FG denies banning fish importation
The federal government has denied reports in some sections of the media that it has authorised a blanket ban on fish importation even as it maintained that the country would not be allowed to become a...
View ArticleWrong injection made me a cripple – Cobbler
In this piece, our Kaduna Chief Correspondent, FEMI OLANREWAJU, X-rays the sojourn of Abdul Yekeen Kabiru into the profession of shoe making and repairs . Anyone who sights Abdulyekeen Kabiru in his...
View ArticleArmy gets new Director of Public Relations
New Director of Nigerian Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Olajide Laleye yesterday assumed duty at the Army Headquarters, Abuja, with a plead to the media to support the efforts of the military to...
View ArticleEtsu Nupe warns clerics against inciting sermons
Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar has cautioned preachers against provocative sermons capable of inciting the public against one another. “Religious sermons should be targeted at maintaining harmonious...
View Article15 die in Benue auto crash
No fewer than 15 persons have lost their lives in a fatal motor accident involving a Benue Links 15-seater bus traveling from Makurdi Ilorin, Kwara State, last Saturday. The victims were said to have...
View ArticleFinal year female varsity student dies in hotel
Benue State Police Command has commenced investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a final year female student of Economics Department of Benue State University Makurdi, Miss Joanna...
View ArticleYuguda urges peaceful co-existence in 2014
Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State has charged citizens of the state to consider their New Year resolution towards peaceful co-existence among themselves irrespective of their religious, cultural or...
View ArticlePDP, APC, 22 others boycott Anambra LG Poll
Barely few days to the local government election in Anambra State, 24 out of the 25 political parties that initially indicated interest to run for the election have backed out of the election, accusing...
View ArticleJonathan, Akpabio receive vote of confidence
Following what they referred to as excellent transformation and dynamic leadership experienced in the country, a group of youths under the aegis of Association of Village Youth Presidents of Nigeria,...
View ArticlePolice give conflicting figures of crime rates in Edo
THERE was a conflict of figures with regards to the performance appraisal of police operations in Zone 5, covering Edo, Delta and Bayelsa States yesterday, as Mr. Hashim Argungu, the Assistant...
View ArticleFire destroys Akwanga Market
A late evening fire has destroyed some shops at Akwanga Market in Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The fire, which started about 9pm on Monday, destroyed six stalls, including cosmetics...
View ArticleOndo Police arrest 203 suspects, recover 692 ammunition
Ondo State Police Command has disclosed that it apprehended no fewer than 203 suspects for various offences and recovered 692 arms and ammunition in the state. State Commissioner of Police, Partick...
View ArticleTwo vigilante members sentenced to death for killing herbalist
Justice Abiodun Akinyemi of Abeokuta High Court 5 yesterday condemned two vigilante members, Seyi Oyeneye and David Oyedele to death after finding them culpable in the killing of a herbalist, Semiu...
View ArticleScarcity of buses in Abuja, as workers resume work
As most public servants resume work in Abuja, there was reduction in the number of long commercial buses (popularly known as Subsidy or El-Rufai) to convey workers as well as traders from their places...
View ArticleGOtv extends services to Cross River
Calabar Residents of Calabar and other cities in Cross River now have the opportunity of enjoying improved digital television services with the launching of GOtv in the state. The ceremony held at the...
View ArticleNiger’s GDP to increase by 6.5% in 2014 – IMF
Lagos International Monetary Fund, IMF has said Niger’s Real Gross Domestic Product, GDP is expected to grow to 6.5 percent (in 2014. This is coming on the heels of the discussions with the Nigerien...
View ArticleAIPB begins probe of Aero B737-500 incident at MMA
Stories by Franklin Ihejirika, Lagos Accident Investigation and Prevention Bureau, AIPB, has commenced investigation into the incident involving a Boeing 737-500 with Registration No 5N-BLC, operated...
View ArticlePresidency tasked on crisis in transport sector
To douse the tension capable of causing breach of public peace by some aggrieved members of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN across the country, the Presidency has been urged...
View ArticleNigeria may get new tax regime
By Joseph Inokotong with agency report A new tax regime, other than personal income tax, may emerge in the country before the end of the first quarter of the year. Information gleaned from the News...
View ArticleSudan’s hospitals: ‘Ravaged by privatisation’
Doctors say public hospitals have been gutted as the state sells off assets and physicians move abroad. The ill and injured swarm the clinics, pharmacies and laboratories along the Street of...
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