Maina: Kyari, Oyo-Ita reconcile, embrace publicly
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari and the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, on Wednesday embraced publicly before the commencement of...
View ArticleNo application for bench warrant against Innoson – Osigwe
Oladimeji Ramon The Head of Corporate Communications, Innoson Group, Cornel Osigwe, says the four counts filed by the police against the company before the Federal High Court in Lagos are trumped-up...
View Article2018 UTME: JAMB bans pens, watches at centres
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, organiser of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, has banned the use of wrist watches and pens during the conduct of its 2018 test. The board’s...
View ArticleAmnesty condemns Egypt bill to criminalise homosexuality
Amnesty International on Thursday condemned a draft bill in the Egyptian parliament that would criminalise homosexuality, in what the rights group called an “unprecedented homophobic crackdown”. The...
View ArticleNo automatic ticket for Atiku, says PDP BoT chair
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Walid Jibrin, has ruled out granting automatic ticket to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to contest...
View ArticleFG targets 15m jobs
Adeniyi Olugbemi, Sokoto The Federal Government is targeting no fewer than 15 million jobs for unemployed youths by 2020. This was disclosed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on...
View ArticleMaina: Senate panel meets FG officials behind closed doors
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate ad hoc committee investigating the controversial reinstatement of the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdul-Rasheed Maina, into the service of...
View ArticleNLC, NUT lead protest in Kaduna over teachers’ sacking
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna orkers led by the Nigeria Labour Congress President, Ayuba Wabba, on Wednesday halted activities in Kaduna State as they protested against the sacking of 21,870 primary...
View ArticleBarack Obama dismissed from jury duty in Chicago
Former US president Barack Obama answered a jury summons Wednesday, but was dismissed soon after arriving at a Chicago courthouse to perform the civic duty asked of all Americans. As a prospective...
View ArticleSaraki taunts sacked SGF, says days of balderdash over
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate has said that, based on the smooth relationship, which the newly appointed Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has established with the chamber,...
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Abuja taxi drivers block roads, protest colleague’s killing
Adelani Adepegba , Abuja Movements on major roads in Abuja were blocked on Wednesday by taxi drivers protesting against alleged shooting of their colleague by men of the Joint Task Force at Wuse, a...
View ArticleIG at Senate, refuses to answer questions
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, on Wednesday appeared before the Senate ad hoc committee investigating the allegations levelled against him by lawmaker...
View ArticleWe didn’t arrest Bobrisky, says Lagos CP
Afeez Hanafi The Lagos State Acting Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, has distanced the command from the arrest of popular cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, nicknamed Bobrisky, saying no report was...
View ArticleLiberian President visits Imo today
The Director General of Rochas Okorocha Foundation, Mrs. Uloma Nwosu, has stated that the Liberian President, Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, will visit Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Thursday (today)...
View ArticleSenate summons Fashola over alleged $35m spendings
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate on Wednesday began an investigation into the alleged plan by the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing to secure the release of $350m domiciled in the Nigerian Sovereign...
View ArticleFG okays N5.6bn to fight erosion in six states
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved N5.6bn for the third quarter soil erosion, controlled accelerated intervention projects for six states in different...
View ArticleReps probe N115bn tax default, non-remittances by MDAs, banks
John Ameh, Abuja The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to investigate the N115bn tax liabilities allegedly owed by Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies. The House also...
View ArticleLagos opens new road into LASUTH
Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday inaugurated a new road linking the premises of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital from Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way in...
View ArticleUPDATED: Catalan parliament speaker appears at Spain’s Supreme Court
The former speaker of Catalonia’s sacked parliament Carme Forcadell appeared Thursday at Spain’s Supreme Court over her role in the region’s controversial independence drive. A judge may decide to...
View ArticleChina signs $37bN deal to buy 300 Boeing planes
China signed an agreement Thursday to buy 300 airplanes from US aerospace giant Boeing valued over $37 billion, as part of a multi-billion dollar raft of deals announced during President Donald...
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