Confab report must be subjected to referendum – Falana
Since President Goodluck Jonathan inaugurated the national conference three weeks ago, one controversy or the other has dogged the conference. Among them is the issue of what happens to the...
View ArticleI’ m ready to leave Chelsea – Mikel
Super Eagles and Chelsea FC of England midfielder, Mikel Obi said he is unhappy at the lack of game-time in the star studded Premier League club and therefore is ready to part way with the club this...
View ArticleLagos arrests 35 environmental sanitation defaulters
No fewer than 35 people were arrested on Saturday in Badagry, Lagos State, over alleged contravention of the movement restriction order of the state government during environmental sanitation. The News...
View ArticleCourt sentences bizman to 3 years in prison for cheating
Senior Magistrates’ Court in Abuja on Friday sentenced a businessman, John Kenneth, 22, to three years in prison for duping a woman of N200,000. Kenneth, who resides at Angwan Cement, Life Camp, Abuja,...
View ArticleFire outbreak razes 40 stalls in Abuja market
No fewer than 40 stalls were burnt in a fire outbreak at the Garki Model Market in Abuja on Saturday morning before it was put out. Mr Ibrahim Yahaya-Joe, the Manager, Abuja Market Management Limited,...
View ArticleEbonyi arrests 57 over environmental law
Ebonyi State Environmental Protection Agency on Saturday in Abakaliki arrested 57 persons, who allegedly flouted the state environmental law. Addressing newsmen at the end of the monthly environmental...
View ArticleGov. Chime inaugurates police reform committee in Enugu
Gov. Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has inaugurated the Police Reform Programme Implementation Committee, as part of measures to strengthen security in the state. At the ceremony in Enugu on Friday,...
View ArticleNIS moves to combat quackery in land survey in Imo
Nigerian Institution of Surveyors, NIS, Imo State Branch, has sent strong warning signals to land owners in the state to beware of the activities of prowling quacks in land survey practice in the...
View ArticleFG directs TCN to take over electricity distribution
Federal government has directed the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN to take over all completed transmission lines and commence immediate distribution of power. Senior Special Adviser on Media and...
View ArticleKano launches state transport firm
Kano State Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso yesterday launched the Kano Amana Travel and Tours Company, as part of efforts to exploit potentials of the travel industry, as a major component of tourism....
View ArticleLondon court favours NNPC over $310m contract
The United Kingdom Commercial Court in London has ruled in favour of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC in a suit filed by IPCO Nigeria, a subsidiary of the IPCO Group, a key contractor...
View ArticleBayelsa pledges support for digitisation of stations
Bayelsa State Government has pledged support for completion of digitisation of the Niger Delta Television, NDTV, a state broadcast station which will be among the first in the country. Commissioner of...
View ArticleOpposition bent on destabilising Nigeria, PDP insists
Ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has insisted that opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, was bent on detabilising the Federal Government and the administration of President Goodluck...
View ArticleGOK Ajayi, Etsu Agaie, die
Two prominent Nigerians – Chief Godwin Olusegun Kolawole, GOK Ajayi, SAN, and Etsu Agaie, Alhaji Muhammadu Kudu Abubakar Ubandoma III – passed on in Lagos and Abuja at the weekend. Ajayi died on Friday...
View ArticleMarwa dumps APC, backs Jonathan
Former Military Administrator of Lagos State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Adamawa State , Gen Mohammed Buba Marwa, yesterday in Yola, dumped the opposition party for the...
View ArticleSecurity agencies, Boko Haram have killed 1500 – Amnesty Int’l
Says civilians are worst hit Amnesty International, AI has said that Nigerian security agencies and Boko Haram insurgents have committed war crimes in North-East Nigeria, revealing that more than...
View ArticleTaraba Ag Gov, Kente’s supporters clash at PDP rally
Supporters of Taraba State Acting Governor, Alhaji Garba Umar and those of Chief David Sabo Kente, his major opponent in the build-up to 2015 governorship election have clashed with several of them...
View ArticleEvil forest: Ajimobi summons security meeting
Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi has convened a security council meeting to deliberate on the unfortunate tragedy of the discovery of a kidnappers’ den at the Soka area of the state capital. In a...
View ArticleCSCS Chief tasks investors on credible portfolio managers
INVESTORS have been advised to be savvy in choosing their portfolio managers to ensure their resources are not entrusted with credible, efficient and well capitalized operators. Chief Executive...
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3rd term: I’ve forgiven Atiku, others – Obasanjo 4
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday said that he had forgiven his estranged deputy, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and others who may have offended him while in office, especially over his purported...
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