Pope bans cigarettes sales in Vatican
Pope Francis has outlawed the sale of cigarettes at the Vatican in a bid to lead by example on healthy living. “The Holy Father has decided that the Vatican will cease to sell cigarettes to employees...
View ArticleQatar appoints women to Shura Council for first time
Qatar has appointed women to one of its most important consultative bodies, the Shura Council, for the first time in the country’s history, according to a royal decree announced Thursday. Four woman...
View ArticleNasarawa seals banks for failing to remit tax
Umar Muhammed, Lafia The Nasarawa State Chairman of the Internal Revenue Service Board, Mr. Usman Okposhi, said his agency has sealed off 10 commercial banks in the state for failing to remit taxes...
View ArticleNSCDC to deploy 11,000 men, 300 dogs for Anambra poll
Tony Okafor, Awka The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Thursday said it would deploy no fewer than 300 dogs for the conduct of the Anambra State governorship poll scheduled for November 18....
View ArticleHomeowners’ charter: Amosun to distribute Cs-of-O
The Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, will be distributing Certificates of Occupancy and other land title documents to another batch of beneficiaries under the Homeowners’ Charter Programme on...
View ArticlePDP convention: Dickson warns against imposition of candidates
John Alechenu and Olusola Fabiyi As the Peoples Democratic Party prepares for its national convention to elect national officers on December 9 in Abuja, Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has...
View Article‘FG received 149 deportees from Libya in four days’
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Federal Government through the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons said it had received 149 Nigerians from Libya since Monday, when the corpses of 26...
View ArticleAare Ona Kakanfo: Afe Babalola hails Adams
Gbenga Adeniji Prominent lawyer, Chief Afe Babalola, has said the Aare Ona Kakanfo is greater than the title of a chief. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria, who is also the Founder and President of the...
View ArticleMOSOP gives FG Dec. deadline to begin Ogoni clean-up
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt THE Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People on Thursday gave the Federal Government till December to commence the clean-up of Ogoniland in Rivers State or be ready...
View Article‘Public service reforms yielding results’
Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Government has said reforms in the state public service have led to efficient service delivery to the people. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, who stated this on Thursday at a...
View ArticleAmbode inaugurates Ketu lay-bys
Sesan Olufowobi Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Thursday inaugurated some lay-bys and service roads in Ketu, saying such would address the gridlock in the area. The governor, who stated...
View ArticleSenate okays Ogun’s $350m W’Bank loan request
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate on Thursday approved the move by the Ogun State Government to obtain a $350m loan from the World Bank. The upper chamber of the National Assembly also approved the 2018...
View ArticleLagos part of Yorubaland, says Okunnu
Afeez Hanafi A former Federal Commissioner for Works, Alhaji Femi Okunnu, has said it is wrong to say Lagos is not part of Yorubaland. He insisted that the state had always been a Yoruba state, noting...
View ArticleEx-Katsina speaker survives crash as driver dies
Olaide Oyelude, Katsina A former Speaker of the Katsina State House of Assembly, Umar Gwajogwajo, narrowly escaped death on Wednesday in a lone road accident involving his car. His driver, Abubakar...
View ArticleHow ex-FCT minister’s son paid N1.1bn for Abuja properties —Witness
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, at the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday opened its case of alleged N1.1bn fraud against Shamsudeen Bala-Mohammed, a son of a...
View ArticlePeace Corps: Court awards N12.5m damages against police
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday awarded the sum of N12.5m as damages in favour of Peace Corps of Nigeria, its National Commandant, Dickson Akor, and 48 other members...
View ArticleBBOG resumes daily protest to Aso Villa on Tuesday
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The BringBackOurGirls coalition has said it will resume its daily protest march to the Presidential Villa, Abuja from Tuesday. The movement said that nothing had been heard...
View ArticleBuhari holds first meeting with Armed Forces Council
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the Armed Forces Council and ratified the National Defence Policy 2017 (Revised); Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service Officers 2017. Buhari also...
View ArticleReps, MAN, Falana, others reject Morocco’s bid to join ECOWAS
John Ameh, Abuja members of the House of Representatives and other prominent Nigerians on Thursday warned Nigeria against supporting the application by Morocco to join the Economic Community of West...
View ArticleCatalan parliament speaker detained pending bail
The speaker of Catalonia’s sacked parliament was ordered detained Thursday over her region’s controversial drive for independence from Spain, pending payment of a 150,000 euro bail, a court spokesman...
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