Anti-corruption: N’Assembly to ratify treaty with UAE
JOHN ALECHENU There are strong indications that the National Assembly will ratify anti-corruption treaties signed by President Muhammadu Buhari with the government of the United Arab Emirates. To this...
View ArticleNigeria not adequately policed, says el-Rufai
OLUFEMI ATOYEBI The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, on Saturday in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, said Nigeria was not being adequately policed. He said the development posed a serious concern to...
View ArticleFG panel accuses NHIS boss, others of N919m fraud
Eniola Akinkuotu The panel set up by the Federal Ministry of Health to probe the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf, and other activities at the...
View Article‘Ignore IPOB’s call to boycott Anambra election’
Ogbonnaya Ikokwu The composer of the Biafra anthem, Charles Okereke, has urged the people of Anambra State to ignore the call made by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to...
View ArticleLassa fever: Kwara govt, group disagree over deaths
Success Nwogu The Kwara State Chairman, Medical Outreach, National Association of Seadogs, Mr. Tunde Dairo, has said three people died in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State as a result of...
View ArticleTruck kills nursing mother, injures two
SAMUEL AWOYINFA A nursing mother was crushed to death by a truck while crossing a road at Siun axis along Siun-Sagamu-Abeokuta Expressway on Saturday. The accident was said to have been caused by the...
View ArticleHow terrorists planned to bomb Abuja, six states – DSS
OLUSOLA FABIYI The Department of State Services on Saturday revealed how suspected terrorists planned to unleash terror on six states and the Federal Capital Territory during the just concluded...
View ArticleWike visits Ibori, preaches unity to develop N’Delta
Chukwudi Akasike Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, his counterpart in Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa and a former governor of the Delta State, James Ibori, have called on Niger Delta leaders to unite...
View ArticleBoko Haram: UNIMAID lecturers in captivity 48 days as Army rescues six
Olaleye Aluko The Nigerian Army said on Saturday that its troops rescued six persons abducted by Boko Haram in the Kamuya area of Yobe State. It was learnt that the troops of 27 Brigade, Operation...
View Article2019: Osinbajo disowns campaign group
ENIOLA AKINKUOTU Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday disowned a group known as Osinbajo Volunteers, which is campaigning for his election as president in 2019. Distancing himself from activities...
View ArticleVideo of drunken policeman goes viral
TOFARATI IGE A video showing a drunken policeman lying on the ground in a muddy puddle went viral on the Internet on Saturday. The uniformed policeman had allegedly drunk himself to stupor. Several...
View ArticleNiger River authorities warn of flooding in Benin, Nigeria
The Niger Basin Authority issued a warning Saturday of possible flooding in Benin and Nigeria, two countries downstream on the river, which is currently flooding in Niger. “We appeal to all residents...
View ArticleBlackmailers threaten PDP BoT chairman, demand N10m
OLUSOLA FABIYI Blackmailers have asked the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Walid jibrin to give them N10m so that they would not publish a secret document...
View ArticleFlood: Kogi residents unwilling to relocate from dangerous plains
Kogi State Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Mrs. Rosemary Osikoya, on Saturday, appealed to residents of the state, whose houses were located on flood plains, to vacate the areas....
View ArticleStrike: NANS to meet ASUU over FG’s offers
Olaleye Aluko The National Association of Nigerian Students said on Saturday that it would meet with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to consider the offers of the Federal...
View Article2019: Northern govs, Amosun back Buhari for second term …as President’s aide...
Our Correspondents Governors from the northern states of the country who are members of the All Progressives Congress on Saturday said nothing would stop President Muhammadu Buhari from contesting the...
View Article2019: Amosun, Dalung flay Alhassan
JOHN ALECHENU and SAMUEL AWOYINFA The Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, and the Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, have criticised the duo of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and...
View ArticlePriest shooting: We can’t search our members, says Catholic Church
Toluwani Eniola The Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, on Saturday, condemned the shooting of the Parish Priest of St. Thomas Catholic Church, Onilekere, Ikeja, Lagos, Daniel Nwankwo. The gunmen reportedly...
View ArticleWe’re not dishonest, youths reply Akande
PETER DADA A group, the Council of Concerned Youths of Nigeria, has criticised Chief Bisi Akande for describing Nigerian youths as dishonest. The former governor of Osun State had said in a report that...
View ArticleShareholders kick as flour mill fails to declare dividends
Ted Odogwu The Chairman of the Northern Nigeria Flour Mills, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, has expressed regret over the recession in the country, which led to a decline in external reserves. Dantata,...
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