N40m to the founder of Lagos-based Chocolate City Group, Audu Maikori, as compensation for his unlawful arrest and detention...
View ArticleSenate, ministry panels can’t indict SGF, NHIS boss –Presidency
Chukwudi Akasike and Gbenro Adeoye The Presidency has described the Senate and the Ministry of Health panels that investigated the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir...
View ArticleNigerian impregnates woman, begs husband with G-Wagon
Kunle Falayi with agency report A Nigerian man identified simply as John has made headlines for buying a Mercedes-Benz G-class for a South African man, whose wife he impregnated. According to a South...
View Article‘Independent’ Catalonia wakes up under Madrid’s control
Catalonia woke up Saturday under the direct control of Madrid as the Spanish prime minister took drastic measures to quash secession, deposing the region’s leaders and dissolving its parliament hours...
View ArticleTwo die after eating yam flour in Osun
Eric Dumo Two people have died in the Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State after allegedly eating a local delicacy popularly known as ‘amala’. The incident, which was said to have happened early...
View ArticleBuhari’s change agenda has been derailed, says Hameed Ali
…Buhari must contest in 2019 –Senate Leader ..PDP controls 50 per cent of our government John Alechenu, Olalekan Adetayo with Agency reports The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.),...
View ArticleNigeria needs peace to be great, says Adeboye
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has urged Nigerians not to relent in praying for the country to avert the ugly past of conflict. According to him,...
View ArticleBuhari meets six APC northern governors
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met behind closed doors with six state governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. All those in attendance are state governors elected on...
View ArticleFG confirms six fresh cases of monkeypox as disease hits Abuja
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Federal Government has confirmed six fresh cases of monkeypox including one in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire,...
View ArticleCourt dismisses suit seeking revocation of MTN’s licence
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, dismissed a suit seeking an order revoking the operating licence of a telecommunications company, MTN Nigeria Communications Limited,...
View ArticleRobots won’t take over jobs, Obasanjo tells Nigerians
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has allayed the fears of Nigerians who thought robots might soon take over their jobs, given how robots now perform certain jobs...
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 Prof....
View ArticleNobody can Islamise Nigeria, says Osinbajo
Eric Dumo The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said that it was impossible for anyone to Islamise Nigeria, as claimed by Christian interests. Osinbajo, who was speaking in Lagos on Friday during...
View ArticleHerdsmen attacks: 36,500 Plateau, Benue IDPs rebuild houses
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja More than 36,500 internally displaced persons from Plateau, Benue, Adamawa and Kaduna states are rebuilding their houses allegedly razed by herdsmen, a report by the International...
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